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Yemen is facing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Now, the coronavirus pandemic and widespread famine are ravaging the already battered nation even further. The rebel controlled areas in the region have been cut off from aid and are on the brink of collapse. (Photo by Felton Davis) Photo used under CC BY

Widespread famine ravages vulnerable, war-torn Yemen

The U.N. humanitarian chief warned that “the specter of famine” has returned to conflict-torn Yemen and for the first time singled out Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait for giving nothing to this year’s $3.4 billion aid appeal for the vulnerable country.

Associated Press

Yemen’s Houthis denounced for blocking aid

Al Jazeera

Venezuela accused of crimes against humanity

According to the UN report, superiors would grant FAES officers a “green light to kill” and a FAES training video authenticated by the UN mission shows officers being encouraged to “kill criminals without compassion.”

CNN

Pre-pandemic normality not expected until 2022

The world may not be able to return to a pre-pandemic lifestyle until at least 2022, Bill Gates and Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, chief science officer at the WHO have said. “We’re looking at 2022 at least before enough people start getting the vaccine to build immunity.”

Forbes

India faces oxygen scarcity as virus surges

Some 15% of COVID-19 patients require help with breathing, the WHO has said. As India reopened its economy, more than 4.8 million reported confirmed infections. As expected, the demand for oxygen has skyrocketed.

BBC

Peru women suffering a ‘shadow pandemic’

Thousands of women — many of them young girls — have gone missing in Peru since January, including at least 1,423 reported missing since the country entered a state of emergency amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

NPR

Greek police move migrants to new camp

Police on the Greek island of Lesbos are moving thousands of migrants and refugees from the fire-gutted Moria camp to a new tent city nearby. A government official said 1,800 had moved into Kara Tepe.

BBC

End of Moria camp highlights refugee trauma

Deutsche Welle

HUMAN RIGHTS

Lebanon’s old Christian rivalries renewed

An old rivalry between Christian factions who fought each other in Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war has flared again on the street and in political debate, renewing fears of fresh unrest.

Reuters

Human rights abuses persist in Burundi

Human rights abuses including rape, murder and targeting of the country’s youth persist in Burundi despite a change of government, a new United Nations report has revealed.

Al Jazeera

Artwork highlights dark side of the Mayflower

The artists behind the work want to challenge the long-standing mythology around the Mayflower’s search for a “New World” by emphasizing people already lived in North America for millennia.

NBCNews.com

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Palestinians protest Arab normalization deals

Hundreds of Palestinians protested in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, denouncing the Emirati and Bahraini normalisation agreements with Israel as rockets were fired into the country.

Al Jazeera

Head of Libya’s Tripoli government wants to quit

Libya’s internationally recognized Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj said he wants to quit by the end of October, which could feed political tensions in Tripoli amid new efforts to find a political solution to the country’s conflict.

Reuters

Turkish, Russian officials nearing deal on Libya ceasefire

Reuters

W. Africa bloc fails to reach pact with Mali

West African mediators have failed to persuade leaders of a military coup in Mali to immediately hand over power to a civilian government.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists work to decode COVID-19’s origins

Nine months into the global pandemic, scientists are still piecing together the mystery of the first crossover event, in which the virus moved from bats to an intermediary animal, and eventually, to humans.

ABC News

World’s oldest sperm found in Myanmar amber

A team of paleontologists has discovered what they believe is the world’s oldest animal sperm, frozen inside a tiny crustacean in a blob of tree resin in Myanmar 100 million years ago.

Al Jazeera

A new solar cycle just started

The sun is officially nine months into a new solar weather cycle, scientists have confirmed, and it will likely look much like its predecessor, which ran from 2008 to 2019.

LiveScience

Dark hair was common among Vikings

A study of Viking-age human remains has not only confirmed that Vikings from different parts of Scandinavia sailed for different parts of the world, but also that dark hair was more common among Vikings than Danes today.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

WHO warns of ‘very serious situation’ in Europe

The World Health Organization has warned that coronavirus cases are surging alarmingly in Europe, as a “very serious situation” unfolds across the continent.

CNN

Why Singapore‘s COVID death rate is world’s lowest

Reuters

COVID may have already peaked across Africa

Scientists do not yet know why, but one hypothesis is the possibility of people having pre-existing immunity to Covid-19, caused by exposure to other infections.

Guardian

COVID: S Africa eases restrictions

BBC

Indonesia says wear a mask or dig a grave

Eight people in Indonesia who refused to wear masks in public were ordered by a local official to dig graves for COVID-19 victims.

USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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Diplomacy with China is good for America

The Hill

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I volunteered to be a human guinea pig for a COVID vaccine

Guardian

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From Africa to the US, policing has its roots in white supremacy

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Young Beirut surgeon finds new sense of duty

Dr. Bassam Osman ended up working for 52 hours straight after the Beirut blast. He treated more than two dozen patients. He lost one. The blast has given Osman a greater sense of duty.

Associated Press

Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl writes epic song for talented 10-year-old drummer

Inside Edition

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

The future of work will be democratic

The future of work is a favored topic of consultancies. As a theme, it tends to center on robotics and automation. Conventional analyses, however, often assume our economy will function in largely the same way.

Nonprofit Quarterly

Yemen lemonade stand gains popularity

Actress Angelina Jolie surprised two young best friends from London, when she made an “extremely generous” donation to their lemonade stand raising funds for Yemen.

NBCNews.com

8-year-old opens 24-hour food pantry for his birthday

Good Morning America

ENVIRONMENT

World isn’t meeting biodiversity goals

A decade-long global effort to save Earth’s disappearing species and declining ecosystems has mostly stumbled, with fragile habitats like coral reefs and tropical forests in more trouble than ever, researchers said in a report.

Associated Press

Chinese fishing ravages waters off Galápagos

A vast fishing armada of Chinese vessels just off the Galápagos Islands logged an astounding 73,000 hours of fishing during just one month as it pulled up thousands of tonnes of squid and fish, a new report found.

Guardian

Why are environmental activists being killed?

BBC

Pandemic fuels illegal trade in endangered animals

Deutsche Welle

A marine biologist tries to save dying reefs

One of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world, coral reefs support a quarter of the world‘s marine life. But scientists fear climate change could wipe out all of Earth’s coral reefs by 2100.

CNN

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

India’s economy will take ’years’ to recover

India’s massive work force is being hit hard by coronavirus. As many as 21 million salaried jobs were lost between April and August, according to a recent report by the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy.

Deutsche Welle

Rich nations corner half of vaccine supply

A group of wealthy nations representing 13% of the global population have already bought up more than half of the promised doses of future Covid-19 vaccines, according to a report by Oxfam.

Asia Times Online

Staple food prices rise by 50% in Sudan

Millions of people in Sudan are facing hardship as the cost of food and transport soars amid economic turmoil in the country. The cost of some staple foods like bread and sugar has increased by 50% over the past few weeks.

Guardian

Syria says sanctions behind acute fuel crisis

Syria is experiencing worsening gasoline shortages as a result of tougher U.S. sanctions disrupting crucial fuel imports, its oil minister said, the latest crisis to hit the war-devastated country’s crumbling economy.

Reuters

Photo of the Day

Ritual procession of Buddhist monks in front of a coffin over a pyre before lighting the fire, during funerals in the countryside of Don Det, Laos. Holding a rope linked to the coffin is a ritual called chungsob in relation with the soul of the deceased. This rope will not be incinerated and may be kept by the monks. (Photo by Basile Morin) Photo used under CC BY

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