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GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY: Migrants in hiding as pushbacks cut arrivals

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:51:02 -0400

Following an EU deal, Mauritanian authorities have rounded up and deported thousands of people to Mali and Senegal.
(Story: Al Jazeera)

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY: Afghan refugees stranded at Pakistan border

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:53:15 -0400

Afghans have been waiting for days for Pakistani officials to let them through the border amid ‌fresh fighting between the two countries.
(Story: Yahoo! News)

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY: Deadly strikes hit Lebanon despite ceasefire

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:26:58 -0400

Seventeen people, including two children, were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, the health ministry said, as violence continues despite a ceasefire now in its second week.
(Story: AOL News)

HUMAN RIGHTS: Gaza water shortage persists after ceasefire

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:43:27 -0400

Palestinians say water shortages have persisted more than six months after the ceasefire. Nearly 90% of the enclave’s water infrastructure was destroyed, according to the United Nations.
(Story: Associated Press)

HUMAN RIGHTS: Iran war expands press crackdown, leaving information vacuum

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:14:32 -0400

(Story: Deutsche Welle)

HUMAN RIGHTS: The cost of cracking down on press freedom

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:12:09 -0400

As governments in places like Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Niger and Tanzania fight terrorism and dissent, press freedom is becoming collateral damage. Journalists are warning of consequences that could deepen insecurity.
(Story: Deutsche Welle)

GLOBAL HEALTH: Rats infest Gaza’s tent camps, biting children

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:53:15 -0400

Rats and parasites are spreading through Gaza’s tent camps for displaced Palestinians, biting children’s fingers and toes as they sleep, gnawing through people’s few remaining treasured possessions, and spreading disease.
(Story: Yahoo! News)

GLOBAL HEALTH: Nigeria races to contain meningitis outbreak

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:14:32 -0400

(Video: Deutsche Welle)

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Fossil reveals sea monster that survived injury

Fri, 01 May 2026 15:02:51 -0400

Scientists have discovered the remains of a giant marine reptile that terrorized the seas over 180 million years ago, based on the fossil of an animal that appears to have lived with multiple injuries.
(Story: The Independent)

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Iran’s internet shutdown crushing businesses

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:12:09 -0400

Iran’s 90 million people have been cut off from the internet for most of 2026, one of the world’s longest national shutdowns. That is devastating an online economy.
(Story: Associated Press)

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: Gaza’s workers find whatever income they can

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:21:35 -0400

Gaza’s economic collapse leaves workers in perilous jobs, with unemployment soaring amid ongoing devastation.
(Story: Al Jazeera)

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: It’s not just oil: Iran war also threatens Asia’s food security

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:26:58 -0400

(Story: AOL News)

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: Iran war may cause food shortages in Africa

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:26:58 -0400

(Story: Guardian)

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: Billions of meals a week at risk due to Iran war

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:21:35 -0400

The interruption to supplies of fertilizer and its key ingredients due to the war in Iran could cost up to 10 billion meals a week globally and will hit poorest countries hardest.
(Story: Yahoo! News)

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY: Israel intercepts Gaza aid flotilla near Crete

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:43:27 -0400

Activists sailing on dozens of boats attempting to break Israel’s maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid say Israeli forces intercepted them.
(Story: NPR)

GOOD NEWS: Rains revive Iraq’s wetlands after long drought

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:29:53 -0400

Much-needed rain is bringing life back to the ancient ecosystem of the Huwaizah Marshes, after years of devastation.
(Story: Al Jazeera)

GOOD NEWS: Poland provides refrigerators for those in need

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:09:54 -0400

(Video: Deutsche Welle)

ENVIRONMENT: Soaring energy costs are threatening wildlife

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:29:53 -0400

Rising demand for biomass fuels also degrades watersheds and wildlife habitats as people go deeper into previously undisturbed areas.
(Story: The Independent)

ENVIRONMENT: Garbage is piling up in Bali amid restrictions

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:21:35 -0400

Bali is grappling with a waste crisis as landfill restrictions have disrupted garbage collection, leaving rubbish accumulating in the streets of the Indonesian tourist hotspot.
(Story: The Independent)

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: What is driving Cuba’s economic crisis?

Fri, 01 May 2026 15:05:32 -0400

(Video: YouTube)

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: Cuba’s crisis is hitting the elderly the hardest

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:43:27 -0400

(Slideshow: Deutsche Welle)

COLUMNS AND OP-ED: Cuba is running out of time. We need fuel now to save lives

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:09:54 -0400

COLUMNS AND OP-ED: Somalia shapes its own destiny in global security forums

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:09:54 -0400

COLUMNS AND OP-ED: May Day in the age of AI: The new war on workers

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:09:54 -0400

COLUMNS AND OP-ED: The missing Ukrainian reporter, the Russian prison — and a vital lesson learned about journalism in a dangerous age

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:09:54 -0400

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TOP STORIES: Aid agencies say conflict in South Sudan hinders relief efforts

TOP STORIES: UN warns of imminent famine in South Sudan

TOP STORIES: Hero surgeon lifts lid on battle to save lives in Sudan war hospital

TOP STORIES: Iran war hampering aid as supply costs soar

TOP STORIES: UN calls Sudan civil war a genocide in plain sight

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY: Migrants in hiding as pushbacks cut arrivals

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY: Afghan refugees stranded at Pakistan border

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY: Deadly strikes hit Lebanon despite ceasefire

HUMAN RIGHTS: Gaza water shortage persists after ceasefire

HUMAN RIGHTS: Iran war expands press crackdown, leaving information vacuum

HUMAN RIGHTS: The cost of cracking down on press freedom

GLOBAL HEALTH: Rats infest Gaza’s tent camps, biting children

GLOBAL HEALTH: Nigeria races to contain meningitis outbreak

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Fossil reveals sea monster that survived injury

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Iran’s internet shutdown crushing businesses

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: Gaza’s workers find whatever income they can

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: It’s not just oil: Iran war also threatens Asia’s food security

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: Iran war may cause food shortages in Africa

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: Billions of meals a week at risk due to Iran war

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY: Israel intercepts Gaza aid flotilla near Crete

GOOD NEWS: Rains revive Iraq’s wetlands after long drought

GOOD NEWS: Poland provides refrigerators for those in need

ENVIRONMENT: Soaring energy costs are threatening wildlife

ENVIRONMENT: Garbage is piling up in Bali amid restrictions

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: What is driving Cuba’s economic crisis?

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: Cuba’s crisis is hitting the elderly the hardest

COLUMNS AND OP-ED: Cuba is running out of time. We need fuel now to save lives

COLUMNS AND OP-ED: Somalia shapes its own destiny in global security forums

COLUMNS AND OP-ED: May Day in the age of AI: The new war on workers

COLUMNS AND OP-ED: The missing Ukrainian reporter, the Russian prison — and a vital lesson learned about journalism in a dangerous age