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Nicaragua set to sign Paris climate accord

Nicaragua is set to join the Paris climate agreement, according to an official statement and comments from the vice president, Rosario Murillo, in a move that leaves the U.S. and Syria as the only countries outside the global pact.

Guardian

US and Syria are now the only two countries not in the Paris Climate Accord

CNN

Big companies’ climate change targets are ’unambitious,’ analysts say

Guardian

Togolese keep up quest to change government

Security forces and police have shut down Lome, the capital of Togo, in a bid to prevent anti-government demonstrations from taking place for a second consecutive day. Protesters have held several rallies since August, demanding an end to Togo’s 50-year ruling family dynasty.

Al Jazeera

Gambian ministry says up to Togo to resolve crisis

Reuters

Puerto Rico lays out future of energy grid

A Puerto Rican official who has been in talks with Tesla Inc. said the island is serious about transforming its energy infrastructure after it was leveled by Category 4 Hurricane Maria, despite questions about how such an overhaul would be funded.

Bloomberg

Tesla solar power arrives in Puerto Rico

BBC

Tiny Montana Firm Gets $300 Million Contract To Help Restore Power In Puerto Rico

NPR

Trump’s new refugee ban targets 11 countries

The Trump administration issued an order Tuesday that resumed the resettlement of refuges in the United States, but said the applications of citizens from 11 “higher-risk” countries would be considered on a case-by-case basis during a new 90-day review period.

The Atlantic

More acidic oceans ‘will affect all sea life’

All sea life will be affected because carbon dioxide emissions from modern society are making the oceans more acidic, a major new report will say. The eight-year study from more than 250 scientists finds that infant sea creatures will be especially harmed.

BBC

Tanzania hits NGO for ‘promoting’ gay rights

The Tanzanian government said on Saturday it had suspended an NGO it had accused of promoting gay marriage in contravention of local “customs, traditions and laws”.

News24

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN tells China to release human rights activists

The United Nations has demanded that China immediately release human rights activists from detention and pay them compensation, according to an unreleased document.

Guardian

US backed Indonesia’s mid-’60s mass killings

Declassified files have revealed new details of US government knowledge of and support for an Indonesian army extermination campaign that killed several hundred thousand civilians during anti-communist hysteria in the mid-1960s.

Guardian

Declassified files lay bare US knowledge of mass murders in Indonesia

NPR

What the United States did in Indonesia

The Atlantic

Children starve as aid workers flee fighting

Children are starving to death in Central African Republic because violence has forced aid workers to pull out, said the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for the country.

Reuters

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Rwandan opposition leader denied bail

A Rwandan court denied bail on Oct. 23 to a vocal critic of President Paul Kagame who was barred from running against him in an August election and later jailed on charges that are widely seen as politically motivated.

Reuters

Is Rwanda becoming a dictatorship?

Al Jazeera

Taj Mahal at heart of political storm

India’s famed monument of love, is finding itself at the heart of a political storm, with some members of the country’s ruling Hindu right-wing party claiming that the mausoleum built by a Muslim emperor does not reflect Indian culture.

Associated Press

Somalia: A broken state leads to hunger

Somalia has been in the grip of a civil war since 1991. The state has disintegrated, leaving powerful clans to fill the vacuum. With the government weak and dysfunctional, the country is on the verge of another famine.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New ransomware strikes Ukraine and Russia

A new strain of ransomware nicknamed “Bad Rabbit” has been found spreading in Russia, Ukraine and elsewhere. The malware has affected systems at three Russian websites, an airport in Ukraine and an underground railway in the capital city, Kiev.

BBC

How Seoul is using technology to avoid traffic

In 2004, the Seoul Institute partnered with the mayor’s office to begin a program to overhaul the ciy’s public transportation. Thirteen years later, its subway is hailed as one of the world’s best and a sophisticated monitoring system helps keep road traffic flowing above ground.

CNNMoney

GLOBAL HEALTH

Typhoid vaccine set to have ‘huge impact’

A new vaccine that could prevent up to nine-in-10 cases of typhoid fever has been recommended by the World Health Organization. Experts say it could have a “huge impact” on the 22 million cases, and 220,000 deaths, from typhoid each year.

BBC

Pollution is significant cause of death globally

The causes of death vary — cancer, lung disease, heart disease. One report links them to pollution, drawing upon previous studies that show how pollution is tied to a wider range of diseases than previously thought.

NPR

Rate of US uninsured rises to over 12 percent

The number of U.S. adults without health insurance is up nearly 3.5 million this year, as rising premiums and political turmoil undermine coverage gains that drove the nation’s uninsured rate to a historic low.

PBS NewsHour

Amid uncertainty, America’s uninsured rate climbs

CNNMoney

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GOOD NEWS

Malala Yousafzai starts at Oxford

Five years ago, a member of the Taliban shot Malala Yousafzai for speaking up for girls’ rights to an education. The Pakistani teenager miraculously survived and has since been a strong advocate for girls’ right to an education.

Huffington Post

Pets and people reuniting after CA wildfires

Some Northern Californians who feared the worst for their pets in the wake of this month’s deadly wildfires are getting some welcome good news in recent days: Their animals survived.

Huffington Post

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Trump golf course charity under scrutiny

Throughout his presidential campaign and since, President Trump has made bold assertions about his charitable giving. But as the Washington Post has thoroughly documented, those boasts of philanthropy don’t always stand up to scrutiny.

NPR

Visa pledges $20M to Women’s World Banking

The Visa Foundation will launch with an initial commitment of $20 million to global nonprofit Women’s World Banking in support of the organization’s efforts to support women entrepreneurs looking to build microenterprises and establish a financial safety net.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Palm oil takes environmental toll in Indonesia

Indonesia is exacerbating the effects of climate change by swapping its rainforest for palm plantations in a switch that could make water more scarce and wildfires more common, according to scientists.

Reuters

Climate disasters very costly, says US agency

The Government Accountability Office, an independent US government agency, has said natural disasters have cost the country $350 billion in the last decade and that it is time for President Trump’s administration to address climate change.

The Independent

BUSINESS AND TRADE

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

Locals perform an annual ceremony for the massacre committed by Hernan Cortez at Cholulteca in 1519. The ceremony takes place in modern Cholula, Mexico. (Photo by Gobierno Cholula) Photo used under CC BY

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