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Ganesh Chaturthi is one of India’s biggest annual festivals. The celebration usually brings out millions of Hindus, who decorate idols of the elephant-headed deity. This year, the pandemic poses challenges. (Photo by Thejas Panarkandy) Photo used under CC BY

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Hindus work around virus to celebrate god Ganesh

Every year in Mumbai, India, as the monsoon abates, the city resounds with chants praising Ganesh, the Hindu god of wisdom and luck. But this year, city officials have to find creative ways around a huge obstacle: how to allow faithful to celebrate amid the pandemic.

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Virus hits tribe in remote islands

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Associated Press

Beirut residents fixed on saving heritage sites

In the streets of two Beirut historic neighborhoods, workers are erecting scaffolding to support buildings that have stood for more than a century — now at risk of collapse after the massive Aug. 4 explosion.

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U.S. News & World Report

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After Beirut blast, children struggle with PTSD

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CNN

Venezuela crack downs on dissent amid COVID

Venezuelan security forces have used COVID-19 as an excuse to crack down on dissenting voices. Local authorities have targeted dozens of journalists, health workers, human rights lawyers and political opponents critical of the government’s response to the virus.

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Mexico’s poor bear brunt of pandemic

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COVID exposes social inequities, Pope Francis urged

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The Hill

Pandemic could derail generation of scientists

Lost funding, lab access, and publishing opportunities mean Ph.D. students and postdocs are uniquely vulnerable It doesn‘t bode well for the field’s future.

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Wired

UN speaks out on issue of racism in US police

The United Nations said the shooting of African American Jacob Blake demonstrated a need to eradicate links between policing and racism in the US. The force used against Blake appeared “excessive” and was probably “discriminatory.”

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A third of world’s children lack remote learning

One in three schoolchildren across the world have been unable to access remote learning during coronavirus school closures, the U.N. children’s agency said, warning of a “global education emergency”.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

HUMAN RIGHTS

Migrant crisis worsening during pandemic

Humanitarian organizations say pushbacks at borders in countries such as Greece, an absence of sea rescues in the Mediterranean and unhealthy quarantine arrangements have created huge challenges.

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CNN

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Pandemic makes learning even harder for Uganda’s refugee children

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PBS NewsHour

Indian delivery business adds ‘period leave’

One of India’s biggest food delivery companies says it will give all female employees 10 days of “period leave” a year — a significant milestone in a country where menstruation remains a taboo topic.

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CNN

Shadow migrant kids held to avoid asylum

The new shadow immigration system on the U.S. border involves detaining migrant children in hotels and allows immigration officials to bypass the normal process that would give the children a chance to ask for asylum.

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NPR

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ICE put migrant kids set for exile in hotels

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CBS News

The Return of East Timor’s Children

After Indonesia occupied East Timor in 1975, an estimated 4,000 Timorese children were “stolen” from their homeland. Decades later, victims of these forced separations are beginning to return to East Timor.

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Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

S. American presidents team up on COVID-19

A group of South America presidents agreed to information sharing and coordination on access to eventual COVID-19 vaccines to counter the virus which has the continent within its grip, Chile’s foreign minister said.

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Reuters

Plans to assist child asylum seekers in England

The Home Office and Department for Education in England are consulting to overhaul the national transfer scheme (NTS), a mechanism where unaccompanied children are placed with local authorities around the country.

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Guardian

India‘s police ’complicit’ in anti-Muslim riots

Amnesty International India calls on the gov’t to investigate the alleged human rights violations committed by the police.

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Al Jazeera

S. Africa’s president grilled on COVID scandals

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faced tough questioning by lawmakers over COVID-19 corruption scandals, days after he asked ruling party members to refrain from stealing money meant for the poor.

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ABC News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Lab makes algae flip flops, takes on big plastic

San Diego lab, Algenesis has developed a biodegradable, algae-based polyurethane, the foamy plastic that’s commonly used to make the footbeds of shoes and sandals. They plan to launch their flip flops next year.

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Fast Company

Ancient meteorites hold clue to Earth’s water

Research indicates the star stuff that formed our solar system contained more than enough hydrogen to create all of the Earth’s water

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NBC News

GLOBAL HEALTH

S. Hemisphere hints mild US flu season

A surprisingly small number of people in the Southern Hemisphere have gotten the flu this year, probably because the public health measures put in place to fight COVID-19 have also limited the spread of influenza.

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NPR

India’s female health workers push for fair pay

Many of India’s one million all-women ASHA workers - who have conducted door-to-door checks to trace coronavirus patients in addition to their usual duties - went on strike this month to demand job recognition.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Columns And Op-Ed

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Katrina-like storms are the new normal

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The Hill

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In the shadow of a pandemic, Rohingya challenge our ideas about refugees

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CNN

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The March on Washington: A legacy lost

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The Hill

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GOOD NEWS

NICU staff cares for babies during hurricane

Even as Hurricane Laura bore down on a hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the NICU staff stayed and kept all 19 of its babies safe through the Category 4 storm.

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CNN

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Plane built on Mumbai rooftop takes to the skies

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BBC

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Teens step up amid coronavirus pandemic

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic American teenagers have delivered groceries to older adults, offered online tutoring, emailed sick children, helped feed the hungry.

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Associated Press

Couple donates wedding day food to shelter

Tyler and Melanie Tapajna spent their wedding day serving dozens at a shelter for women and children.

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TODAY

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Medical student raises money for Laura-hit Louisiana

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Good Morning America

Doctor starts free clinic to help the uninsured

Dr. Gulshan Harjee grew up with limited access to medical care. She’s giving back to her community by healing the uninsured and underserved.

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USA TODAY

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Bikes for Berlin’s refugees and tourists

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ENVIRONMENT

Poor neighborhoods feel brunt of rising heat

Volunteers in 13 U.S. cities are taking the temperature of their neighborhoods as part of a project to help protect people as the world warms. It’s highlighting how the poorest areas suffer most from rising urban heat.

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NPR

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Everything is unprecedented. Welcome to your hotter earth

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NPR

Elephants to be given medical marijuana

The Warsaw zoo has said it will start giving its elephants medical marijuana as part of a ground-breaking pilot project to test how it reduces their stress levels.

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Guardian

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Bleached Australian reef and a COVID challenge

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BBC

The environment law that mobilized 2M Indians

The Environment Impact Assessment has whipped up an firestorm of online protest. India uses this law to assess the potential impact of a development or industrial project on the environment.

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BBC

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Sudan: floods cause deaths, damages

Flood waters in Sudan have reached the highest levels on record, killing dozens of people, destroying thousands of homes and encroaching on some neighbourhoods of the capital Khartoum.

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Reuters

Plan to protect Amazon has opposite effect

In May, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro put the army in charge of protecting the rainforest. Instead, The Associated Press has found, the operation dubbed as “Green Brazil 2” has had the opposite effect.

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Associated Press

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Homeless man seen selling flowers in downtown São Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Wilfredor) Photo used under CC BY

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