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A March for Freedom for Afghan women in girls in London’s Whitehall. (Photo by Garry Knight) Photo used under CC BY

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Afghan women protest beauty parlor, salon ban

Women in Afghanistan have held a rare protest against the Taliban’s decision to shut female beauty parlors and salons. Women shouted “work, bread and justice” while they were gathered in the capital city, Kabul.

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Women fight Middle Eastern laws that keep them trapped at home

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Inside Afghanistan’s women-only shopping mall

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São Paulo surveillance, AI could worsen racism

As São Paulo prepares to roll out thousands of surveillance cameras with facial recognition, experts are raising concerns that the indiscriminate use of this technology could exacerbate structural racism and inequality.

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Al Jazeera

Media freedom, reporters under fire by Israeli army

The Israeli army has reportedly killed 55 journalists in the occupied Palestinian territory since 2000. Media freedom is under attack globally and the Palestinian territory has seen many journalists killed in the line of duty.

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Al Jazeera

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Mexico’s press under siege: The rising journalist death toll

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How urbanization is killing India’s wetlands

Wetlands just outside India’s Kolkata city have for generations provided tons of food daily and thousands of jobs as they filter sewage through fish ponds. But rapid urbanization is threatening the ecosystem.

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Al Jazeera

Monsoons force thousands to flee India’s Delhi

Monsoons continue to lash India. The Yamuna River, which runs past the capital Delhi, has reached its highest level on record, leaving large parts of the megacity underwater.

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Asia reels as climate crisis takes hold

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Dam disaster victims stand up to mining giant

Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster have written to the British prime minister, accusing the mining company BHP of “environmental racism” and urging the UK government to act on unethical practices.

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Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Kenya doomsday cult death toll tops 400 people

The number of people who died in connection with Kenya’s doomsday cult has crossed the 400 mark as detectives exhumed 12 more bodies believed to be followers of a pastor who ordered them to fast to death to meet Jesus.

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Libya rescues migrants in desert near Tunisia

Libyan border guards have rescued dozens of migrants that had been left in the desert by Tunisian authorities without food or water. Rights groups say that between 100 and 150 people are still stuck on the border with Libya.

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Guardian

Texas troopers told to push migrants into river

Emails shared with CNN by the Texas Department of Public Safety detail a trooper-medic expressing concerns to a supervisor over the inhumane treatment of migrants along the border in Eagle Pass, Texas.

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CNN

Ukrainian civilians illegally detained in Russia

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are being detained across Russia and the Ukrainian territories it occupies, in centers ranging from wings in Russian prisons to basements. Most have no status under Russian law.

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Associated Press

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Kenyans protest tax hikes, soaring cost of living

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has called for three days of anti-government protests. The latest demonstrations are against tax hikes and follow two previous sets of protests against the soaring cost of living.

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Clashes in Kenya over tax hike

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Uganda president allegedly sponsored violence

The Uganda president, Yoweri Museveni, and his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba have been accused of sponsoring violence and abusing critics in harrowing testimony filed before the international criminal court.

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Google ChatGPT rival rolls out Bard AI in Brazil

Google‘s Alphabet is rolling out its artificial intelligence chatbot Bard in Europe and Brazil. It is the product’s biggest expansion since its March launch in the US and the UK and heats up the rivalry with Microsoft’s ChatGPT.

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BBC

Childhood vax rates are improving post-COVID

Fewer children around the world missed receiving routine vaccinations in 2022 compared to the year before, indicating a rebound in childhood immunizations following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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NPR

Zambia startup goes online to support farmers

A startup in Zambia is using technology to support smallholder farmers. The digital platform allows them to form saving circles, access payment services and receive personalized advice.

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GLOBAL HEALTH

HIV/AIDS has ‘fallen off’ world’s political agenda

More people living with HIV lead longer, healthier lives today. Though this is good news in some ways, the global fight against HIV has become a victim of its own success.

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Scientists worry infectious diseases could spike

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GOOD NEWS

South Korea welcomes first giant panda twins

A giant panda gave birth to twins for the first time in South Korea. The babies were born hours apart, one weighing 6.3oz and the other 4.9oz (140g). The Everland theme park zoo says mother Ai Bao handled the delivery well.

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BBC

Darkroom teaches photography to refugee kids

On the earthquake-torn borders of Syria and Turkey, a unique traveling darkroom is giving displaced children the chance to learn photography and share the reality of their lives with the world.

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NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Aid delivery conditions to Syria ‘unacceptable’

The United Nations agency responsible for overseeing humanitarian aid has described conditions placed by the Syrian government on aid deliveries from Turkey to northwest Syria as “unacceptable.”

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S. Korea’s president pledges $150M to Ukraine

South Korea’s president has pledged to increase his country’s humanitarian and military assistance to Ukraine after a summit with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.

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Guardian

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

IMF board signs off on $1B in funds for Kenya

The International Monetary Fund‘s (IMF) executive board signed off on nearly $1 billion in funding for Kenya that could ease pressure on government finances in East Africa’s largest economy, the global lender said.

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Extreme deadly weather is only the beginning

Boiling heat and raging floods have taken the world by storm this week, plummeting millions of people across the world into dangerous and deadly conditions. But it’s not a temporary trip of bad luck – it is becoming the new norm.

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CBS News

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Heatwaves are the new normal

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BBC

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How do we fight fires as temperatures rise?

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Drought leaves Uruguayns without clean water

More than half of Uruguay’s 3.5 million citizens are without access to tap water fit for drinking, and experts say the situation could continue for months. Years of drought have almost emptied a key reservoir of fresh water.

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Brazil urges 10-year pause on deep sea mining

Brazil urged a 10-year precautionary pause on deep sea mining in international waters days after companies and countries were allowed to start applying for provisional licenses.

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered on its promise of revealing the universe like never before in its first year of science operations. To celebrate the completion of a successful first year, NASA has released Webb’s image of a small star-forming region in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. (Photo by NASA) Photo used under CC BY

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