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Flooding in Mumbai, India. As heat waves, drought and long heavy rains beome more drawn-out, the damage they cause to health, ecosystems, agriculture and the economy grows “significantly,” scientists say. (Photo by Michael Kohli) Photo used under CC BY

Climate causing heat waves, heavy rains to last longer

Countries in the northern hemisphere can expect longer summer heat waves, as well as more consecutive days of heavy rain with harmful consequences, if internationally agreed goals to limit global warming are exceeded.

Reuters

At the bottom of a glacier in Greenland, climate scientists find troubling signs

CNN

Measles killed more in DRC than Ebola this year

Measles has killed 2,758 people in the DR Congo since January, more than the Ebola epidemic in a year, medical NGO Doctors Without Borders said, calling for a “massive mobilization of funds.”

France 24

UN appeals for more aid for Venezuela refugees

The UN and NGOs put out a humanitarian appeal for $770M at the start of the year and have received less than $180M. The UN has appealed for more humanitarian aid for Venezuelan refugees.

Al Jazeera

India renews crackdown on citizens in Kashmir

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have reimposed restrictions on public movement after people took to the streets to protest against Delhi’s decision to suspend the disputed region’s autonomous status.

The Independent

Kashmir schools reopen but students stay home

BBC

Sierra Leone capital confronts water crisis

Abundant downpours during the rainy season bring deadly floods every year but officials are increasingly worried about another trend: diminishing water reserves.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Hong Kong readies for further protests

Hong Kong is gearing up for further protests after hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators braved heavy rain to rally peacefully, marking a change to what have often been violent clashes.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Migrant kids molested in US-funded foster care

A review of 38 legal claims obtained by The Associated Press shows taxpayers could be on the hook for more than $200 million in damages from parents who said their children were harmed while in government custody.

Associated Press

Boko Haram has killed 35,000 so far, UN says

An estimated 35,000 persons have lost their lives in the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe States and other parts of Nigeria since the beginning of the conflict in 2009, the United Nations has said.

allAfrica.com

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

UN team finds UK-made bomb parts in Yemen

A United Nations panel of experts has uncovered fragments of British-made laser guidance missile systems at an air raid site in Yemen in a strike that it concluded breached international humanitarian law.

Guardian

Special section:

What now for the Saudi-UAE alliance in Yemen?

The Independent

Yemen’s war cut a father’s route to work, now his toddler starves

Reuters

New Zealand could finally decriminalize abortion

New Zealand is often seen as a progressive place for women, yet abortion remains a crime. A bill to decriminalize abortion and strip the requirement for two-doctor sign-off passed its first reading in New Zealand’s parliament.

CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New study links fluoride in water to lower IQ

A controversial study links exposure to fluoridated tap water during pregnancy to lower IQ scores in infants, but several outside experts expressed concern over its methodology and have questioned its findings.

Raw Story

Tech startup aims to save lives of new moms

In the developed world, the U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths, with black women hit the hardest. Founded by mother and daughter, tech startup Mahmee, wants to change that.

NPR

Challenges of breastfeeding as a black person

ACLU

GLOBAL HEALTH

Ebola spreads to remote, militia-run Congo town

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed a new case of Ebola in the remote, militia-controlled territory of Walikale, hundreds of miles away from where previous cases occurred, the Health Ministry said.

Channel NewsAsia

What this Congolese city is doing to stop Ebola from spreading

NPR

S. Africa puts initial health care cost at $17B

South Africa published its draft National Health Insurance bill, with one senior official estimating universal healthcare for millions of poorer citizens would cost about $16.89 billion to implement by 2022.

Reuters

Singapore investigating rise in typhoid cases

Singapore authorities are investigating the cause of an outbreak of typhoid fever in recent weeks. Affected individuals are to be interviewed, and places where they ate will be inspected in order to trace the source.

Channel NewsAsia

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GOOD NEWS

Boy donates $15K fair earnings to St. Jude

A 15-year-old Ohio boy is being called a hero for his generosity after donating all of his livestock premiums to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

KWCH 12

Meet 10 inspiring kids going above and beyond with charity work

MSN

Strangers save wheelchair-using woman

Randolph Donovan and Kashief Hamilton are being hailed as heroes for helping to keep a wheelchair-using young woman from going underwater off the coast of St. Thomas.

CNN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Airline donates to help trafficking survivors

Delta Airlines has given more than 100 flights to help fly human trafficking survivors through its mileage donation program, and has committed an additional $1.5 million to a National Human Trafficking Hotline.

USA TODAY

Metallica donates $277K to pediatric hospital

American heavy metal band Metallica has donated $277,600 to a Romanian association building the country’s first pediatric oncology hospital, they said.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Illegal elephant skin sales rapidly mounting

The trade in elephant skins for medicinal powders, pills and jewelry have mushroomed since 2018. The industry has now spread to a larger swath of Southeast Asia, including China, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

National Geographic

Florida’s palm trees threatened by disease

Florida’s iconic palm trees are under attack from a fatal disease that turns them to dried crisps in months, with no chance for recovery once they become ill.

FOX News

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Sudanese feminists fight for government quota

Many feminists have been pushing to negotiate a 50 percent quota for women in Sudan’s government. The current rate is 30 percent, with many arguing that 40 percent is a more reasonable demand.

allAfrica.com

Women’s team continues to fight for equal pay

The U.S. Women’s National Team remains embroiled in a bitter row with U.S. Soccer over equal pay. The final outcome will affect every woman around the world.

Guardian

Asian female action heroes are box office hits

Hollywood Reporter

Photo of the Day

A mother with her baby in Juba, South Sudan in February 2018. The hospital that cares for this woman and her newborn daughter is the only one in all Juba, the capital of South Sudan, which has a maternity area of only five beds. According to UNICEF, in this African country, one of the poorest in the world, only 9 percent of children are born with the assistance of a healthcare professional, and one in every 26 dies during childbirth or days after. (Photo by Stefanie Glinski / AFP) Photo used under CC BY

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