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A homeowner pulls her daughter’s bicycle from the ruins of her home in Mount Hannah Lodge, California, after the Valley Fire destroyed the family home in September 2015. (Photo by State Far) Photo used under CC BY

US Army: Climate change promises blackouts, war

Americans could face a horrifically grim future from climate change involving blackouts, disease, thirst, starvation and war. The U.S. Army study also found that the U.S. military might collapse over the next two decades.

Vice

Koran schools mask Nigerian ’torture houses’

A Nigerian Koranic center was one of series of institutions raided over the past month where parents have been sending troublesome children and young men who may be addicted to drugs or have committed petty crimes.

BBC

Wealth gaps, poor services are fueling Chile’s protests

Chilean protesters say they are united by frustration with the so-called neoliberal model that has left Chile with region-topping prosperity along with two-tiered health and education systems that provide better results for the minority who can afford to pay.

TIME

Hundreds shot and beaten as Chileans take to streets

Guardian

Chile’s president promises to reshuffle Cabinet after massive protests in Santiago

NPR

Uighurs in exile fear for loved ones in China

Mass detention camps and heavy surveillance in Xinjiang, China, are affecting Uighurs abroad. Many have remained silent, out of fear for those still in China. But now, in desperation, they are telling their stories.

Al Jazeera

80,000 march against Catalan independence

Tens of thousands of people have joined a protest against independence in Barcelona, calling for Spanish unity and peaceful coexistence in Catalonia after the violent unrest of the past fortnight.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Bangladesh workers face menstruation taboos

Nearly 70 percent of Bangladesh’s textile workers are women, but menstruation taboos mean they must skip work when they have their period. Activists say more must be done to raise awareness and provide hygienic aid.

Deutsche Welle

Uganda charges 16 LGBTQ activists for gay sex

Uganda said it had charged 16 LGBTQ activists with the crime of gay sex, punishable by life in jail, in what campaigners called an escalating campaign against sexual minorities in the east African nation.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Thousands join Pride parade in Taiwan

BBC

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Colombia capital elects first woman as mayor

Colombians made history by electing a woman mayor, Claudia Lopez, in Bogota as they took to the polls in local and regional elections for the first time since the signing of a landmark 2016 peace deal.

Al Jazeera

70% millennials say they would vote for socialist

Seventy percent of millennials in a new poll say that they are somewhat or extremely like to vote for a socialist candidate. Overall, Americans are more hesitant about voting for a “democratic socialist” than they were in 2018.

The Hill

Depoliticize women’s health care to save women

Over 19 million women lack access to a full range of contraceptive services and half of U.S. counties lack a single OBGYN. Yet, politicians continue to advance policies that would further reduce access to women’s healthcare.

TIME

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

AI being used to save elephant population

Researchers use artificial intelligence to find patterns of information on elephant and poacher behavior. An incredible tool that could help the elephant population that decreased by a third between 2007 and 2014.

NPR

Drone technology takes farming into the future

Deutsche Welle

Twitter accused of censoring Kashmir dissent

Twitter has been accused of bowing to Indian censorship and suppressing freedom of speech in Kashmir after removing 1 million tweets.

Newsweek

GLOBAL HEALTH

Panic in Pakistan as 900 kids test HIV positive

Nearly 900 children in Ratodero, Pakistan, have tested positive for HIV after a rogue pediatrician allegedly reused infected syringes. About 200 adults have also tested HIV positive since the epidemic was confirmed in April.

The Independent

Pastor fuels Ebola conspiracy theories

Pastor Jules Mulindwa runs a Congolese megachurch and promotes unfounded beliefs about Ebola contributing to the spread of conspiracy theories in an area already wracked by poverty.

TIME

33,000 bottles of baby powder in USA recalled

Johnson & Johnson said it is recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken from a bottle purchased online.

Reuters

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GOOD NEWS

Crossing guard gets surprise from community

After learning that going to a World Series game was on community crossing guard, Mr. Jeff’s bucket list, two parents raised $2,445 to secure Mr. Jeff tickets.

CNN

Baby girl born by candlelight in laundry room

When Bump Birthing Center staff received alerts that a tornado was near, they transferred a mom about to give birth to the laundry room and went on to deliver the baby by candlelight.

CNN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

‘Secret’ millionaire leaves fortune to nonprofits

When Barbara Ebel died suddenly at 71, her friends found out that she was not only a millionaire, but had left nearly 90 percent of her estate to three Cincinnati nonprofits, with no strings attached.

WCPO

Lawyer cleans up ocean trash every weekend

Afroz Shah has spent every weekend since 2015 picking up trash from the beach. He’s now spent 209 weekends dedicated to cleanup inspiring over 200k volunteers.

CNN

Doing Your Bit: The students keeping Zanzibar’s beaches clean

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

Farmers tackle climate change with comedy

The Egyptian government and the World Food Program are staging comedies to help farmers understand and cope with climate change threats through modern technology and sustainable growing techniques.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Desert Dubai city pushes for green revolution

Fenced off by a wall of trees, about 12 miles from the high rises towering over Dubai’s city center, there lies a small solar-powered settlement aiming to become a green oasis.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Lebanon ‘days’ away from economic collapse

Lebanon is on the verge of economic collapse unless an “immediate solution” can be found to end days of nationwide protests that have paralyzed the country, Central Bank Governor Riad Salame has said.

CNN

Protests push Hong Kong into recession

Hong Kong is in a recession, as five months of protests send tourism and retail numbers plunging. The Asian financial hub is expected to report negative economic growth, which means it is facing “a technical recession.”

CNN

Photo of the Day

A worker at a garment factory in Ashulia, a suburban area near Dhaka, Bangladesh in July 2011. Nearly 70% of Bangladesh’s textile workers are women, but menstruation taboos mean they must skip work when they have their period. A pilot study conducted by Bangladeshi experts published found that more than two-thirds of the female garment workers used dirty pieces of cloth to absorb menstrual blood. (Photo by Tareq Salahuddin) Photo used under CC BY

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