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Historic Asia heat causes deaths, school shutdowns

Extreme temperatures have swept across much of Asia, causing deaths and school closures in India and record-breaking temperatures in China, in what has been described as “the worst April heatwave in Asian history.”

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Guardian

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India: Migration from climate change getting worse

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Drought-stricken Tunisia orders water rationing

Tunisians are on the front lines of a battle against an increasingly severe drought, with the government issuing a sudden order to its population to ration their water usage from April to September — or risk fines or jail.

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ABC News

Sudan ceasefire fails; vital supplies run short

A new attempt at a ceasefire in fierce fighting between Sudanese troops and paramilitary forces in Khartoum failed, leaving people fearful about dwindling food supplies and a breakdown in vital medical services.

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Guardian

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Will Sudan’s violence cause a wave of refugees?

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Al Jazeera

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Thousands flee Sudan capital following collapse of truce

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France 24

Cyclone-hit Madagascar faces hunger crisis

Battered by three cyclones in the space of a year, southeast Madagascar is experiencing the knock-on effect of those climatic disasters: “catastrophic” hunger in remote areas that is gaining little international attention.

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Associated Press

Nicaragua sanctioned for targeting dissidents

The United States has announced sanctions against Nicaraguan judges for their role in stripping hundreds of political dissidents of their citizenship, as the Nicaraguan government faces allegations of opposition.

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Al Jazeera

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Amnesty report documents abuses in Nicaragua

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Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Devadasi system pushes girls into sex slavery

The ancient Indian Devadasi system pushes poverty-stricken girls from the lowest rung of India’s caste system into sexual slavery. DW takes a look at why the practice persists despite efforts to eliminate it.

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UN preparing to pull out of Afghanistan in May

The UN is ready to take the “heartbreaking” decision to pull out of Afghanistan in May if it cannot persuade the Taliban to let local women work for the organization.

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Guardian

Fish traders mobilize against transactional sex

A new women’s collective is helping fish traders diversify incomes as declining fish populations drive transactional sex-for-fish requests across Malawi’s lakeshore districts – where fishing is a way of life and means of income.

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Al Jazeera

Antisemitic incidents on the rise across the U.S.

Antisemitism rose in the U.S. in 2022 and shows little sign of abating worldwide as political radicals have gained mainstream popularity, researchers said in a new report.

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PBS NewsHour

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Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day

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GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Myanmar frees 3K prisoners in holiday gesture

Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to 3,000 prisoners to mark the lunar New Year holiday, but it wasn’t immediately clear if those released included political detainees locked up for opposing army rule.

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Associated Press

N. Korean missile launches heighten tensions

The successful test launch of North Korea’s most advanced missile has given Pyongyang significant new capability with which to threaten South Korea, the US and Japan.

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Darfur on edge as violence spreads in Sudan

Witnesses say conflict escalating in troubled Sudanese region as the army and the RSF battle it out for control of the country.

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Millions of Kenyans indebted to app lenders

Loans through mobile apps have skyrocketed in Kenya. While the industry provides easy-to-access credits, it has become a nightmare. Experts fear the largely unregulated market could lead to a credit crisis.

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Ancient Mayan scoreboard unearthed in Mexico

Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered an intricately carved stone they believe was used as a scoreboard for pelota, a ball game played by the Maya hundreds of years ago.

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BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Hospitals shelled as fighting rages in Sudan

Hospitals have been shelled in Sudan as fighting between rival armed factions continues for a third day, doctors say. Patients in the capital, Khartoum, have appealed for safe passage as gun battles rage in the city.

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BBC

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What sparked the violent struggle to control Sudan’s future?

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Associated Press

1-in-20 diabetes cases could be linked to COVID

Up to one in twenty new diabetes cases could be related to COVID-19 infection, data suggests. The research adds to mounting evidence the pandemic may be contributing to a rapidly escalating diabetes crisis.

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Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

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Climate action is being held back by ‘hidden handbrakes’

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The war in Ukraine shaking up the global arms industry

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India’s unemployment problem stifling its economic potential

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GOOD NEWS

Indian man fights to salvage sinking shores

T.P. Murukesan, known as India’s “Mangrove Man,” has turned to planting trees along the shores of Vypin and the surrounding areas in the Kochi region of Kerala state to counter the impacts of rising waters on his home.

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ABC News

Afghan journalists make a new start in Kosovo

After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, media outlets were shut down and many journalists fled the country. DW spoke to female reporters working from Kosovo.

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NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Where does Britain’s foreign aid go?

Britain diverted a third of its foreign aid budget to domestic programs in 2022, official data showed, as watchdogs called for cash to be safeguarded for the world’s poorest.

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ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Afghan economic hopes threatened by Taliban

Donations to the UN are under threat of falling sharply because of the ban on Afghan women working for it, the UN Development Program said. The Taliban said politics should not be linked with humanitarian aid decisions.

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BBC

Argentines buckle as inflation rate soars

Argentina’s annual inflation rate soared to 104.3 percent in March, one of the highest rates in the world, stoking a cost-of-living crisis that has pushed up poverty.

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Al Jazeera

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Inflation squeezing retirees in Argentina

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ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

G7 to shift toward cleaner, renewable energy

Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations vowed to work to hasten the shift toward cleaner, renewable energy but set no timetable for phasing out coal-fired power plants.

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CNBC

Andes community devastated by climate crisis

The Quelccaya glacier, high in the mountains of Peru, is shrinking at an alarming rate and the people who live in its shadow are struggling to maintain their livelihoods.

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Guardian

Indigenous face risks in ‘green’ climate drive

With land rights still insecure, Indigenous groups fear the emerging wave of mining, electric vehicles and dams could hurt them.

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Context

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A man waters his camels in a makeshift trough on the road from Wajir to Garissa, in northeast Kenya. Herders are taking advantage of the rains to water their livestock after a long period of drought. (Photo by Ann Weru/IRIN) Photo used under CC BY

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