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NASA’s Aqua satellite captured these images of fires burning in the Brazilian states of Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, and Mato Grosso on August 11 and 13, 2019. (Photo by NASA) Photo used under CC BY

Living near Amazon fires: sick, worried and angry

In Porto Velho, Brazil, pervasive smoke fills the air, sending triple the number of people to state hospitals for pneumonia, severe coughing and other respiratory illnesses.

National Geographic

How the Amazon fires impact wild animals

National Geographic

Flying above the Amazon fires: ‘All you can see is death’

CNN

Female indigenous chief on a mission to save Brazil’s forests

NBC News

More fires in central Africa than Amazon

Over two days, Angola had roughly three times more fires than Brazil — 6,902 fires in Angola and 3,395 fires in Democratic Republic of Congo, compared with just 2,127 fires in Brazil.

BBC

Hong Kong leader visits activists, spurns demands

Hong Kong’s leader says she has met with a group of young people, including some who have taken part in political protests, but she showed no sign of budging on any of the protesters’ demands.

The Hindu

Indonesia to move capital from sinking Jakarta

Indonesia announced that it will be relocating its capital from Jakarta, which is slowly sinking into the sea. The new capital city will be in the East Kalimantan province on Borneo island, President Joko Widodo said.

The Hill

Indonesia’s capital city isn’t the only one sinking

CNN

Sympathy grows for Papuan independence

Asia Times Online

Hundreds of thousands flee fighting in Syria

The United Nations says the humanitarian conditions for 3 million people in northern Syria are worsening as Syrian forces bomb the few remaining hospitals.

Al Jazeera

Pharma targets India’s booming opioid market

As India loosens its stringent narcotics laws, US companies including Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Laboratories and a network affiliated with Purdue Pharma are rushing in.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Iran allows women to watch football World Cup

Iranian women fans will be allowed to attend a men’s soccer World Cub qualifying match in the Islamic Republic in October, the official IRNA news agency quoted a Sports Ministry official as saying, amid heightened pressure from FIFA.

Reuters

Fact box: Saudi travel to World Cup football - 10 breakthroughs for women in 2019

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Equality Day sees new, ‘inspiring’ Barbie dolls

CNN

Migrants get limited access to sanitary products

According to a lawsuit, migrant girls being held by the Trump administration are being given only very limited access to items as basic as sanitary pads and tampons.

The Independent

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Approval sinks for Bolsonaro government

The approval rating of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro’s government has plunged to 29.4 percent in August from 38.9 percent in February, according to a poll that showed a majority of Brazilians are unhappy with him.

Reuters

Environmental fines drop under Bolsonaro

BBC

Nigeria is ‘detaining’ trafficking survivors

According to a Human Rights Watch report, the Nigerian government is illegally detaining survivors of human trafficking, inhibiting the recovery of the traumatized survivors from the experiences they went through.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New technique could ‘fix’ inherited diseases

Researchers have invented a new method for editing genes that gives scientists greater flexibility to correct genetic mutations that cause serious issues, including mutations that lead to Huntington’s disease and progeria.

New York Post

Optimists live longer, new evidence reveals

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have found that individuals with greater optimism are more likely to live longer and to achieve “exceptional longevity,” that is, living to age 85 or older.

Medical Xpress

GLOBAL HEALTH

US could lose its measles elimination status

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week sounded the alarm that recent measles outbreaks have put the 2000 declaration of the disease having been eliminated at risk, according to a CNN report.

The Hill

US discards 3,500 donated kidneys annually

CNN

As the world warms, dengue could spread

Scientists expect warming temperatures will lead to worse dengue outbreaks in places the disease already lurks, and outbreaks in brand new places.

Daily Star

Could new graphene film keep mosquitos from biting?

New Atlas

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GOOD NEWS

9-year-old donates birthday money to veterans

Inspired after seeing several TV shows about the sacrifices veterans made during war, Valery Ann Arriola, a 9-year-old girl donated money from her birthday, Christmas, and a lemonade stand to disabled veterans.

Spectrum News

Man celebrated birthday by giving meals to homeless

Stitch

Candles empower adults with disabilities

A nonprofit, ScentsAbility Candles in Coral Springs employs specially-abled individuals to make candles, teaching them basic job skills needed to thrive independently.

MSN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Tim Cook gives $4.8M worth shares to charity

Apple CEO Tim Cook has donated Apple shares valued at $4.87 million to charity, according to a SEC filing published. He has donated to several human rights campaigns in the past, and plans to give his entire fortune to charity.

CNBC

UK donates $12M to help Amazon rainforest

Britain will make an immediate donation of $12.2 million to help protect and restore the Amazon rainforest amid international horror over wildfires devastating the region, Boris Johnson has announced.

The Independent

ENVIRONMENT

Cheetahs nearly extinct as ultra-rich buy them

Less than 7,500 cheetahs are left in the wild, according to the Cheetah Conservation Fund, with 1,000 cheetahs held captive in Gulf Arab mansions, where Africa’s most endangered big cats are flaunted as status symbols.

CNN

Hundreds of parts from endangered birds reportedly found for sale via Facebook

FOX News

Millennials changing diets to help environment

A survey found that millennials’ relationship to food is unique from that of previous generations. For those who follow a special diet, 44 percent do so because it’s better for the environment, 37 percent say it’s ethical.

New York Post

KFC tests fried plantbased chicken

CNN

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Uber, Lyft take bigger slice of drivers’ fares

A Jalopnik analysis of 14,756 ride fares from Uber and Lyft drivers found the ride-hailing apps to be taking a bigger bite out of drivers’ fares than they say they do.

The Insider

Uber made nearly $500 million from a ‘safe rides fee’ — and that money went straight to the company’s pockets

Business Insider

Kenya joins ranks of oil-exporting countries

Kenya sent off its inaugural shipment of crude oil this week, becoming the first East African nation to join the ranks of petroleum-exporting countries.

Al Jazeera

Photo of the Day

Women play a game of football in Mazandaran, Iran in this photograph from March 1989. While foreign women have been allowed limited access to matches in Iran, Iranian women have been banned from stadiums when men’s teams are playing since the Islamic revolution in 1979. (Photo by Casey Hugelfink) Photo used under CC BY

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