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27/07/2019

UN Human Fights Chief Fears World Has Grown Numb to Syrian Carnage

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The relentless campaign of airstrikes in Syria has been met with a “collective shrug,” the top United Nations human rights official said on Friday [26 July 2019], denouncing the world’s apparent indifference to the mounting civilian casualties as a “failure of leadership” by the world’s most powerful countries.

An estimated 26,000 children aged 3-17 in Al Hol camp of Syria's Hasakeh governorate have been out of schools for years due to conflict and displacement and are in need of education services.

© OCHA/Hedinn Halldorsson | An estimated 26,000 children aged 3-17 in Al Hol camp of Syria’s Hasakeh governorate have been out of schools for years due to conflict and displacement and are in need of education services.

27/07/2019

Safe Migration Pathways Key to Tackling Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery, Forced Labour

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Geneva, 26 July 2019 (IOM)* – A new report out today (26/07) examines the connection between migration and modern slavery and focuses on which migrants are most vulnerable to being forced into modern slavery, and under what circumstances.

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Prepared by Minderoo Foundation’s Walk Free initiative and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for the Alliance 8.7 Action Group on Migration, the report provides recommendations on key steps governments can take to address this risk.

The report confirms certain sub-groups of migrants are at particular risk.

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27/07/2019

Senior UN Officials Call for Return to Sea Rescues, after ‘the Worst Mediterranean Tragedy of this Year’

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, along with the heads of a number of UN agencies, expressed horror at Thursday’s [25 July 2019] reports that as many as 150 people may be dead after a boat they were traveling in capsized off the coast of Libya, making it the worst such tragedy in the Mediterranean this year.

© UNHCR/Hereward Holland | A woman weeps, minutes after being saved by the Sea Watch search and rescue ship, in Libya.

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27/07/2019

How Widespread Is Human Trafficking in the US?

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*By Thalif Deen**

This is part of a series of features from across the globe on human trafficking. IPS coverage is supported by the Riana Group.

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 2019 (IPS)* – The United States is no exception to the practice of modern day slavery—a crime for which it is rarely held accountable at the United Nations.

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26/07/2019

Air Pollution Linked to Autism

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By Nila Eslit*

25 July 2019 (Wall Street International)* — A group of researchers conducted a study on the impact of air pollution to autism. The study, which was performed in stages over a nine-year period in Shanghai, China, involved children with ages ranging from newborn to three years of age. The subjected children included 124 who already had autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and 1,240 healthy ones (as control)¹.

Air pollution from industrial emissions | Photo from Wall Street International.

It was found that exposure to fine particles (PM2.5) from industrial emissions, vehicular exhausts, and other sources of outdoor pollution raises the risk of developing autism by up to 78 percent.

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26/07/2019

Globalization and the Enchantment of the World

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By Adrian Rocha*

What does the term “globalization” mean? Is it a strictly economic phenomenon or does it involve several dimensions? How it is currently presented in the middle of the digital revolution and artificial intelligence? Español

**Anti-EU graffiti in Corfu, Greece. Wikimedia Commons.**

23 July 2019 (openDemocracy)* — The discussion about globalization can be idle, however, we live in times where its presence is increasingly important.

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26/07/2019

World Health Organization Urges Countries to Invest in Eliminating Hepatitis

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Credits: WHO/Yoshi Shimizu

26 July 2019 (WHO)* —Ahead of World Hepatitis Day 2019 (28 July), WHO calls on countries to take advantage of recent reductions in the costs of diagnosing and treating viral hepatitis and scale up investments in disease elimination.

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26/07/2019

Mangrove Conservation More Valuable than Ever Thanks to Carbon Trading

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By UN ENVIRONMENT* — When a proven ecosystem restoration method also helps reduce poverty and build economic resilience, governments will often back them as a win-win solution.

Mangroves 4 resized GRID-Arendal - Kenya(1)

Photo by GRID-Arendal (from UN Environment).

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26/07/2019

Desert Locust Outbreaks in Yemen and the Horn of Africa

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ROME (FAO)* – Desert Locust summer breeding, amplified by heavy rains, can pose a serious threat to agricultural production areas of Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia and northern Somalia during the next three months, FAO on 25 July 2019 warned.

Photo: ©Ministry of Agriculture of Yemen A mature swarm flying over a village near Abyan, Yemen, looking for suitable areas to lay eggs that will hatch after about two weeks.

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25/07/2019

Control – The Illusion of Individual Freedom

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By Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos*

24 July 2019 (Wall Street International)* — Our societies and our daily life are characterized by the exercise of control in everything that is done. Knowing laws, understanding protocols and their consequences creates capacity to deal with the system. Great allies are found in the digital world. Google is a wealth of information that allows reaching everything, one just needs to know how to type.

The illusion of freedom (Photo from Wall Street International).

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UN Human Fights Chief Fears World Has Grown Numb to Syrian Carnage

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Safe Migration Pathways Key to Tackling Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery, Forced Labour

Senior UN Officials Call for Return to Sea Rescues, after ‘the Worst Mediterranean Tragedy of this Year’

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How Widespread Is Human Trafficking in the US?

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*By Thalif Deen**

Air Pollution Linked to Autism

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By Nila Eslit*

Globalization and the Enchantment of the World

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By Adrian Rocha*

World Health Organization Urges Countries to Invest in Eliminating Hepatitis

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Mangrove Conservation More Valuable than Ever Thanks to Carbon Trading

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Desert Locust Outbreaks in Yemen and the Horn of Africa

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Control – The Illusion of Individual Freedom

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