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VIDEO: India’s rapidly-growing robotics industry is transforming warehouses as automation replaces manual labor. But this progress could come at a price. The machines are setting a pace that humans can’t match at a time when the world’s second most populous country struggles to create jobs for millions of young people. The World Bank warns that automation could put 70 percent of India’s jobs at risk.

All races and ethnic groups grew in the United States over the last year, while the non-Hispanic white population grew the slowest, according to the latest numbers from the US Census Bureau. The Asian and Hispanic populations increased the fastest. Here’s why.

Hundreds of fasting Muslim volunteers gathered on a hot day on Skid Row, the notorious Los Angeles street best-known for its thousands of homeless people. They were there to distribute clothes, hygiene essentials, food, water, and other necessities to the people who live their lives on the street.

More than 1,000 children have been killed in Iraq since IS militants swept into the country in 2014, and about 5 million more are in need of emergency humanitarian relief. More than 1.5 million children have also been displaced in the past three years. Many are now in massive desert camps where they endure blistering heat, poor food, dirty water and lack of health care. In Mosul, VOA examines the plight of the conflict’s most vulnerable victims.  

Asia’s growing middle class is driving a booming plastics and packaging industry. But that increasing demand is raising alarm about the potential for increased plastic pollution in rivers and oceans, especially since the top 20 polluting rivers are already mostly in Asia.