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GLOBAL HEALTH: Ebola treatment center has been burned down

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:18:26 -0400

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.
(Story: ABC News)

GLOBAL HEALTH: Gaza patients face long waits for diagnoses

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:04:16 -0400

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.
(Story: Al Jazeera)

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Shark graveyard discovered in Egyptian desert

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:07:22 -0400

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.
(Story: The Independent)

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: AI targets women in Mexico gender credit gap

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:16:37 -0400

(Video: Deutsche Welle)

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY: Students caught between Druze, Damascus

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:40:51 -0400

Young people in Syria’s Sweida province are unable to progress through school and university due to a deepening rift between the post-Assad Islamist government and the Israel-aligned Druze leaders.
(Story: Reuters)

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY: At least 5,700 killed, wounded in Haiti gang crisis this year

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:20:20 -0400

(Story: AFP)

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY: Haiti struggles with kidnappings as vote looms

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:40:51 -0400

Kidnappings are on the rise in Haiti, with gangs increasingly targeting high-profile people and launching mass abductions as the country pushes to hold presidential elections.
(Story: Associated Press)

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

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:49:42 -0400

(Video: Associated Press)

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY: Cockroach protests return to India’s streets

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:07:22 -0400

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.
(Story: The Independent)

GOOD NEWS: Shared meals foster community in rural India

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:18:26 -0400

(Video: Deutsche Welle)

HUMAN RIGHTS: Staff of Egyptian investigative outlet arrested

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:12:56 -0400

Egyptian authorities swept up the entire editorial team of one of the country’s few independent media, accusing them of belonging to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
(Story: Associated Press)

HUMAN RIGHTS: Peruvian boy raped by classmates on a bus

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:07:22 -0400

A 16-year-old boy attending a secondary school run by the Peruvian navy says he was raped by classmates as their soccer team was driving back from a tournament.
(Story: CNN)

ENVIRONMENT: Can there be solar for all, everywhere by 2030?

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:16:37 -0400

Prominent climate leaders have called on governments, businesses, institutions and the public to make a push for solar power before the decade is out, repowering the world with cheap, clean energy. Is that possible?
(Story: Deutsche Welle)

ENVIRONMENT: Nepal plans to drain four lakes after floods

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:12:56 -0400

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.
(Story: Reuters)

ENVIRONMENT: Indonesians on Borneo struggling for water

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:10:48 -0400

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.
(Story: Associated Press)

COLUMNS AND OP-ED: We asked AI whether it would lead to human extinction in a decade. Here’s what it said

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:04:16 -0400

COLUMNS AND OP-ED: AI weapons systems are already here. Algorithms must not decide who lives and dies

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:04:16 -0400

COLUMNS AND OP-ED: Hormuz and Yemen: Iran offers de-escalation at a price others will pay

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:04:16 -0400

COLUMNS AND OP-ED: Botswana at 60 challenges the story of postcolonial African failure

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:04:16 -0400

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY: Jamaica tries to recover a year after hurricane

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:10:48 -0400

Jamaica’s once flourishing tourism sector is struggling to regain its footing nearly a year after Hurricane Melissa slammed into the island as a Category 5 storm.
(Story: Associated Press)

GOOD NEWS: Women restoring mangrove forests in Nigeria

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:37:49 -0400

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.
(Story: Guardian)

HUMAN RIGHTS: Tunisia softens first-time ‘false news’ penalty

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:21:48 -0400

Tunisia has softened a cybercrime law that has landed journalists and activists in prison, letting first-time offenders pay fines instead of serving time in prison.
(Story: Al Jazeera)

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY: Yemen violence deepens child hunger crisis

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:18:10 -0400

Aid agencies in Yemen highlighted the growing hunger emergency sparked by renewed fighting between Houthi opposition forces and government troops.
(Story: UN News)

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY: Yemen’s war deepens humanitarian crisis

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:18:10 -0400

(Story: Al Jazeera)

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: Climate aid driving up public debt of poorest

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:37:11 -0400

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

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: Iran’s currency hits a new record low amid war

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:29:31 -0400

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.
(Story: Associated Press)

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GLOBAL HEALTH: Ebola treatment center has been burned down

GLOBAL HEALTH: Gaza patients face long waits for diagnoses

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Shark graveyard discovered in Egyptian desert

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: AI targets women in Mexico gender credit gap

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY: Students caught between Druze, Damascus

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY: At least 5,700 killed, wounded in Haiti gang crisis this year

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY: Haiti struggles with kidnappings as vote looms

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

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY: Cockroach protests return to India’s streets

GOOD NEWS: Shared meals foster community in rural India

HUMAN RIGHTS: Staff of Egyptian investigative outlet arrested

HUMAN RIGHTS: Peruvian boy raped by classmates on a bus

ENVIRONMENT: Can there be solar for all, everywhere by 2030?

ENVIRONMENT: Nepal plans to drain four lakes after floods

ENVIRONMENT: Indonesians on Borneo struggling for water

COLUMNS AND OP-ED: We asked AI whether it would lead to human extinction in a decade. Here’s what it said

COLUMNS AND OP-ED: AI weapons systems are already here. Algorithms must not decide who lives and dies

COLUMNS AND OP-ED: Hormuz and Yemen: Iran offers de-escalation at a price others will pay

COLUMNS AND OP-ED: Botswana at 60 challenges the story of postcolonial African failure

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY: Jamaica tries to recover a year after hurricane

GOOD NEWS: Women restoring mangrove forests in Nigeria

HUMAN RIGHTS: Tunisia softens first-time ‘false news’ penalty

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY: Yemen violence deepens child hunger crisis

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY: Yemen’s war deepens humanitarian crisis

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: Climate aid driving up public debt of poorest

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: Iran’s currency hits a new record low amid war