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South Sudan refugees face ‘health catastrophe’

An international medical charity has warned of a looming “health catastrophe” among South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia, citing surging cholera cases and widespread malnutrition in overcrowded camps near the border.

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Al Jazeera

Kashmiris grieve their children killed on border

An only child; a 5-year-old daughter; 12-year-old twins: To families that lost their children, the tenuous peace between India and Pakistan at the moment means little.

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Al Jazeera

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Kashmiris on both sides mourning the dead

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BBC

Why child labor prevails in sub-Saharan Africa

A shocking number of underage workers are active in sub-Saharan Africa. DW looks at the nuanced, but no less shocking, aspect of working children in West African economies.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Salvadoran rights leader’s arrest spurs outrage

The arrest of Ruth López, a prominent human rights defender in El Salvador, has sparked mass indignation. Rights organizations claim her detention is part of a strategy to weaken human rights organizations in El Salvador.

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Peoples Dispatch

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Why is the Salvadoran president targeting foreign-funded nonprofits?

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Al Jazeera

Uganda affirms military tribunals for civilians

Uganda’s parliament passed an amended law that permits military tribunals to try civilians, prompting protests from the opposition who said the move violated a 2025 Supreme Court ruling that banned such trials.

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Reuters

Cuts threaten refugee support in Costa Rica

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees warns that a 41% funding cut is jeopardizing support for refugees in Costa Rica, especially Nicaraguans fleeing repression. The country’s asylum system is buckling.

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Trans refugees fear abuse and death in Kenya

Weeks after the launch of an ambitious plan to integrate refugees into Kenyan society, some transgender refugees say they would rather return home and risk the dangers they originally fled than face fresh abuse in Kenya.

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GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Ukraine, Russia begin record prisoner exchange

Ukraine and Russia have begun the exchange of 1,000 prisoners of war, the largest such swap since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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NPR

Embassy killings suspect condemned Gaza war

In the years before he was accused of killing two Israeli Embassy employees, the suspect in the fatal shootings was an active participant in Chicago’s left-wing protest scene. Then the war in Gaza ignited his fury into violence.

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Associated Press

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Court papers say suspect in embassy killings declared, ‘I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza’

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3 nations ‘embolden’ Hamas, Netanyahu says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accusing the leaders of France, Britain and Canada of supporting the Palestinian militant group Hamas after they threatened action to stop the Israeli offensive in Gaza.

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Reuters

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Why are Israeli officials blaming France, Canada and UK for the DC shooting?

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France 24

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Russian-led cybercrime network dismantled

European and North American cybercrime investigators say they have dismantled the heart of a malware operation directed by Russian criminals after a global operation.

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Guardian

AI helps tackle Buenos Aires carbon emissions

Green Light, a Google project that uses AI and Google Maps driving trends to make smart recommendations to optimize traffic flow, cuts the carbon emissions and air pollution associated with stop-start traffic.

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GLOBAL HEALTH

Vaccine groups aim to counter Trump fund cuts

Two global health groups that fund billions of dollars worth of critical medical aid -- from childhood vaccines to malaria treatments -- are in talks about merging some functions to help combat a financing crunch.

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Reuters

Experts question claims of prebiotic sodas

Prebiotic sodas are growing in popularity, often promoted as gut-friendly and anti-inflammatory alternatives to traditional sodas. Some wellness experts warn that the science behind these claims is still emerging.

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GOOD NEWS

Giving life to Ghana’s discarded coconut shells

Coconuts are a natural beverage for quenching thirst, but what happens to the discarded shells? The waste is getting new life in Ghana as it gets transformed into reusable household utensils, cups, and other decorative items.

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NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Women, girls pay the price for savage aid cuts

Half of all charities that help women and girls risk folding this year due to savage aid cuts that could sever sexual health services, close schools and abandon the very poorest of the poor, the United Nations said.

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Context

Nonprofits self-censor over Trump actions

As the Trump administration takes steps to freeze federal funding to untold numbers of nonprofits and NGOs, some organizations that receive federal grants are scrambling to protect themselves by self-censoring.

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Nonprofit Quarterly

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Sudan’s war threatens S.Sudan’s oil industry

Sudan’s army says it may be forced to shut down facilities used to export oil from South Sudan as a result of the war.

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Al Jazeera

Trump says he is hitting EU with 50% tariff

Donald Trump has said he will impose a 50% tariff on all EU imports to the U.S. from June 1 after claiming trade talks between the two trading blocs were “going nowhere.”

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Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Dried-out wetlands threatening Iran/Iraq region

The dust storms that have choked Iranians and Iraqis for weeks and hospitalized thousands, are the canary in the coal mine for a complex environmental disaster unfolding in wetlands straddling the two countries’ border.

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Context

Colombia just lost a huge area to deforestation

Colombia lost nearly 340 square miles of forest — an area larger than New York City — in just six months, driven by the rapid spread of illegal roads, coca cultivation and unregulated mining.

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Associated Press

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A woman totes home the sorghum and oil she received at a food handout in Malakal, Upper Nile State, South Sudan. (Photo by OCHA/Jacob Zocherman) Photo used under CC BY

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