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Erosion is removing the luxurious Baina Beach in Vasco da Gama, India. (Photo by Joegoauk Goa) Photo used under CC BY

Half of world‘s beaches could vanish by 2200

Climate change poses an existential threat to the world’s sandy beaches, and that as many as half of them could disappear by the end of the century, a study has found.

CNN

New Malaysian PM is off to a polarizing start

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin Muhyiddin is off to a polarizing start. The new premier expected to favor Malays over minorities in what could be an especially short-lived government.

Asia Times Online

After Malaysia’s political turmoil, questions over trials in 1MDB scandal

Reuters

China forcing Uighurs to work in factories

Tens of thousands of ethnic Uighurs were moved to work in conditions suggestive of “forced labor” in factories across China supplying 83 global brands, an Australian think-tank said in a recently released report.

Al Jazeera

Think-tank report on Uighur labor in China lists global brands

Reuters

Outdated laws fail rape victims in Myanmar

Officially, rape hardly happens in Myanmar and domestic abuse is nonexistent. The reality? Violence against women is so pervasive it is regarded as normal — and as a result is woefully under-reported.

South China Morning News

Putin aims to ban same-sex marriage in Russia

Vladimir Putin has submitted a draft amendment to Russia’s constitution that would enshrine marriage as between a man and a woman in a conservative update to the country’s founding document.

Guardian

Indonesia proposes bill to force LGBTQ people into ‘rehabilitation’

NBCNews.com

HUMAN RIGHTS

Turks leaving for Europe find the gate closed

Thousands of migrants are lining Turkey’s border with Greece, egged on by the Turkish government. But the door to the EU is firmly blocked by barbed wire, a rapidly flowing river and riot police armed with tear gas.

NPR

Canada‘s Wet’suwet’en chiefs reach agreement

The parties say the proposal is an important step concerning a natural gas pipeline dispute that has prompted solidarity protests in recent weeks. But the parties still disagree on how to move forward with the controversial pipeline.

CBC News

Trans voters may not be able to vote in US

Transgender Americans may be unable to vote in this year’s presidential election because their name or looks do not match their ID card.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Greece tightens Turkey border to stop migrants

Greece has tightened border controls, sending security forces to hold back migrants heading for the country by land and sea after Turkey warned that it would no longer prevent refugees from leaving.

Al Jazeera

Inside Italy’s controversial migrant bootcamp

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

NATO slams Syria airstrikes on Turkish troops

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called on Syria and Russia “to stop their offensive” and “to respect international law.” But the alliance stopped short of providing Turkey with additional support.

Deutsche Welle

US House passes anti-lynching law

The move comes over 100 years after lawmakers first attempted to criminalize lynching. The bill passed with a 410-4 majority and is named after Emmitt Till, whose murder spurred the Civil Rights movement.

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Nature makes children happier, science shows

Researchers found that children who felt connected to nature, engaged in altruism, or actions that helped other people. They were also more likely to say they believed in equality among sexes, races and socioeconomic conditions.

CNN

Grey whale strandings linked to solar storms

It‘s not clear how grey whales navigate the ocean, but one hypothesis is they use Earth’s magnetic field as a guide. A new study links radiation from solar storms to grey whales through effects on Earth’s magnetic field.

CBC News

Melting Antarctica reveals uncharted island

Melting ice from the Antarctic Peninsula left behind a surprise that could change maps of the region permanently: an uncharted island, long buried in ice but finally visible above sea level for the first time.

LiveScience

GLOBAL HEALTH

Africa’s low coronavirus rate puzzling

The continent with nearly 1.3 billion people has only three cases and no deaths, a remarkably small number. “Perhaps the virus doesn’t spread in the African ecosystem, we don’t know,” said Professor Yazdanpanah.

France24

Interview:

Africa is at severe risk if outbreaks aren’t detected early

CNN

Scotland providing period products free

Scotland is now a big step closer to becoming the first country in the world to make tampons and pads free to anyone who needs them.

NPR

Parents delaying giving vaccines to children

ABC News

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GOOD NEWS

Boy opens thrift shop for low-income families

Obocho Peters is a fifth-grader from Brooklyn, New York, on a mission to make sure those who are less fortunate are able to dress to impress.

People

Museum hires refugees as docents

The Penn Museum in Philadelphia created Global Guides - program where refugees serve as docents and tell visitors about artifacts from their own part of the world and put them in cultural context from personal experience.

CNN

Reading program builds positive identities

At Read Your Heart Out, African-American community leaders and parents come in to the schools to read books written by black authors, or featuring African-American characters.

NBC 15

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Adopted boy saves old dogs who need a home

That‘s because he sees himself in them. So far Robbie’s adopted six. “He is so aware that it could have gone differently for him. And in these older dogs Robbie has a place to practice compassion,” says his adoptive mother Maria.

MSN

Church helps wipe out millions of medical debt

Leaders of Crossroads Church worked with the non-profit RIP Medical Debt. The group’s website says every $100 donated wipes out $10,000 in medical debt, helping families in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, and Ohio.

MSN

ENVIRONMENT

Cambodia’s sand mining imperils vital Mekong

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, has filled in many of its lakes to make way for condos and coffee shops, hampering Phnom Penh’s handling of runoff from the annual monsoons and exacerbating flooding.

NPR

Draining Congo peat bog could spew carbon

The world’s largest tropical peatlands could be destroyed if plans proceed to drill for oil under the Congo basin. Drilling in one of the greatest carbon sinks on the planet could release greenhouse gases equivalent to Japan’s.

Guardian

Stinky fruit could make fast electric charges

The waste parts of the world’s smelliest fruit can be recycled into energy storage devices to rapidly charge electric vehicles and gadgets.

NewScientist

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Bahamas struggles after Hurricane Dorian

While the streets have been cleared of debris, thousands of homes remain uninhabitable. Power crews continue to restore electrical service, and roofers have years of work ahead of them.

CBC News

China to deploy ducks in battle with locusts

China is preparing to deploy 100,000 ducks to neighboring Pakistan to help tackle swarms of crop-eating locusts.

BBC

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A musician performs on a street in Jaisalmer Fort, India. (Photo by Miraage.clicks) Photo used under CC BY

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