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Venezuelans opposed to President Nicholas Maduro’s moves to tighten his grip on power protested in the “We Are Millions” march in an act of defiance in May, 2017. (Photo by Voice of America) Photo used under CC BY

Venezuelan opposition wins human rights prize

Venezuela’s democratic opposition was awarded the European Union’s human rights award, and the European Parliament called for a peaceful transition to democracy in the country. The prize was awarded to the opposition-led National Assembly legislature and all political prisoners.

Reuters

Venezuela crisis: Retirements ruined and families pulled apart

BBC

‘We are in the hospital suffering’: A child’s life cut short amid Venezuela crisis

CNN

The future is African, UNICEF says

A new UN report has said that four in 10 people on Earth will be African by 2100. This demographic change requires investment in health and education in order to avoid potentially staggering humanitarian crises.

Deutsche Welle

US pulls assistance from Myanmar military

The U.S. has announced it is withdrawing military assistance from Myanmar units and officers involved in violence against Rohingya Muslims that has triggered a mass exodus and humanitarian crisis.

Guardian

Trump administration wants to end what UN terms ‘textbook genocide’

NPR

UN: Myanmar falsely claims it will house refugees

Reuters

Kyrgyzstan holds first competitive election

In the first genuinely competitive presidential election in Central Asia, Sooronbay Jeyenbekov, a former prime minister anointed by the outgoing president, was elected president of Kyrgyzstan with 55 percent of the vote.

Economist

Pollutants from fracking may harm children

According to researchers, the presence of pollutants at fracking sites in the U.S. could affect the neurodevelopment of area babies and children. The research highlights a number of ways by which such pollutants are released by fracking and other such operations.

Guardian

European Central Bank to reduce stimulus

The European Central Bank will ease the pace of its bond-buying stimulus program, dialing back a measure that has helped the eurozone bounce back from a crippling debt crisis.

Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN: Syrian forces executed April sarin attack

The Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad is to blame for a chemical attack on the opposition-held town of Khan Sheikhoun that killed dozens of people last April, according to a report sent to the United Nations Security Council.

Reuters

Syrian government responsible for sarin gas attack, according to UN watchdog

NPR

Global child labor rate has plunged since 2000

Roughly 100 million fewer children are having to work or are trapped in slavery or sexual trafficking, according to a progress report. But serious concerns remain about a slowdown in the rate at which children are being extracted from dangerous work conditions.

Christian Science Monitor

Rights group takes extreme tactic on Azerbaijan

The Council of Europe formally agreed to take legal action against Azerbaijan over its refusal to release an opposition politician from jail.

Politico

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Low turnout, deadly clashes in new Kenya vote

Clashes between Kenyan police and opposition supporters continued in several areas, after an opposition boycott of the repeat presidential election led to a sharply lower turnout. One man was shot dead, raising the death toll since the vote on Oct. 26 to at least five.

Associated Press

Turnout in Kenya’s election rerun at 33%, down from 80% in last vote

CNN

Northern Italy votes for more autonomy

More than 5 million Italians took part on Oct. 22 in two referendums granting autonomy to the rich, northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto, which drew inevitable comparisons to the independence ballot weeks earlier in Catalonia.

Economist

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Less greenhouse gases in electric vs. diesel

Electric cars emit significantly less greenhouse gases over their lifetimes than diesel engines, even when they are powered by the most carbon-intensive energy, a new report by Belgium’s VUB University has found.

Guardian

Method defines Indian Summer Monsoon

Researchers from Florida State University have created a tool for objectively defining the onset and demise of the Indian Summer Monsoon—a colossal weather system that affects billions of people annually.

ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

Plague kills 124, infects 1,200 in Madagascar

A plague outbreak in Madagascar has infected 1,192 people since August, with 124 deaths, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Madagascar’s National Bureau of Risk Management and Disaster reported on Oct. 23.

CNN

Deadly waterborne infections hit Puerto Rico

More than a month since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the death toll from the storm has risen to 51, according to Puerto Rico’s Department of Public Safety. The latest two victims died from leptospirosis, an infection that can spread through contaminated water.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Wisconsin officer turns a sad birthday around

Officer Darryl Robinson from the Green Bay Police Department was called to an elementary school where a boy hadn’t been picked up after dismissal because his mother was in jail. And, he learned, it was the child’s eighth birthday.

CNN

Girl with rare mutation gets special costume

Wheelchair-bound 15-year-old Alex Hayes has a mutated variant on her 12th chromosome in her GRIN2B gene. In an act of kindness, volunteers made and delivered a special halloween costume made just for her.

ABC News 8

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Ex-FEMA head to lead post-fire rebuild in CA

James Lee Witt, a former national director of FEMA, was named executive director of the most prominent nonprofit agency helping businesses and residents recover from the Wine Country fires.

SFGate

Buffett was top US giver in 2016, Forbes says

Berkshire Hathaway Chair Warren Buffett tops the list of U.S. philanthropists who gave the most in 2016. He donated a total of $2.86 billion in 2016, with nearly $2.2 billion going to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the rest to family charities.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change starves bamboo-eating lemurs

Even though it is already the most endangered primate in the world, the greater bamboo lemur just can’t catch a break. Climate change is starving out this Madagascar native, according to a study published in Current Biology.

Scientific American

Iraq’s vast marshes are in peril yet again

Iraq’s marshes were reborn after the fall of Saddam Hussein, when residents dismantled dams he had built to root out Shiite rebels. But now, the largest wetlands in the Middle East are imperiled by government mismanagement and new upstream projects.

Associated Press

BUSINESS AND TRADE

Saudis open IPO market to foreign trade

Foreign investors are now able to participate in initial public offerings within Saudi Arabia and will be given access to a stock market aimed at small and medium-sized businesses. The Kingdom aims to raise about $100 billion by taking a portion of its state oil giant public.

CNBC

Firms tap Southeast Asia e-commerce boom

The Southeast Asia e-commerce boom is allowing consumer goods firms, like Unilever and Japanese cosmetics firm Shiseido, to push deeper into markets that can otherwise be difficult to understand and tough to penetrate due to poor retail networks and infrastructure.

Reuters

NAFTA talks hit impasse as US balks

President Donald Trump’s promise to renegotiate NAFTA recently suffered a major setback as Canada and Mexico aligned to block some of the most controversial U.S. proposals.

Politico

NAFTA renegotiations hit impasse, raising doubts about its future

PBS NewsHour

Photo of the Day

The small town of Circleville, Ohio, hosts an annual pumpkin show. Each year, nearly 100,000 pumpkins, squash, and gourds are put on display. (Photo by Vasenka Photography) Photo used under CC BY

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