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US action toward migrants ignites moral showdown

All migrants caught entering the U.S. illegally are now prosecuted for a misdemeanor; the government places children in custody. A U.S. senator criticized President Trump for using children as a “bargaining chip to try and extract his anti-immigrant agenda and to build his unnecessary and offensive border wall.”

New Mexico Political Report

Pope likens selective abortion to Nazi eugenics

Pope Francis has blasted the practice of terminating pregnancies in cases of fetal defects and compared abortion to “what the Nazis did to ensure the purity of the race.” He also slammed the concept of nontraditional families, insisting that “only one” kind of family should be accepted: that between “man and woman.”

Daily Beast

Rescue ships find haven as migrant debate roils EU

Ships in the Aquarius aid convoy have docked at the Spanish port of Valencia, ending a weeklong ordeal for hundreds of people who were rescued from the perilous Mediterranean only to become the latest pawn in Europe’s battle over immigration.

CBS News

Spain welcomes migrants from disputed ship

BBC

Migrant crisis to dominate Macron-Merkel meeting on EU

Sunday Express

Ex-rebel looks to defy odds in Colombia race

Gustavo Petro has gone from fearless lawmaker who tormented Colombia’s political class to a renegade mayor who took on powerful private interests and now a surprise, surging finalist in the country’s first presidential election since the signing of a historic peace accord.

Associated Press

Can leftist Petro become Colombian president?

Al Jazeera

Capitalists weigh cost of US-China trade war

Companies and trade groups in the U.S. and China have raised concern about the potential fallout from the escalating trade dispute between the world’s two biggest economies.

South China Morning Post

Chinese media suggests Trump is a ‘fool’

Newsweek

HUMAN RIGHTS

Iran slams US’ history of human rights denial

U.S. politicians and rights groups regularly condemn Iran for its human rights violations, but the Islamic Republic’s parliament hit back this week by publishing a report blasting Washington’s own record.

Newsweek

Witnesses to starvation and executions, N. Korean defectors hope Trump broaches human rights

PBS NewsHour

Strike kills terrorist who ordered Malala slain

The Pakistani terrorist leader who ordered the assassination of Malala Yousafzai was killed in a drone strike, according to Afghan officials. Mullah Fazlullah was allegedly killed in a strike on June 13 in the Dangam district of Kunar province in Afghanistan.

ABC News

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Turkey polls: Erdogan’s biggest power grab yet?

Turkish voters head to the polls June 24 to decide whether to give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan even more control, in what is being called his biggest power grab yet.

USA TODAY

Kashmiri editor’s assassination shocks India

Syed Shujaat Bukhari, the founding editor-in-chief of Rising Kashmir, a leading newspaper in India’s conflict-ridden Kashmir, was shot and killed by as yet unidentified terrorists on the eve of the holy festival of Eid ul-Fitr.

Asia Times Online

How US aims to counter Russian meddling

After the US intelligence community‘s assessment found that the Russian government tried to interfere in the 2016 US presidential election — representing “Moscow’s longstanding desire to undermine the US-led liberal democratic order” — panic set in.

Business Insider

Trump ally Stone met with Russians about Clinton

CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Large Hadron Collider is getting an upgrade

Smashing together a billion protons a second wasn’t enough for the Large Hadron Collider. The particle accelerator, located at CERN in Geneva, is getting spiffed up to allow it to carry out collisions at an even faster rate.

Science News

Non-coding DNA changes genital development

Male mice grow ovaries instead of testes if they are missing a small region of DNA that doesn’t contain any genes — a finding that could help explain disorders of sex development in humans, half of which have an unknown genetic cause.

ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

Suicide is a global health epidemic

With new data released in the UK and global efforts garnering traction in the most wide-ranging geographies in the world, it is time to take a step back and refocus on the global epidemic that is suicide. Especially among the world’s young people.

Forbes

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GOOD NEWS

Boy jumps with bear, makes ‘cutest’ video ever

On visiting the Nashville Zoo, 5-year-old Ian Parker Ian spotted Luka, an Andean bear cub, and immediately started jumping for joy. Then, surprisingly, Luka made his way over to the glass and began mimicking Ian, jump for jump.

FOX News

Mischievous bear takes a dip in luxurious backyard pool

MSN

Woman, 99, sews dresses for Maria survivors

Martha Heft lives in Clearwater, Florida, but her handmade dresses, blankets, and quilts are keeping orphans warm in Puerto Rico and Haiti.

The Week

Pitcher comforts buddy after decisive strikeout

n a moment that briefly should restore all of our faith in humanity comes an incredible act of sportsmanship at a high school game in Minnesota.

USA TODAY

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Italy wants NGO migrant rescue ships recalled

Italy has demanded that the Netherlands recall two Dutch-flagged migrant rescue ships after one of the NGOs that operate them called Rome’s interior minister a fascist.

Reuters

MacArthur supports inclusive journalism

The MacArthur Foundation has announced a new program aimed at promoting inclusive journalism in that city. The initiative will provide $2.4 million in grants over three years. Its first grantees are City Bureau, Free Spirit Media, and Chicago Public Media.

Nonprofit Quarterly

ENVIRONMENT

Dry riverbeds contributing to climate change

A massive world-wide study of dry riverbeds has found they’re contributing more carbon emissions than previously thought, and this could help scientists better understand how to fight climate change.

ScienceDaily

US Congress: Climate change a security threat

The Republican-led House decisively has approved a defense policy bill that declares climate change a national security threat, demands rigorous oversight of the Pentagon’s cyber operations and rejects the Trump administration’s bid to close military bases.

New York Post

ECONOMY

Ex-Telecom execs face trials in suicide wave

The former head of France Telecom and six other executives have been ordered to stand trial over their alleged role in a wave of suicides starting in 2008. They are charged with “moral harassment.”

CBS News

Why many Americans falter in robust economy

The numbers that collectively sketch a picture of a vibrant economy don’t reflect reality for a range of Americans who still feel far from financially secure even nine years into an economic expansion.

PBS NewsHour

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Shot during a political protest in La Paz, Bolivia, in 2009. (Photo by Danielle Pereira) Photo used under CC BY

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