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A Roma woman crosses Piazza Maggiore in Bologna, Italy. Nazi Germany killed tens of thousands — if not hundreds of thousands — of Roma, and the people’s fear of harassment and discrimination endures. (Photo by Dave Collier) Photo used under CC BY

Italy’s call to register Roma echoes dark past

Calls for census generate fear of a return to violent racism. Italy’s far-right interior minister dredged up dark memories when he proposed to register Romani communities in a census and deport those without citizenship.

Al Jazeera

Italy to block vessels carrying migrants from docking

Deutsche Welle

S. Sudan atrocities may constitute war crimes

Horrific accounts of gang rape, throats being slit and mass shootings in South Sudan are described in the latest United Nations report on the country.

BBC

Artist captures war as seen by children

Reuters

Nearly 200 child conscripts freed from Boko Haram

The Nigerian army has handed over 183 child “foot soldiers” freed from the Boko Haram to UNICEF and the Borno State government. The children, ages 7 to 18, were released in northeast Nigeria, the most affected region in Boko Haram’s decade-long insurgency.

CNN

Yemen, Houthis might resume peace talks

Yemeni government negotiators will meet with deputy U.N. envoy to Yemen Maeen Sharim by mid-July, in a sign that peace talks with the Iran-aligned Houthis could resume soon.

Reuters

India’s wealthy have gotten rich, fast

The fate of a large slice of humanity depends on India getting its economic model right. Meanwhile, as democracy falters in the West, its future in India has never been more critical. The inequality in India runs deep.

Guardian

European ivory trade is killing off elephants

New tests proved that ivory items bought in many countries were from elephants killed after the global ivory trade ban in 1989.

The Independent

Illegal ivory trade is booming in EU

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Kenyan teen dies after botched abortion

The girl, who was raped aged 14 and then left with horrific injuries after a backstreet termination, had been the subject of a controversy over whether the Kenyan government was to blame for her death.

Guardian

Mexico receives surge in refugee applications

There has been a surge in the number of refugee applications in Mexico amid criminal violence and political turmoil in Latin America.

U.S. News & World Report

Yemen demands UAE shutter secret prisons

Yemen’s interior minister demanded the United Arab Emirates shut down or hand over secret prisons that are reportedly under their control and allied militias.

Yahoo! News

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

New Ivory Coast leadership sees no change

President Alassane Tuatara has named a new government, but the key positions of finance, defense and agriculture remain unchanged, a presidential spokesman said.

Reuters

Liberians still seek justice for war crimes

As Liberia appears before the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva, Liberians ask why the government has failed to prosecute those responsible for atrocities committed during the country’s two civil wars.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Big data tracks and saves African elephants

In the Kenyan savannah, conservationists have joined forces with STE and Vulcan in a bid to protect elephants from poachers. Highly sophisticated tracking software provides real-time tracking data on tagged elephants, which is presented on a live map in an app.

Positive News

Women are being left behind in digital divide

Poverty, gender discrimination and digital illiteracy are leaving women behind as the global workforce increasingly uses digital tools and other technologies, experts warned.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

GLOBAL HEALTH

Scientists find new tricks for old drugs

Most drugs have side effects, but sometimes they’re actually good news. Researchers are now exploring whether some cheap and common drugs have side effects that could help people fight off the flu and other lung infections.

NPR

Study: Physician burnout causes medical errors

Does your doctor’s mental health affect the care you receive? A new study says yes — burnout, fatigue and depression may affect major medical errors. Medical errors contribute to an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 deaths per year, according to the Institute of Medicine.

ABC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Polly Dunning):

Shocking double standard on display as US bullies on breastfeeding

The Age

Column (Peter Singer):

The impossible migration dilemma

Globeandmail.com

Column (Tatiana Kanunnikova):

How civil initiatives will help to defeat al-Shabaab

Asia Times Online

Column (Abdullahi Boru Halakhe):

Are Ethiopians blinded by Abiymania?

Al Jazeera

Column (Tewodaj Mogues):

What Trump and African leaders need to know about food security

CNN

Column (Katherine Berjikian):

How I was pinkwashed for protesting Israeli pinkwashing

Al Jazeera

Column (Gunnar Köhne):

A dark time for democracy in Turkey

Deutsche Welle

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GOOD NEWS

All 12 boys and coach rescued from Thai cave

The last remaining member of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach have been pulled out of a flooded cave in Thailand, bringing an end to a near three-week ordeal that prompted an international rescue effort.

CNN

Rescue mission from Thai cave in pictures

Guardian

Young Nairobi girl signs music deal

Glorious Amani, the Githurai girl who mesmerized the nation with her melodious rendition of Alicia Keys song has signed a music deal with Pine Creek Music.

allAfrica.com

Watch Amani sing Alicia Keys’ Girl on Fire

YouTube

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Kentucky to tax nonprofit fundraisers

Kentucky nonprofits will be required to collect and remit 6 percent sales tax on fundraising events and other charitable activities.

NPQ

Nonprofit received $20M to reunite families

RAICES, a Texas nonprofit, has received over $20 million from a viral fundraiser organized in its name to reunite migrant families separated at the border.

San Francisco Chronicle

The parents fighting to get their children back

Guardian

German NGOs demand anti-Semitism oath

After several high-profile incidents of anti-Semitic violence, Germany’s Jewish community has had enough. They have appealed to the government to institute a kind of anti-Semitism oath for groups seeking public funding.

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

Brazil’s politics drives Amazon destruction

Deforestation is up compared to the same period last year. Experts say the source of the uptick lies with the agribusiness lobby, which has drastically cut environmental agency budgets and pushed bills to shrink conservation and erode indigenous land rights.

Mongabay

Palm oil dispute pits Malaysia against EU

Conservationists have warned that cultivating palm oil could threaten the survival of important species in Malaysia. The European Parliament moved to ban its use in transport fuels, causing strife with Malaysia.

Co-operative News

UN: World’s fish consumption unsustainable

A third of the world’s oceans are overfished and fish consumption is at an all-time high, raising fears over the sustainability of a key source of protein for millions around the world, according to the United Nations.

Daily Star

ECONOMY

Tanzania places duty on sugar imports

The Kenyan industry lobby said that Tanzanian refusal to comply with the EAC Preferential Treatment Code has barred Kenyan goods causing manufacturers losses.

Standard Digital

Nigeria gas reserves stagnate as money pulled

Hard-pressed oil firms are said to be cutting back investment in the sector due to delay in the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill and lack of incentives from the government.

This Day

Cuba to lift freeze on new tourism businesses

A 16-month freeze on new private restaurants and bed-and-breakfasts will end in December when Cuba’s communist government implements new regulations meant to prevent tax evasion and the accumulation of wealth.

U.S. News & World Report

Trade war hurts California dairy farmers

Many U.S. dairy farmers voted for Trump after he promised to protect U.S. agriculture and reduce regulations, but they are now suffering from the trade war he’s launched, especially those in California who export internationally.

McClatchy Newspapers

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Balinese women prepare sajen (a sacrificial ceremony) for the Odalan ceremony of Pura Panti Timbrah in Paksebali village, Klungkung, Bali. (Photo by Riza Nugraha) Photo used under CC BY

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