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A protester participates in a demonstration on January 21, 2017, in New York City. The U.S. State Department‘s human rights report for 2017 scales back on the reporting of women’s issues. (Photo by Karla Cote) Photo used under CC BY

US rights report scales back reporting on women

The U.S. State Department’s human rights report for 2017 appeared to reflect the Trump administration’s worldview by scaling back on the reporting of women’s issues and choosing not to identify the West Bank or Gaza Strip as territories “occupied” by Israel.

CNN

Black US moms, babies dying at alarming rates

According to the Centers for Disease Control, Black women are three to four times more likely than white women to die from pregnancy-related complications. Statistics like that are why Black Maternity Health Week exists.

The Grio

A health crisis for black mothers and babies in America

WNYC

Nicaragua president scraps pension cuts after riots

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega has scrapped the changes to social security that have prompted violent protests across the country. Speaking on TV, Ortega renewed calls for the private sector to engage in talks.

BBC

Protest death toll rises to more than 20, rights group says

Deutsche Welle

S. Africa named most unequal country in world

South Africa is the most unequal country in the world, according to a new World Bank report that lists 149 countries. The report analyzed South Africa’s post-apartheid progress.

Times Live

India‘s Modi to meet China’s Xi as ties thaw

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this week as the countries strive to mend ties after a turbulent period in cross-border relations.

CNN

Car-making success drives Bangkok’s bad air

During Thailand’s February-April hot season, air pollution in Bangkok is often palpable. The main pollution culprit is the capital’s notorious traffic, which spews out tiny particles from exhaust pipes of automobiles, especially those using diesel engines.

Asia Times Online

HUMAN RIGHTS

Tanzania: Freedom of expression deteriorating

Tanzania’s new law regulating online content is continuing to generate protest. Critics say President Magufuli is deliberately targeting freedom of expression.

Deutsche Welle

Denmark brokers human rights reform package

Following a high-level conference in Copenhagen, the Council of Europe has formally adopted a declaration on human rights reform.

The Copenhagen Post

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Erdogan calls for early elections

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan caught Turkey off guard by calling early elections for June, in a move that could cement his grip on power a year ahead of schedule.

PBS

The end of the Castro era

Members of Cuba’s National Assembly are holding a two-day session in Havana which will mark the end of the Castro era.

BBC

Erdogan declares early elections on June 24

Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan has called a snap presidential and parliamentary election on June 24, more than a year earlier than planned, saying the country urgently needed to make the switch to an executive presidency.

Reuters

Turkey‘s anti-war protesters detained: ’Everything is a crime’

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Invasive alien plants are harming S. Africa

Over 380 invasive alien plant species are depleting South Africa’s water supply, intensifying wildfires, reducing agricultural productivity and threatening globally significant biodiversity, say experts.

Mail & Guardian

NASA’s spacecraft on quest to find new planets

NASA’s Tess spacecraft has embarked on a quest to find new worlds around neighboring stars that could support life. Tess rode a SpaceX Falcon rocket through the evening sky, aiming for an orbit stretching all the way to the moon.

Phys.org

The global race for 5G technology is on

Around the world, the race is on to deploy new, powerful 5G technology. Despite the United States’ technological dominance in the past, there are troubling signs that we may be falling behind in a global contest that several other countries are intent on winning.

Forbes

China is beating the United States in the race for 5G

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Malaria experts fear disease’s resurgence

For the first time in 10 years, global malaria cases are no longer falling, sparking concerns about a resurgence of the too often deadly disease. Experts, and philanthropist Bill Gates, are urging country leaders gathering at the Commonwealth summit in London to pledge more money to fight the illness.

BBC

Africa: Blood transfusion can spread malaria

allAfrica.com

A flesh-eating disease is spreading in Australia

Experts warned that cases of Buruli ulcer, an infectious disease that causes “severe destructive lesions of skin and soft tissue” and can leave permanent damage or result in death, are “rapidly increasing,” particularly in the Australian state of Victoria.

Teen Vogue

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Reihan Salam):

Is It Too Late to Stop the Rise of Marijuana, Inc.?

The Atlantic

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Beyond Starbucks: America is still living out the days when ‘Black Codes’ were legal

Atlanta Black Star

Column (Robyn Beere and Silomo Khumalo):

Africa: Lend children with disabilities a hand

Mail & Guardian

Column (Rebecca Harding):

There are no winners from a weaponisation of trade

The Telegraph

Column (Myles E. Johnson):

The Beyonce beyond colour: What it means to be proud, black and smart

Gulf News

Column (Walter E. Williams):

‘White Flight’ is not why cities are struggling

Newsweek

Column (Ines Pohl):

Anti-Semitic violence? Germany must decide

Deutsche Welle

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GOOD NEWS

Ghanaian teens earn top scholarships

Three Ghanaian teenage girls’ SAT scores were astronomically higher than 99 percent of all test takers in the world and they’ve been accepted into the most prestigious colleges in the U.S.

Atlanta Black Star

Customer leaves $2,000 tip at restaurant

“Mike” from Seattle tipped $300 on his $769 meal (or 39 percent) before going into the kitchen and giving each of the 17 kitchen staff members a $100 bill, praising them for the service and food.

MSN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

$3.8B pledged to halve malaria cases

Governments, businesses, and philanthropies have pledged a total of £2.7 billion ($3.8 billion) in support of efforts to halve the number of malaria cases in Commonwealth countries over the next five years.

Philanthropy News Digest

#MeToo hits the nonprofit world

One in four women fundraisers have been sexually harassed on the job, according to an exclusive Chronicle and Association of Fundraising Professionals survey.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

ENVIRONMENT

Bloomberg offers $4.5M for Paris deal

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he will pay $4.5 million to cover the lapsed US financial commitment to the Paris climate accord. He said he had a responsibility to help improve the environment because of President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the deal.

BBC

China refuses to recycle more of the world’s trash

CNNMoney

Refugees in Bangladesh face monsoon season

Aid workers tending to Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are ramping up preparations in the weeks before the start of monsoon season, amid warnings that makeshift shelters in their Bangladesh camps could be destroyed by mudslides and flooding.

CBC News

ECONOMY

Britain keen on rocket-launching industry

The United Kingdom Space Agency, working with British companies in the sector, has established how intends to grow its 6.5 percent stake in the $350 billion space economy over the next 12 years.

CNBC

Ethiopia is Africa’s fastest-growing economy

The International Monetary Fund has revised its 2018 economic growth forecasts and West African darling, Ghana, has lost Africa’s top spot to East African giant, Ethiopia.

Face2Face Africa

Nigerians living in dire conditions demand reform

Al Jazeera

US cities with the fastest-growing wealth gaps

Migration from crowded and expensive Pacific Coast cities has propelled Boise -- the capital of Idaho -- onto the list of top 10 gainers in the Bloomberg rich versus poor gap ranking of metropolitan areas from close to the bottom.

Bloomberg

Inspection opened into Tesla for workplace safety

CNNMoney

Photo of the Day

Rabbi Leib Tropper, founder of the Kol Yaakov Yeshiva and Torah Center in Monsey, New York, leads a discussion. (Photo by Leib Tropper) Photo used under CC BY

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