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An engineering professor in South Africa challenged his students to come up with a way to prevent devastating shack fires that displace thousands. One of them came up with this fire detector, Lumkani, that can alert a neighborhood.
Development
A little blue box that might help save thousands of homes in South Africa
​Left-wing independent candidate Alexander Van der Bellen smiles out of the window of a car after winning Austrian presidential election in Vienna, Austria,
Justice
What the narrow defeat of Austria’s far right means for Austrians, refugees and Donald Trump
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) chats with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, May 23, 2016.
Economics
International leaders are meeting in Istanbul for the first World Humanitarian Summit
obama
Conflict
For this refugee of the US war in Vietnam, Obama’s visit to Hanoi is a huge deal
Boniface Mwangi
Justice
Police officers treat this Nairobi neighborhood like an ‘ATM machine,’ residents say
La Yegros
Music
Old meets new with Argentine singer La Yegros, but that’s only the beginning
President Obama, in Hanoi, meets with Vietnam's Communist Party chief under a statue of Ho Chi Minh
Global Politics
The US will arm a communist country for the first time since WWII