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Thousands of refugees remain trapped in fetid conditions in the Moria camp, without permission to travel to mainland Greece. Recent reports found that there are 84 people for every shower, and 72 for every toilet — a sanitation crisis that has led to the notorious river of sewage. (Photo by Fotomovimiento Follow) Photo used under CC BY

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Refugees on Lesbos fear closing of crowded camp

The Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos is facing closure this month as unhealthy conditions prevail. The future of the 9,000 refugees who live there and more who come each day remains uncertain.

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Water shortages to halve Iraq’s intended crops

Iraq will decrease its 2018 – 2019 winter crops by 55 percent due to a lack of water, the Ministry of Agriculture has said. Iraq’s water crisis began months ago after neighboring Turkey and Iran built water dams on their borders.

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Kurdistan24

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Droughts displaces 3M in Afghanistan

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Al Jazeera

Displaced Sri Lankans seek return of property

Sri Lanka has failed to fulfil pledges to return properties to thousands of people forced from their homes during decades of war, many of whom now live in desperate poverty

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Sri Lanka‘s ’homeless’ fight for basic rights

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La Croix

Period poverty means missing out on life

With sanitary pads unaffordable and out of reach for millions, period absenteeism, infections and even transactional sex for pads is on the rise in Tanzania.

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CNN

Deported parents may lose kids to adoption

An Associated Press investigation has identified holes in the system that allow state court judges to grant custody of migrant children to American families — without notifying their parents who have been deported.

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NBCNews.com

France sued for ‘crimes against humanity’

France is being taken to the International Criminal Court for nuclear weapons tests in French Polynesia. France has long denied responsibility for the impacts of the tests and only recently began compensating civilians.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Myanmar journalists held in custody

Three senior journalists at Myanmar’s largest private newspaper were remanded in custody after handing themselves in to police. One of the articles written by the journalists included criticisms over public spending.

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Channel NewsAsia

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Attacks on journalists increase during Nicaragua protests

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Al Jazeera

Algorithm created to seek food stamp fraud

Last year, the USDA disqualified many retailers across the U.S. from receiving SNAP payments. While some retailers engaged in the cash-for-food-stamps fraud that the system should detect, many were unjustly caught.

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DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Indonesia fights despair, plans new homes

Survivors of Indonesia’s double disaster looked to their future with frustration and despair as the government outlined plans to begin reconstruction of homes for tens of thousands of people.

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Reuters

Sierra Leone balks at Chinese funding

The new government in Freetown dismissed the “vanity project” of its predecessors and ended the $400 million contract. Sierra Leone is the latest country to express concern over Chinese influence-peddling.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Virtual reality used to reunite the separated

Alvaro Morales and Frisly Soberanis are the creators of the Family Reunions Project, an initiative that uses virtual reality to “take” family members in the U.S. back to their homes in Latin America through immersive video.

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NBCNews.com

Internet is giving birth to new conditions

The internet could be fueling a rise in new conditions such as cyberchondria and cyberhoarding. While researchers say most internet use is benign, it can lead some people to develop problems.

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Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Mother and child safe after risky operation

A liver transplant from an HIV-positive woman to her uninfected baby in South Africa now has the potential to widen the country’s organ donor pool. It demonstrates that living HIV-positive patients can safely donate organs.

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CNN

Flu shots vital to prevent future pandemic

According to the World Health Organization, vaccinating expectant mothers in developing nations will not only save their lives now, but can reduce risk of the life-threatening flu becoming a future crisis.

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Vox

Ghana faces brutal mental health crisis

Low-income countries spend little on mental health. In Ghana, the mentally ill turn to “prayer camps” for help. Despite a government ban, many of these institutions use chains to restrain their residents.

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BBC

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Senegal faces water shortage crisis

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Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Sudanese refugees unite through basketball

Twice a week refugees from Sudan and South Sudan gather in a church courtyard in Cairo to play basketball, unfazed by political differences at home.

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Reuters

Wild chimps share food with their friends

Researchers found that chimpanzees who possess large, desirable food items share food with their friends, and that neither high dominance status nor harassment by beggars influenced possessors’ decisions to share.

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ScienceDaily

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Indonesia tells aid workers to stop work

The news comes after the government was criticized for not getting help to disaster stricken Palu quickly enough. The government set Thursday as a deadline because it is concerned with the spread of disease.

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Global News

Soldier redirects donations to those in need

Army medic Luis Ocampo returned from the front lines of Hurricane Florence in September to find his house looted. Now, after generous people donated money to replace his losses, Ocampo is giving away most of the money.

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People

ENVIRONMENT

America faces fiery future fueled by climate

Eight of the most destructive wildfires in California’s history have occurred in the past three years. As the climate changes, fires don’t cool down at night as they once did; instead, they simply get more powerful.

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Guardian

Caribbean island tackles its trash problem

Garbage collection in the Dominican Republic is ineffective and chaotic. But clean streets and a cut in emissions are on the way thanks to new facilities and clever management.

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Australia goes all in for coal, despite warning

Phasing out coal is considered crucial to limiting global warming, as set out in the UN report. Australia’s deputy prime minister has said the country should “absolutely” continue to use and exploit its coal.

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BBC

ECONOMY AND TRADE

Shady economy undercuts Kenyan rule

Illegal imports circulate freely in Kenya, and many companies are facing survival battles. Standards of goods having been compromised as some of the officials employed to guard against such economic crimes look away.

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Daily Nation

Turkey, S. Africa hurting their own economies

The last few months have been a rollercoaster ride for Turkish assets, thanks to a diplomatic fight between Turkish President Erdogan and the U.S. Meanwhile, South Africa’s finance minister recently resigned.

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CNBC

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A wealthy Indian family still wields influence over South Africa’s troubled finance ministry

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Quartz

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Two young Afghan refugees washing each other’s hair one early morning in Belgade, Serbia. (Photo by Frode Bjorshol) Photo used under CC BY

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