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Brazil’s first female president, Dilma Rousseff, shown in a March 2015 photo, has been suspended from office and is to stand trial. (Photo by Senado Federal) Photo used under CC BY

Rousseff impeachment: How did it go so wrong?

A year and a half ago, 54.5 million Brazilians went to the polls to re-elect Dilma Rousseff in one of the world’s largest democratic elections. Now she has been suspended from office and is to stand trial. She may be removed from office.

BBC

‘Democracy is our oxygen’: Brazilians speak out about Dilma Rousseff

Guardian

Judge rules for House on Obamacare funding

A federal judge ruled against the Obama administration in a challenge to a portion of the Affordable Care Act brought by the House of Representatives.

CNN

Obama directs schools to honor gender ID

The Obama administration has instructed schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms matching their gender identity. The departments of Education and Justice require educators to “ensure an environment free from discrimination based on sex.”

CNN

How federal directive will affect schools

ABC News

For some, Trump presents moral dilemma

Donald Trump is seeking unity with Republican leaders. But for some GOP lawmakers, backing the brash billionaire is about more than tax cuts or trade, immigration or national security. It’s about morality and character.

Christian Science Monitor

Sanders campaign: Dems ‘court disaster’ in Clinton

CNN

Trump‘s tax rate? ’It‘s none of your business’

ABC News

Zimmerman gun auction reaches $65M

Bidding in an online auction for the gun George Zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin was up to $65 million. Internet trolls appeared to drive the offers up to such astronomic levels.

BBC

RIGHTS

Uganda: Western officials dismiss president

Uganda’s veteran president, Yoweri Museveni, vowed to fight corruption as he was sworn in to a fifth term in office, but some Western officials walked out of the ceremony when he mocked the International Criminal Court.

Al Jazeera

Museveni rival Kizza Besigye charged with treason

BBC

Girl barred from prom after not wearing dress

Dress codes took another beating as a Pennsylvania teenager was barred from attending her school prom because she refused to wear a dress.

The Rakyat Post

Russia let homegrown ISIS go fight in Syria

Moscow wanted to eradicate the risk of domestic terror attacks, so intelligence and police officials turned a blind eye to Islamic militants leaving the country. Some sources say officials even encouraged militants to leave.

Reuters

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

Did Trump pose as someone else in interview?

In a 1991 phone interview, a spokesperson who identified himself as “John Miller” spoke with a reporter to defend Donald Trump, but journalists and even then-girlfriend Marla Maples accused “Miller” of being Trump himself.

CBS News

Secret Service to investigate Trump’s former butler for saying Obama should be killed

The Hill

Brazil’s new government plans for big reforms

Brazil‘s center-right interim government said on Friday it has the support in Congress to push through reforms to return the economy to growth and secure a permanent mandate once President Dilma Rousseff’s trial is up.

Reuters

Queen says Chinese officials were ‘rude’

Queen Elizabeth II has been overheard on video calling Chinese officials “very rude” in a conversation with a senior police officer at a Buckingham Palace event.

Times of India

David Cameron calls Afghanistan, Nigeria ‘fantastically corrupt’

CNN

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Facebook scrambles to contain fallout

Facebook is scrambling to contain the fallout from allegations that it has suppressed right-leaning political content on its powerful platform — a charge that hits at the social network’s image of neutrality.

The Hill

Wal-Mart sues Visa over chip cards

Walmart is suing Visa, saying the payments network is preventing it from requiring shoppers to punch in personal identification numbers as an extra security measure when they pay with a chip-enabled debit card.

MSN Money

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

DNA from humans, rats in veggie burgers

In a sample of 89 veggie burgers collected from a range of brands, Clear Labs identified several problems with “substitution, hygienic issues, and pathogenic contamination.”

FOX News

First alien earth still elusive to researchers

Astronomers announced the discovery of 1,284 exoplanets by NASA‘s Kepler space telescope, bringing the prolific observatory’s total haul to 2,325 confirmed alien worlds. However, none of these appears to be a true Earth twin.

NBCNews.com

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GOOD NEWS

Dog saves 7-year-old owner from rattlesnake

A rescue German Shepherd is being hailed a hero after saving his 7-year-old owner from a rattlesnake behind the family’s home in Tampa.

ABC News

Five lost languages rediscovered in MA

Previously, experts had believed that the Native Americans of central Massachusetts spoke a single language: Loup. However, new research shows that they spoke at least five different languages.

Smithsonian Magazine

NGO AND NONPROFIT

Official accused of extorting bribes

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation has again summoned Anand Joshi, a “missing” undersecretary in the home ministry, for questioning. He is accused of corruption — demanding and accepting bribes from NGOs.

Hindustan Times

China tightens its grip on foreign NGOs

China has passed a controversial law imposing new regulations on foreign nongovernmental organizations and charitable groups, forcing them to submit to police supervision and declare their sources of funding.

CNN

What China’s foreign NGO restrictions mean for US businesses

Fortune

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Obama urged to rescind discriminatory memo

A group of constitutional lawyers has called on Obama to revoke a legal memo that purportedly allows religious groups to refuse to provide services, including emergency contraception for human trafficking victims.

ProPublica

Rihanna launches scholarship program

The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter announced that she’s officially launching a global scholarship program through her nonprofit, the Clara Lionel Foundation, to help students pay for college.

MSN Entertainment

ENVIRONMENT

Global CO2 concentration causes concern

The world is hurtling towards an era when global concentrations of carbon dioxide never again dip below the 400 parts per million (ppm) milestone, as two important measuring stations sit on the point of no return.

Guardian

Thailand to shut largest gold mine

Thailand will shutter its largest gold mine by the end of the year after the government said concern the project was damaging the environment and sickening workers outweighed its economic benefit.

Bloomberg

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People in Havana, Cuba, 2016 (Photo by Ken Walton)

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