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A young boy at a migrant camp in Mexico. Strict immigration controls drive migrants and refugees, including children, to take dangerous routes. To avoid detection by authorities, children move in the shadows, where nobody knows their whereabouts and where criminal actors take advantage of their invisibility. (Photo by kwelsey) Photo used under CC BY

Central American kids flee violence, risk trafficking

Refugee and migrant children fleeing Central America to escape gang violence and poverty are at risk from human traffickers during their journey to the United States, UNICEF reports.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Healing from family separation can take years

PRI

Fukushima workers in danger of exploitation

Tens of thousands of cleanup workers at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Japan risk exploitation, UN human rights experts say.

Deutsche Welle

1.5M displaced Ukrainians rely on humanitarian aid

Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine has led to the destruction of thousands of homes, schools and hospitals since the conflict began in 2014. Millions of Ukrainians depend on humanitarian aid for day-to-day survival.

Philadelphia News

Less than half of internally displaced persons in Ukraine employed - survey

Interfax Ukraine

Delhi may soon face a water crisis

Because of population growth, climate change, disputes between states, urbanization and poor management of resources, water is not readily available to all. Reports warn it could run out of groundwater by 2020.

Guardian

Lebanon’s LGBTQ community fights for rights

Across the Lebanese capital Beirut, individuals are exploring different ways for members of the LGBTQ community to express themselves or fight for their rights.

CNN

British farms failing modern slavery test

Agricultural companies in Britain are failing to comply with a tough anti-slavery law despite being considered potential hotbeds for forced labor, according to a report by the nation’s independent anti-slavery commissioner.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Sexual abuse revealed in US Catholic church

A court made public an investigation into Catholic clerical sex abuse of minors in the United States. The document is the result of a probe by Pennsylvania state, and names at least 300 priests accused of child sex abuse.

Vox

Migrant ship arrives in Malta, ending standoff

The Mediterranean rescue ship Aquarius arrived at Valletta harbor in Malta, ending a five-day tug-of-war among European Union countries which had seen the vessel banned from docking in several ports.

Reuters

New Amnesty International leader’s first move targets Zimbabwe

ABC News

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

US concerned about Tanzania’s local elections

The embassy said the National Election Commission had refused to register opposition candidates and that had been subject to police intimidation, while also citing unwarranted arrests and suppression of speech.

Reuters

Re-elected Mali president battling extremism

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won a landslide victory in a runoff against opposition rival Soumaila Cisse, the government said, giving him a second term to try to turn back a surge in ethnic and Islamist militant violence.

africanews

Paraguay’s president promises to cut poverty

Former senator Mario Abdo Benitez took office as Paraguay’s new president, pledging to cut poverty and fight corruption after winning national elections in April, but major changes to economic policy were not expected.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

India plans its first manned space mission

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the country will attempt to launch its first manned space mission by 2022.

Al Jazeera

Google’s use of tracking spurs privacy concerns

Google collects the data to improve localized experiences for users, raising privacy concerns. Activists have called on Google to make it easier for users to turn off location services if they do not want to be tracked.

Voice of America

GLOBAL HEALTH

Cholera epidemic kills scores in DRC, Niger

A cholera epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 127 people since February, while a further 22 have died in Niger.

Daily Mail

Number of faulty Chinese vaccines surges

Hundreds of thousands of additional vaccines intended for children have been found to be faulty, the Chinese government announced, raising the number of known defective vaccines in the country to almost one million.

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (David Clohessy):

It’s time for #MeToo in the Catholic church

Guardian

Column (Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan):

The story of British Pakistani men, told by a native informant

Al Jazeera

Column (Vijay Prashad):

The hour when children die: What is going on in Yemen?

Asia Times Online

Column (Spencer Kornhaber):

Remembering Aretha Franklin

The Atlantic

Column (Joel Simon):

If the media speaks with one voice, Trump will have to listen

CNN

Column (Yohannes Gedamu):

What Ethiopia needs is a new federal arrangement

Al Jazeera

Column (Bill Frist):

Make water a top global priority. It’s the best, cheapest way to save lives

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Endangered turtles make comeback in Cyprus

After being hunted to near extinction in the first half of the last century, the Mediterranean’s endangered Loggerhead and Green turtles are making a comeback thanks to pioneering conservation efforts.

Tampa Bay Times

Cancer survivor receives surprise parade

The footage shows Muneto moved to tears as she is driven home through her neighborhood past her friends, family and members of her church community chanting her name and wielding congratulatory signs and balloons.

Daily Mail

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Ford Foundation changing philanthropy rules

Ford’s BUILD initiative is hitting its stride and starting to see results, including positive survey data from grantees, and anecdotes from organizations that are planning for long-term change and working collaboratively.

Inside Philanthropy

Anonymous donor saves homeless program

After an Allentown, Pennsylvania, columnist announced that the town’s homeless shelter was on the verge of shutting down, an anonymous donor pledged to cover the cost of running it for two years.

Morning Call

ENVIRONMENT

Indigenous Brazilians blame death on loggers

Indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon are mourning the murder of a community leader who campaigned to protect the forest from logging amid escalating violence in the region.

Guardian

Fisheries seen as key to feeding 10B people

If current population growth continue, experts estimate the world will need to double food production, and fish are the answer. “There’s only so much we can take from the planet, so fisheries and aquaculture will be critical.”

National Geographic

University leads way on sustainable aquaculture

YouTube

ECONOMY

Venezuela using oil-backed cryptocurrency

Venezuela will use its own cryptocurrency for oil trade, prices and salaries to revive its economy. President Nicolas Maduro announced that fuel will be available to people with a special card that the opposition denounced as a controlling tool.

Daily Mail

Payment seen unlikely on $1.1 billion in maturing Venezuela bonds

Reuters

Tonga fears asset seizure as debt mounts

Pacific island nations are holding talks that could lead to a request that China forgive mounting debts in the region amid concerns Beijing may start seizing strategic assets.

Reuters

Photo of the Day

Pottery is fired in Kalabougou, Mali, a village known for its pottery making. The potters of Kalabougou are major suppliers of pottery in the region. (Photo by Marco Bellucci) Photo used under CC BY

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