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A child from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a camp north of Goma. (Photo by Sylvain Liechti/MONUSCO) Photo used under CC BY

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Conflicts drive displaced to record high globally

The number of people forced out of their homes around the world last year was the equivalent of the population of London, with 8.8 million marking a sharp rise.

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Guardian

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World’s displaced equal 12th largest country

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Al Jazeera

Global battlefield deaths soar to 30-year high

Since 2021, the overall number of deaths, including of civilians, has risen to the highest level in three decades.

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Context

More than 10M displaced in war-ravaged Sudan

The U.N.’s migration agency says 7.26 million people have fled their homes in Sudan since war broke out in April 2023, while 2.83 million were already displaced by previous wars.

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Al Jazeera

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Sudan’s notorious paramilitary group loots a main Darfur hospital

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Associated Press

UNRWA accuses Israel of blocking aid to Gaza

The U.N.’s relief agency for Palestinians, the largest aid organization operating in Gaza, has said Israeli authorities are frequently preventing it from delivering aid and hampering its operations in the territory.

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Guardian

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Israeli forces, Palestinian armed groups committed possible war crimes

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Associated Press

Rampaging gangs have left Haiti vulnerable

With gangs running amok, politics in limbo and food scarce, Haiti is ill-prepared for what has been described as an “extraordinary” hurricane season in coming months.

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Context

HUMAN RIGHTS

S. Korea accused of modern slavery scheme

Vulnerable, low-paid Filipinos have been exploited, tricked and abused under a migrant worker scheme launched by South Korea to plug its severe labor shortage, an investigation by Context has found.

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Context

N. African kids used to sell Europe’s cocaine

For serious drug gangs, thousands of children coming from Morocco and Algeria offer an unlimited pool of disposable street sellers.

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Guardian

Nigerian army illegally detains escaping girls

Amnesty International accused the Nigerian army of illegally detaining girls and young women who have escaped from Boko Haram captivity because the military believes they support the Islamist insurgent group.

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Reuters

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Lebanon fears a potential war against Israel

Around 150,000 people have been displaced from areas around the Lebanon-Israel border. As fighting between Hezbollah and the Israeli military ramps up, Lebanese locals are dealing with difficult choices.

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Hezbollah fires barrage of missiles into northern Israel

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US very concerned about escalation on Israel-Lebanon border

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Reuters

Macron suspends New Caledonia voting reform

Controversial voting reforms in New Caledonia will be suspended, Emmanuel Macron has announced, after a period of deadly unrest in the French Pacific territory.

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Guardian

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Fiber-optic leap bridges African digital divide

Though tech giants have invested heavily in high-performance digital infrastructure — more cell towers, faster networks — Africans across the continent still grapple with sluggish internet speeds and expensive data.

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El Nino has been replaced by La Nina

The strong El Nino weather condition that added a bit of extra heat to already record warm global temperatures is gone. Its cool flip side, La Nina, is likely to breeze in just in time for peak Atlantic hurricane season.

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ABC News

GLOBAL HEALTH

Cameroon doctors, nurses heading to Canada

Cameroon has one of the world’s lowest ratios of health workers per capita. About a third of trained doctors who graduated from medical school last year left the country, the minister of higher education said.

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Associated Press

South Africa reports 2 deaths from mpox

South African health authorities say two people have died this week after contracting mpox, and they say it appears there is local transmission of the disease.

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Associated Press

Columns And Op-Ed

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‘Worrying’ population declines are actually a hopeful sign

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Why Israel will never back down

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The Hill

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Empty platitudes and online courses won’t save Afghan women and girls

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The Hill

Column (Vijay Raghavan):

Why Afghanistan needs our immediate support

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Devex

Column (Joyce Banda):

Time for G7 to make good on climate cash for Africa

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Context

Column (Alexander Matheou):

International assistance to Afghanistan needs to adapt to the ‘new normal’

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Al Jazeera

Column (Gerald Nesmith Jr):

The fallacy of the ‘wrong side of history’ narrative

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Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Lebanon celebrates art, culture amid crisis

Lebanon has been suffering economic turmoil for years, and the arts and culture sector hasn’t been spared. The We Design Beirut expo aims to revive the scene, and throw a lifeline to artisans.

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NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Georgia‘s NGOs fear ’foreign influence law’

The Georgian parliament passed a “foreign influence law” that requires media and nonprofits to declare themselves as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if they receive more than 20% of funding abroad.

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ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

756K Sudanese face starvation by September

An estimated 756,000 people in Sudan could face catastrophic food shortages by September, according to a preliminary projection used to determine whether to officially declare a famine.

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Reuters

Brazilian businesses shattered by floods

In the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, workers struggle to recover from torrential downpours that left cities underwater.

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Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

What can humanity do about heat waves?

It’s still spring in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, but the world faces scorching hot temperatures. The summer heat has arrived early, setting records and claiming lives – and it’s expected to get worse.

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Al Jazeera

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Heat wave in Greece closes Acropolis and public schools

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ABC News

Chile’s Humboldt penguins may face extinction

The Humboldt penguin population has dramatically decreased in areas along the central coast of Chile, making them one of the most vulnerable of the world’s 18 penguin species and putting them at risk of extinction.

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Reuters

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Tens of thousands of pilgrims perform sunset prayers at the Great Mosque, Islam’s holiest shrine, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Hajj begins June 14. (Photo by menj) Photo used under CC BY

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