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Myanmar’s Buddhist Burmans, the country’s ethnic majority, general adore Aung San Suu Kyi . They see her as one of their own. The Rohingyas who have run from the country for their lives see her differently. (Photo by Wikimedia Commons) Photo used under CC BY

Does Aung San Suu Kyi still merit Peace Prize?

Three years after her party took power in Myanmar, critics condemn Aung San Suu Kyi for, among other offenses, sacrificing the stateless Rohingyas, backsliding on press freedom, failing to forge peace, and believing she can bring the generals around on all of the above.

Newsweek

‘Benefits of destroying the Rohingya exceed the costs’ for Myanmar, former UN ambassador warns

The Independent

Filmmaker captures tale of modern slavery

In one of the boldest investigative stories of recent years, Hungarian filmmaker Bernadett Tuza-Ritter’s shocking film “A Woman Captured” shows the exhaustion of being entrapped as a slave and what it takes to get out of it.

Guardian

Austria to shut down mosques, expel imams

Austria’s right-wing government plans to shut seven mosques and could expel dozens of imams in what it said was “just the beginning” of a push against radical Islam and foreign funding of religious groups that Turkey condemned as racist.

Reuters

The far right is now in power in Austria

The Nation

Pope: Climate change may ‘destroy civilization’

Pope Francis issued a dire warning to top oil executives, saying that climate change could “destroy civilization.” At a two-day conference at the Vatican, the pope called climate change a challenge of “epochal proportions,” according to Reuters.

The Hill

NGO: S. Sudan‘s humanitarian crisis ’alarming’

A humanitarian crisis in conflict-torn South Sudan is reaching alarming proportions after four-and-a-half years of fighting, the Norwegian Refugee Council warned.

enca.com

Clemency for mass killer appalls Rwanda

An international court is expected to approve the early release from prison of one of the architects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda – despite objections from prosecutors who claim it will undermine confidence in global campaigns to combat extremism.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Uganda’s women say enough is enough

Protesters marched to the Ugandan police headquarters, accusing authorities of an inadequate and slow response to recent kidnappings and murders.

Al Jazeera

Sweden to give asylum seekers second chance

Sweden’s parliament passed a bill on Thursday to give around 9,000 failed asylum seekers a second chance to stay, exposing a split in the opposition over immigration ahead of September’s election.

Reuters

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Trump warns Kim: ‘It’s a one-time shot’

President Trump on Saturday expressed optimism about his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but warned that the opportunity won’t happen again, calling it a “one-time shot.”

FOX News

Singapore prepares for historic summit

USA TODAY

Russia, China show unity as US relations falter

Neighboring giants China and Russia have both stressed the value of a strategic partnership amid faltering relations with the US. Russian President Vladimir Putin was handed a medal by his Chinese counterpart.

Deutsche Welle

Trump further undermines Obamacare

The Trump administration won’t defend central provisions of the Affordable Care Act, saying in a legal filing that key parts of the Affordable Care Act should be invalidated and that the individual mandate is unconstitutional.

CNN

Foreign leaders who embraced Trump now feel burned

Politico

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Ancient Peruvians performed cranial surgery

A neurorehabilitation expert who helps modern patients recover from brain surgery, chronicles the remarkable skill of ancient Peru’s cranial surgeons.

ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

Trump walks back disastrous Ebola funding cut

The Trump administration has walked back its proposal to reclaim $252 million in unspent Ebola funds, which experts lauded as a welcome shift in the administration’s approach to global health leadership ― especially amid the new Ebola outbreak.

Huffington Post

Suicide rates up 30 percent since ’99, CDC says

Suicide rates are up by 30 percent across the nation since 1999, federal health officials reported. And only about half the people who died by suicide had a known mental health condition, even though depression had been thought to be the major cause of suicide.

NBCNews.com

Kate Spade’s death shines light on alarming increase in suicide rates

CBS News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Vann Newkirk II):

The Federal Government Abandons the Most Popular Part of the ACA

The Atlantic

Column (Erika Guevara-Rosas):

Despite bloody state repression, Nicaraguans will not be silenced

Al Jazeera

Column (William Holland):

What keeps President Xi Jinping up at night

Asia Times Online

Column (Hamid Dabashi):

The idea of regime change in Iran is delusional

Al Jazeera

Column (Steve Huff):

Plot Twist: The strange story of Douglas Parkhurst

RealClearPolitics

Column (Bryant Harris):

Jilted Democrats fume over Trump-Netanyahu lovefest

Al-Monitor

Column (Rameshwar Bohara):

Saving democracy and free press in the Philippines

Nepali Times

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GOOD NEWS

Congo woman opens home to war orphans

More than 100 children children orphaned by militia violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo have found themselves in the care of 65-year-old Marie Charline Mutsuva, whose humble hut has become well-known as a haven from the unrest.

MSN

Man returns $1M lottery ticket to owner

A Kansas couple are now millionaires after wining the lottery — but they almost never even learned of their earnings.

People

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

How to get narcissists to give money to charity

Don’t pull on their heart strings, tug on their “me” strings. Narcissists are more likely to donate to charity if the request focuses on them — not the recipient. That’s the finding of new research from the University at Buffalo School of Management.

MarketWatch

Brooklyn tattoo shop offers ink for charity

New York Post

Intergenerational activities reduce loneliness

Most Americans believe activities that bring together children, youth and adults can reduce loneliness, a report from Generations United and the Eisner Foundation finds.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Hurricanes are slowing down, and that’s bad

Some hurricanes are moving more slowly, spending increased time over land and leading to catastrophic local rainfall and flooding, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.

ScienceDaily

Tiny shrimp could influence climate changes

When we think of global warming and climate change, most of us ignore the impacts that animals have on the environment. Climate affects animals, but is the reverse true? Can animals affect the climate?

Guardian

ECONOMY

IMF, Argentina reach $50 billion bailout pact

The International Monetary Fund and Argentina reached an agreement for a $50 billion credit line to stem a drop in the value of the Argentine peso and shore up the government of President Mauricio Macri as he accelerates plans to reduce fiscal deficits.

MarketWatch

EU to levy tariffs on US bikes, bourbon, boats

President Donald Trump’s tit-for-tat trade war keeps heating up. The European Union announced it will in July start imposing a sweeping round of tariffs on $3 billion worth of U.S. products in retaliation for the White House’s decision to hit European steel and aluminum products with duties.

NBCNews.com

Gig economy slowing down, US finds

Have you heard about the gig economy? It’s the future of work. The conventional 9-to-5 job is dying out, replaced by a system where workers rush to on-call jobs summoned via their smartphones. At least that’s what we thought, until the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics threw that narrative out the window.

Quartz

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet at the Capella Hotel in Singapore. Trump has warned the erratic leader of the Hermit Kingdom that the summit, which will address the proposed denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, would be a “one-shot deal.” (Photo by Marco Verch) Photo used under CC BY

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