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School children in DRC. A new study has found that climatic conditions affect education attainment adversely in multiple ways. As children in the tropics feel the intensifying effects of climate change, they will face additional barriers to education and this is more evidence of the varied social impacts of climate change. (Photo by Julien Harneis) Photo used under CC BY

Warming could hamper schooling of kids in tropics

A new study finds that exposure to extreme heat and precipitation in prenatal and early childhood years in countries of the global tropics could make it harder for children to attain secondary school education, even for better-off households.

Phys.org

Police begin second wave of arrests in London climate protests

Guardian

Post-disaster security unavailable to many in US

Gaps exist nationwide in the post-disaster social safety net for people in non-traditional housing situations, such as those living in mobile or rental homes and the homeless, say housing rights advocates.

Reuters

Human trafficking thriving as big business globally

Human trafficking is now a multi-billion-dollar industry worldwide and cases increasing in the U.S. Human trafficking is estimated to bring in global profits of about $150 billion a year—$99 billion from sexual exploitation

Fortune

Group raises alarm for refugees in Calais

Refugees and migrants in northern France are being held in such poor conditions by French authorities, that some have gone on hunger strike or have attempted suicide, according to the aid group, Refugee Rights Europe.

TRT World

Nigerian women warned against UK slavery

The UK government is backing an advertising campaign urging Nigerian women and girls to find jobs at home instead of “risking a life of modern slavery” in Britain.

The Independent

UN urged to investigate Pakistan illegal killings

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan urged the UN to investigate the alleged extrajudicial killings by Pakistani security forces that has caused widespread outrage in the last few months.

Business Standard

Protesters denounce ‘forced disappearances’ in Pakistan’s tribal region

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

HUMAN RIGHTS

Racism, still a huge problem in UK’s workplaces

A shocking report has found that the majority of ethnic minority workers have experienced racial harassment at work in the last five years, and have been subjected to unfair treatment by their employer because of their race.

Phys.org

How Australia’s everyday racism moved from political fringe to mainstream media

CNN

Review reveals LGBTQ are absent from studies

A recent literature review reveals that sexual and gender minorities are invisible in agricultural research, leading researchers to call for an increase in LGBT representation in agricultural studies.

Devex

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Macron vows to rebuild Notre Dame after fire

Fundraising has already begun in the wake of the fire that engulfed Paris’s Notre Dame, as the French president Emmanuel Macron invited the world to work together to rebuild the masterpiece of Gothic architecture.

The Independent

Why Notre Dame cathedral is so important to Catholics worldwide

CNN

How to donate to help rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral

CBS News

Protesters demanding civilian rule in Sudan

Demonstrators in Sudan’s capital are continuing to push for civilian rule. They are also calling to dismantle security and intelligence agencies, and for members of president al-Bashir’s government to be held accountable.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Could a solar evaporator produce clean water?

Researchers have demonstrated a successful prototype of a critical component for affordable small-scale desalination: an inexpensive solar evaporator, made of wood. This offers great potential to tackle global water scarcity.

Phys.org

Researchers develop first printed 3D heart

For the first time, scientists at the University of Tel Aviv have created a three-dimensional, fully vascularized human heart. The heart demonstrates future potential for engineering personalized tissue and organ replacements.

ABC News

GLOBAL HEALTH

Reproductive revolution sweeps Arab world

A study finds that changing household structures, economic growth and contraceptives have quietly prompted a dramatic drop in the Arab world’s fertility rate.

Al Jazeera

Why the world has more grandparents than grandchildren

BBC

Global measles cases up 300% year-on-year

Measles cases rose 300 per cent worldwide through the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year, the World Health Organization said, citing preliminary data.

Channel NewsAsia

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GOOD NEWS

Therapy dog cheers Boston Marathon runners

Spencer, a therapy dog who regularly attends the Boston Marathon, was back this year with his owner, Rich Powers, offering runners encouragement from the sidelines.

CBS News

Musician rescues 70 horses from slaughter

When he’s not on the tour and playing music, American musician, Willie Nelson spends his time at his Texas ranch where 70 horses roam. All of the horse were rescued before they could be sent to slaughterhouses.

Sunnyskyz

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Gates to fund $24M to study tropical diseases

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation committed $24.7 million to the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in support of efforts to eliminate two neglected tropical diseases as a public health problem.

Philanthropy News Digest

France’s richest donate millions to Notre Dame

France’s three wealthiest families, the billionaires behind luxury giants LVMH Group, Kering and L’Oreal pledged a combined $565 million after a massive fire ripped through the Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Development endangering world’s grasslands

Agricultural development is posing a growing threat to the world’s grasslands, where human encroachment endangers the rich habitats that animals, from cheetahs to caribou to prairie chickens, call home.

National Geographic

Germany is turning former mines into lakes

Deutsche Welle

Air pollution can change human behavior

The World Health Organization says nine out of 10 people worldwide frequently breathe in dangerous levels of polluted air, which is being linked to mental health problems, poorer school performance, and increases in crime.

BBC

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Women only earn 79% of what men are paid

Women earn $25 an hour on average, 79% of the $32 an hour their male counterparts make, according to a new study, based on data from 13 million employees at 30,000 firms across eight sectors in the U.S.

CNBC

In Venezuela, economy crumbles despite oil

Venezuela’s economy once depended on oil, but declining oil prices and hyperinflation are hurting both current and former employees of state oil company PDVSA, where workers say they can no longer survive on their salaries.

CNN

Maduro calls for million more militia members

BBC

Photo of the Day

Women farmers at work in their vegetable plots near Kullu town, Himachal Pradesh, India. Previously the area was a major producer of high-value apples, but rising temperatures in the last few decades have forced almost all apple producers there to abandon their crop. For these farmers, switching to vegetable production has resulted in a major boost in incomes and livelihoods, illustrating that climate change adaptation can be effective and highly profitable. (Photo by Neil Palmer/CIAT) Photo used under CC BY

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