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A Rohingya refugee stays in a displacement camp. (Photo by DYKT Mohigan) Photo used under CC BY

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Refugees from Myanmar live in fear of deportation

Shrinking financial and operational resources for refugee support groups in Malaysia collide with increasing hostility toward them, particularly stateless Rohingya.

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Al Jazeera

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Mapping Rohingya villages being erased by rebels

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Guardian

Yemen’s doctors warn healthcare may collapse

Doctors in Yemen warn its already fragile health system could collapse amid renewed fighting after over a decade of conflict and abrupt cuts to international aid.

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The Independent

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Saudis plan assault to secure Red Sea route

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Reuters

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Why can’t the Saudis defeat the Houthis?

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Fears grow of wider war in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Militiamen allied with Ethiopia’s federal government said they were bearing down on the capital of the northern rebel stronghold of Tigray, as fears grew that fighting could spill into a wider war.

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Reuters

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Ethiopia, Eritrea cut diplomatic ties as northern conflict escalates

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BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Indian police accused of sexual misconduct

Delhi police are facing renewed scrutiny after three female journalists and an activist alleged they were molested by male officers during protests demanding the ouster of India’s chief election commissioner.

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The Independent

Israel holds memorial on October 7 anniversary

Israel is holding memorial ceremonies nationwide for those killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror attacks and soldiers who died in the ensuing war.

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Gaza’s children bear lasting scars three years into war

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How Israel’s PM Netanyahu holds on to power

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GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Cockroach protests return to India’s streets

Protesters have again taken to the streets in major Indian cities to demand the resignation of the chief election commissioner and greater transparency over electoral records following allegations of manipulation of voter lists.

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The Independent

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Police prevent ‘Cockroach’ protesters from gathering in New Delhi amid anger over voter list changes

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Associated Press

Bolsonaro faces Lula in Brazil’s runoff election

Right-wing Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro will face leftist President Luiz Inacio ‌Lula da Silva in a runoff of the presidential election later this month.

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Reuters

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How Brazil’s dramatic election unfolded

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BBC

Ethiopian PM Ahmed demands Red Sea access

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has insisted that his landlocked country must have access to the Red Sea, even as neighboring countries have said responsibility for the sea rests with the states along its shores.

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Al Jazeera

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Ethiopia again demands access to the Red Sea

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France24

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

AI targets women in Mexico gender credit gap

Traditional credit checks can leave many women behind. Women in Mexico are often charged higher interest rates despite stronger repayment records. Fintech firms are using AI to challenge long-standing biases in lending.

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Shark graveyard discovered in Egyptian desert

An Egyptian desert may have been home to a thriving underwater ecosystem and a paradise for sharks, according to researchers who have found an abundance of shark remains.

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The Independent

GLOBAL HEALTH

Gaza patients face long waits for diagnoses

Israel’s genocidal war and siege on Gaza has resulted in widespread damage to medical infrastructure and shortages of key materials needed to make diagnoses.

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Al Jazeera

Ebola treatment center has been burned down

A senior U.N. official said an Ebola-hit displacement camp housing a transit center for infected patients was burned by soldiers as they were looking for weapons, forcing 19,000 people in the camp to flee.

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ABC News

Kenya confirms first Ebola case as virus surges

Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced, as the disease continues to spread rapidly through the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

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AI weapons systems are already here. Algorithms must not decide who lives and dies

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Hormuz and Yemen: Iran offers de-escalation at a price others will pay

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Al Jazeera

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Botswana at 60 challenges the story of postcolonial African failure

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Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Shared meals foster community in rural India

A Gujarati village has set up a shared kitchen for elderly residents that helps them connect, cut local energy consumption and improve water management.

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Women restoring mangrove forests in Nigeria

In a region of Nigeria blighted by decades of pollution, Martha Agbani and her team are not just replanting trees but regaining ownership of their lost lands and livelihoods.

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Guardian

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Tackling Africa’s chronic shortage of midwives

There is a global midwife shortage of up to 980,000, and much of that need is in Africa. The continent is home to 19% of the world’s women of reproductive age but carries 46% of the global midwife shortage.

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The Independent

Yemen violence deepens child hunger crisis

Aid agencies in Yemen highlighted the growing hunger emergency sparked by renewed fighting between Houthi opposition forces and government troops.

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UN News

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Yemen’s war deepens humanitarian crisis

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Al Jazeera

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Climate aid driving up public debt of poorest

New Independent analysis reveals how many of the poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries are being priced out of the climate aid system.

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The Independent

Iran’s currency hits a new record low amid war

Iran’s currency fell to a new record low, with traders in Tehran exchanging more than 2.5 million rials to the U.S. dollar in a stark reflection of how the war in the Middle East has steadily eroded the Iranian economy.

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Associated Press

ENVIRONMENT

Indonesians on Borneo struggling for water

Experts say Borneo communities are facing a severe water crisis as this year’s super El Niño, combined with decades of degradation of the island’s ecologically vital peatlands, has created the perfect storm.

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Associated Press

Nepal plans to drain four lakes after floods

Nepal will kick off a high-stakes effort this fiscal year to drain four glacial lakes perched high in the mountains, as it scrambles to reduce flood risks, officials said, after a recent disaster that killed more than 1,400.

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Reuters

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A Nigerian woman bathes her young daughter. (Photo by KC Nwakalor for USAID) Photo used under CC BY

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