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Gonad-chomping bacteria attacks dengue virus

Despite extensive use of insecticide and drug-treated nets, mosquitoes continue to spread the dreaded dengue across India. In 2016, over 100,000 tested positive for dengue in the country; hundreds died from infection. Now, there are plans to pit bacteria against the virus.

Asia Times Online

Dengue fever spike in Sri Lanka ’part of a health crisis looming in Asia’

Outbreak News Today

Karoshi victims’ families slam OT cap plan

Families of people who have died from overwork blasted a report adopted by a government labor reform panel, saying its call for creating a monthly overtime cap of 100 hours could effectively legalize long working hours at the expense of workers’ health.

Japan Times

Why are Japanese working themselves to death?

South China Morning Post

‘No turning back,’ May says as Britain begins Brexit

Britain’s departure from the EU is “an historic moment from which there can be no turning back,” British Prime Minister Theresa May said after Britain’s EU ambassador formally triggered the two-year exit process by handing a letter to the EU Council president.

BBC

Has Britain left the EU? (Almost) Every single Brexit question answered

Telegraph.co.uk

Groups file suit over Trump climate actions

Environmental groups that vowed to fight President Donald Trump’s efforts to roll back his predecessor’s plans to curb global warming have made good on their promises, asking a federal court to block an order that lifts restrictions on coal sales from federal lands.

ABC News

Arab leaders broach reconciliation with Israel

Arab states have offered Israel a reconciliation deal provided it cedes land captured in 1967 to a future Palestinian state. U.S. President Donald Trump had rattled leaders when he said he was open to a one-state solution.

Deutsche Welle

DR Congo opposition announces protests

Jean-Marc Kabund, secretary-general of the opposition UDPS party, says President Joseph Kabila and his political allies in the Democratic Republic of Congo have no intention of moving toward elections.

allAfrica.com

HUMAN RIGHTS

U.N. rights investigators killed in DR Congo

The United Nations has confirmed that two of its employees, who were looking into violence and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, have been killed. An American, Michael Sharp, and a Swede, Zaida Catalan, had gone missing earlier this month while traveling in the region.

NPR

Profile of slain American peacemaker

NPR

Russia accused of mentally tormenting Tatars

Lawyers and human rights activists say Russian authorities in Crimea are imprisoning human rights activists in psychiatric hospitals and submitting them to psychological abuse.

Guardian

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Brexit as an opportunity for Africa

As British Prime Minister Theresa May is slated to trigger formal Brexit talks, African nations are gearing up for negotiations of their own. But it‘s not all doom and gloom since Brexit could work in Africa’s favor.

Deutsche Welle

A ruined nation awaits the death of a dictator

After nearly 40 years of Robert Mugabe’s rule, Zimbabwe is broke. So broke that it’s selling its elephants. CBC News explores the dying days of a dictatorship that punishes its people.

CBC News

Pro-Mugabe youth run riot at ancient township

allAfrica.com

$97M water settlement victory for Flint

Activists and public officials alike welcomed a deal that will rip up thousands of corroded water lines in Flint, Michigan, but they said the lead-contaminated city still has a long way to go before it’s back on its feet.

NBCNews.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Abuse accelerates puberty in children

While it has long been known that maltreatment can affect a child’s psychological development, new research indicates that the stress of abuse can impact the physical growth and maturation of adolescents as well.

ScienceDaily

US loses Web browsing privacy protections

Congress voted to kill rules meant to prevent Internet service providers from selling users’ Web browsing histories and app storage histories to advertisers.

Guardian

Digital rights report hits Apple for its secrecy

Yahoo! News

GLOBAL HEALTH

Lead exposure in childhood linked to lower IQ

A long-term study of 565 children who grew up in the era of leaded gasoline has shown that their exposure to the powerful neurotoxin may have led to a loss of intelligence and occupational standing.

ScienceDaily

Meningitis outbreak kills at least 140 in Nigeria

The disease is spreading amidst fears it could be out of control if refugee camps, prisons and police cells become affected through crowds, the BBC’s Chris Ewokor in Abuja says.

BBC

Ontario may continue funding for autism therapy

Children and Youth Services Minister Michael Coteau indicated that the funding may continue and that families may be able to apply for either the province’s updated Intensive Behavioural Intervention program or for funding that they could use to pay for private programs they choose themselves.

CBC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Alliance with Syria tightens Russia’s ties with Iran

Asia Times Online

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Trump’s attack on the climate will fail, spectacularly

Deutsche Welle

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How cartoonists around the world reacted to Article 50 and ‘Brexit Day’

Telegraph.co.uk

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Why Washington was a no show at human rights hearings

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Yoga, dancing keep 98-year-old young

The Guinness Book of World Records calls Tao Porchon-Lynch the world’s oldest yoga instructor. Besides teaching eight classes every week, she’s also a ballroom dancer – and that’s just what she’s been doing lately.

NBCNews.com

Police academy graduates double-amputee vet

Making it through seven months of police training is a big achievement for anyone. But for one recruit at the Suffolk County police academy on Long Island, New York, the accomplishment borders on the miraculous.

CBS News

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Billionaire strives to save planet from Trump

Tom Steyer isn’t your average tree hugger. The former hedge fund manager — number 1,121 on Forbes’ wealthiest people list, with $1.61 billion — was once best known for turning $15 million into $30 billion in about two decades.

Wired

Grants fund performances by disabled artists

When the words “disabled” and “dancers” appear in the same sentence, many people think of special interest groups, therapy, or education, but the performances selected by Dance/NYC’s “Dance. Disability. Artistry.” initiative are emphatically none of those things.

Nonprofit Quarterly

BUSINESS

EU nations vote against GM crops

A majority of EU nations voted against genetically modified corn during a meeting of the EU appeals committee. However, that was not enough to stop GM cultivation. The decision now rests with the commission.

Deutsche Welle

Age discrimination built into some job websites

If you’re looking for work, you might start with one of those websites that posts jobs. But if you’re an older adult looking for work, you might have found yourself excluded from some of the features on those sites.

NPR

Wells Fargo cited for illegal practices

A top federal banking regulator severely downgraded Wells Fargo’s community lending rating, citing the “egregious nature” of “discriminatory and illegal” credit practices at the big bank.

CNNMoney

ENVIRONMENT

US environmental protection: A guide

President Richard Nixon united with a Democratic Congress to restrict toxic air pollution nationwide, clean up hundreds of streams and rivers, and erect a federally empowered Environmental Protection Agency.

The Atlantic

The case for wind and solar energy in Africa

A new assessment by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found that wind and solar can be economically and environmentally competitive options and can contribute significantly to the rising demand.

Environmental News Network

Effects of ocean warming on the planet

We all know ocean temperatures are increasing as a result of climate change. But what you may not know is that they are warming much faster than expected. The loss of tropical paradises is only one of many consequences.

Deutsche Welle

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Marine Lt. Asif I. Balbale, a chaplain for Assault Amphibian School Battalion at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendelton, Calif., prays at the Afghan Cultural Center aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, in August 2011. (Photo by Marine Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Chandler) Photo used under CC BY

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