World
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First Look World Toilet Day calls attention to sanitation crisis in Africa, Asia
In 2013, the UN General Assembly designated Nov. 19 as World Toilet Day in an effort to highlight the enduring lack of proper sanitation worldwide. Today, an estimated 2.5 billion people still do not have adequate toilets, with many of them located in parts of Africa and Asia.
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Meanwhile in ... Jinan, China, local authorities are using a point system to encourage better supervision of dogs by their owners.
And in New Delhi, social media is being used to combat the Indian capital’s notorious air pollution.
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In Sweden, conscription and a leaflet on how to prepare for war – just in case
Since its intervention in Crimea and Ukraine, Russia has been a growing concern for its neighbors in the Baltics and Scandinavia. But is it moving Sweden to truly step away from a longtime pacifist, neutral stance?
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First Look Saudi prosecutor will seek the death penalty for Khashoggi's killers
Saudi Arabia's top prosector announced at a press conference he will seek the death penalty for five suspects charged with orchestrating the murder of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. The prosecutor stated the killing was a spontaneous action and not premeditated.
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First Look After Rohingya refuse to go, Bangladesh puts return plans on hold
On Nov. 15, Bangladesh had planned on beginning the repatriation of 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, where they had previously faced violence. But the Rohingya people – fearing for their own safety – refused to return when the buses appeared.
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First Look Chinese officials defensive over Muslim re-education camps
Chinese officials have responded to a letter from 15 foreign ambassadors, spearheaded by Canada, expressing concern over the incarceration of thousands of Chinese Muslims, saying the letter contained "unreasonable requests" and was based on hearsay.
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First Look May's ministers resign over Brexit, new fears of no confidence vote
As the divorce deal Britain negotiated with the European Union gains approval and heads to the British Parliament for a vote, Pro-Brexit ministers unhappy with the outcome are resigning. The future of Prime Minister May's government hangs in the balance.
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First Look Tijuana residents protest the arrival of migrant caravan
Some residents of border city Tijuana expressed their displeasure over the arrival of the Central American migrant caravan with signs and physical assaults. With only 100 asylum applications processed per day, the influx is expected to last for at least six months.
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Poverty Progress
After surveying a global segment of the population, the Gapminder organization in Sweden found that only 10 percent of people knew the state of extreme poverty. Why is it that our perceptions are so… wrong?
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First Look Former leaders of Khmer Rouge convicted of genocide, war crimes
The last surviving members of the Khmer Rouge have been sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity under an international tribunal. The process toward justice has been long and winding in the decades since Pol Pot left power in the 1970s.
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Why Brexit compromise hasn’t defused political tensions in Britain
Reactions to Theresa May’s deal on Brexit, which sought to balance national sovereignty and economic interdependence, raise the question of whether that’s even possible in today’s Britain.
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In global refugee flow, Canada finds a surprising solution to a labor shortage
It’s widely understood that refugees need help, but sometimes they also can lend a helping hand. A program that places skilled refugees in jobs in Canada helps resettle uprooted people and may help fill a labor shortage in the northern nation.
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First Look Future of Cairo uncertain as government plans mass exodus to new capital
One government solution to the squalor overtaking Cairo, home to 20 million, is simple: just leave. As ministries and the wealthy prepare to abandon the city for a fresh start, many see this as a sign of President el-Sisi's cronyism and lack of accountability.
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Fertilize by drone, till by text: Making tech work for Africa’s farmers
Sometimes we talk about automation and job rates as though they’re in a zero-sum game. But successful innovation does more than develop new technology; it figures out how to boost workers, too.
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Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, FEMA Director Brock Long, President Donald Trump, Paradise mayor Jody Jones and Gov. Jerry Brown tour the Skyway Villa Mobile Home and RV Park during Trump's visit of the Camp Fire, in Paradise, Calif., Nov. 17.
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A chance for women in prison to express themselves
The Haku Mo’olelo program teaches women in prison how to write and illustrate children’s stories, which helps them see meaning and purpose in their lives. The program can also draw parents and children closer.
- Life skills with a side of kale: Helping homeless youth one salad at a time
- Difference Maker In Pakistan, she sees the value in children who ‘are never seen or heard’
- Difference Maker No whispering, just horses and city kids, learning on a farm
- ‘Returnships’: how the cousin of internships is about giving back
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Poverty Progress
After surveying a global segment of the population, the Gapminder organization in Sweden found that only 10 percent of people knew the state of extreme poverty. Why is it that our perceptions are so… wrong?
- Progress Watch More girls, African-Americans enroll in AP computer science. Why that matters.
- Progress Watch In an Indiana river cleanup, businesses and environmentalists cooperate
- Progress Watch After #MeToo, state legislatures make changes
- Progress Watch US businesses begin to increase services for deaf people
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First Look Repair shop plays vital role during Paralympics
A team of technicians from nine different countries fix everything from broken wheelchairs to sit-skis during the Paralympic Games in South Korea.
- First Look Paralympic snowboarder invents cutting-edge prosthetics
- First Look South Korea considers restoring forest razed for Olympics
- Letter from Pyeongchang: Finding beauty in the Olympic struggle
- When Olympism runs in the family
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Silicon Valley begins putting cyberbullies in the crosshairs
With the rate of digital bullying increasing, tech firms escalate efforts to build automated tools that can detect and flag online harassment.
- Passcode A more connected military means new battlefield glitches, too
- Passcode Opinion: How to counter the Kremlin's hacking playbook
- Sponsor Content The economics of trust in digital services
- Passcode Podcast: Life as a teenage hacker
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Letter from Mexico: Lessons in a quake zone
Monitor correspondent Whitney Eulich was working at home on Tuesday, with her 11-month-old daughter downstairs, when a 7.1 earthquake struck Mexico City. Two days later, she reflects on living with temblors, and the power of public support.
- Inquiry into chemical weapons attack should leave from Damascus, not Turkey, says Syrian minister
- Could the Trump administration send Fethullah Gülen back to Turkey?
- Martin McGuinness: How being honest about his IRA ties let him become a peacemaker
- UN report: Norway is now the happiest nation on Earth
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Fertilize by drone, till by text: Making tech work for Africa’s farmers
Sometimes we talk about automation and job rates as though they’re in a zero-sum game. But successful innovation does more than develop new technology; it figures out how to boost workers, too.
- From nationalism to 'fake news,' legacies of World War I still relevant
- First Look Abiy government in Ethiopia brings guarded hope for political dissidents
- Voice of a nation: How Juba Arabic helps bridge a factious South Sudan
- First Look Cameroon latest test for Facebook in spread of misinformation
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First Look Tijuana residents protest the arrival of migrant caravan
Some residents of border city Tijuana expressed their displeasure over the arrival of the Central American migrant caravan with signs and physical assaults. With only 100 asylum applications processed per day, the influx is expected to last for at least six months.
- In global refugee flow, Canada finds a surprising solution to a labor shortage
- From nationalism to 'fake news,' legacies of World War I still relevant
- First Look Cuban dancers performing abroad are allowed to return home
- Forced into exile, this young ex-mayor still serves Venezuelans
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First Look Former leaders of Khmer Rouge convicted of genocide, war crimes
The last surviving members of the Khmer Rouge have been sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity under an international tribunal. The process toward justice has been long and winding in the decades since Pol Pot left power in the 1970s.
- First Look Chinese officials defensive over Muslim re-education camps
- First Look Australia looks to remove children from island refugee settlement
- First Look Symbolic mega-bridge connects Hong Kong to mainland
- First Look Progressives criticize South Korea for denying Yemenis refugee status
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First Look After Rohingya refuse to go, Bangladesh puts return plans on hold
On Nov. 15, Bangladesh had planned on beginning the repatriation of 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, where they had previously faced violence. But the Rohingya people – fearing for their own safety – refused to return when the buses appeared.
- Lure of Europe loses shine for Afghans
- First Look Aasia Bibi free in Pakistan as hard-line Islamists protest blasphemy
- India’s Modi stakes claim to future – and past – with world’s tallest statue
- First Look India's ruling party caters to Hindu nationalists ahead of elections
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Why Brexit compromise hasn’t defused political tensions in Britain
Reactions to Theresa May’s deal on Brexit, which sought to balance national sovereignty and economic interdependence, raise the question of whether that’s even possible in today’s Britain.
- In Sweden, conscription and a leaflet on how to prepare for war – just in case
- First Look May's ministers resign over Brexit, new fears of no confidence vote
- From nationalism to 'fake news,' legacies of World War I still relevant
- US midterms make Putin’s rocky road to Trump even rockier
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First Look Future of Cairo uncertain as government plans mass exodus to new capital
One government solution to the squalor overtaking Cairo, home to 20 million, is simple: just leave. As ministries and the wealthy prepare to abandon the city for a fresh start, many see this as a sign of President el-Sisi's cronyism and lack of accountability.
- First Look Saudi prosecutor will seek the death penalty for Khashoggi's killers
- In Afghan vote, an optimistic, energetic young guard targeted the old
- First Look Israel's cease-fire agreement with Gaza triggers defense minister's resignation
- First Look Growing Iranian influence as Shi'ite militias head to Iraqi parliament
