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A worker fumigates a bus in Kenya’s Machakos county, where a third COVID wave is sweeping the area. The UN chief is warning the world that it must act now, or face a situation in which rich countries vaccinate the majority of their people and open their economies, while the virus continues to cause deep suffering by circling and mutating in the poorest countries. (Photo by MUTMUS28) Photo used under CC BY

UN leader condemns unequal COVID response

The world is “at war” against COVID-19, the UN chief says, calling for the application of wartime logic to the inequitable access to the weapons needed to fight the pandemic.

Al Jazeera

Oxygen shortages threaten dozens of health systems

Guardian

WHO remarks 75% of vaccine use in just 10 countries

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Mali’s coup leader seizes power once more

Malian President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane have been ousted by the officer who led last year’s coup and became vice president of an interim government.

BBC

Hunger crisis is brewing in southern Madagascar

Madagascar’s worst drought in 40 years has left more than 1 million people facing hunger and the island country on the brink of a human rights crisis. Donors, foreign governments and regional leaders have been urged to intervene.

allAfrica.com

More than 100 kids missing after DRC eruption

Lava flowing from Mount Nyiragongo cut a path of destruction through Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Some 500 houses were flattened and more than 100 children are missing, UNICEF reports.

BBC

Palestinians in Israel decry mass arrests

Israeli police have announced their intent to arrest hundreds of Palestinian citizens of Israel for their participation in recent sit-ins in support of Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and the besieged Gaza Strip.

Al Jazeera

Parents in Gaza, Israel shield kids from trauma

NPR

Burkino Faso blocks journalists from IDP sites

Burkina Faso’s government has effectively banned local and foreign journalists from visiting official sites hosting people displaced by the country’s long-running conflict.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Chile indigenous: Our voices must be heard

In Chile, the only country in Latin America whose constitution has not recognized the existence of indigenous groups, those running for seats in the Constitutional Convention group are keen to make their voices heard.

BBC

Human rights this fortnight in pictures

Guardian

China uses forced labor for solar panels

China’s Xinjiang region has evolved into a major production hub that supplies the world with essential solar panel parts. Research suggests that work could rely on the exploitation of the region’s Uyghur population.

CNNBusiness

Donors urge Ghana to respect LGBTQ rights

Major foreign aid donors called on Ghana this week to respect LGBTQ rights following a crackdown including arrests of people from sexual minorities and an increase in homophobic persecution.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Is the UK abandoning Rohingya with aid cuts?

The UK government has been accused of abandoning Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh after cutting aid to the humanitarian response by more than 40%.

Guardian

Mali’s military detains president, prime minister

Soldiers in Mali have detained the president and prime minister of the interim government, deepening political chaos in the country just nine months after a military coup overthrew its previous leader.

Al Jazeera

Iran disqualifies most presidential hopefuls

Seven candidates have been allowed to run in Iran’s presidential elections on June 18, and none of them is a prominent reformist or pragmatist.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

China’s Mars rover meets ground on red planet

China’s first Mars rover has driven down from its landing platform and is now roaming the surface of the red planet, China’s space administration has announced.

PBS NewsHour

Algae proteins partially restore man’s sight

The vision of a completely blind man has been partially restored using light-sensing proteins first found in algae.

BBC

Social media moguls question depression link

Mental health researchers describe an increasingly clear correlation between poor mental health and social media use, and they worry that Facebook may be muddying the waters on that connection to protect its image.

NPR

GLOBAL HEALTH

Japan ramps up vaccinations before Olympics

Japan opened its first mass vaccination centers this week in a bid to speed up a COVID inoculation program with only two months until the virus-postponed Tokyo Olympics.

Asia Times Online

Mexico’s daily death toll hits new low in a year

Mexico’s health ministry registered 50 new confirmed deaths from COVID, the lowest daily increase reported from the pandemic in over a year, according to government data.

NBCNews.com

India reports first daily COVID dip in a month

India has reported 196,427 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, its lowest daily rise in infections since April 14, while deaths from COVID rose by 3,511.

Al Jazeera

India tests COVID vaccine drones in rural areas

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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GOOD NEWS

Jews, Muslims work together to end violence

An unusual organization brings Jews and Muslims together to fight hate and promote dialogue. In the small central German city of Marburg they have jointly been calling for an end to the violence in the Middle East.

Deutsche Welle

Activists fight food insecurity in South Africa

With food insecurity rising due to COVID-19, an activist decided to bring affordable groceries to low-income communities in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Mobile unit brings free veterinary services to homeless community

10 News San Diego

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Chernobyl guards helps abandoned dogs

In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, guards watching for human trespassers are befriending and caring for the descendants of dogs abandoned when thousands of people had to flee when reactor 4 exploded in 1986.

HappyNews.com

Nonprofit aids those falling through cracks of health care system

News 4 Jax

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Uncertainty rules the ‘black box economy’

The country and the world are staring into a black box of uncertainty on the economy. It’s frustrating, but it’s also inevitable. Anyone who says they know exactly what is going on in the economy right now is lying.

Vox

Zimbabwean youth turning to farming careers

A network of more than 6000 young farmers in Zimbabwe, connected through digital platforms, motivates African youth who often find it difficult to secure jobs in their trained professions, to look toward agriculture.

Deutsche Welle

Manila’s poor fear hunger more than COVID

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

World’s largest iceberg forms in Antarctica

A chunk of ice almost four times the size of New York City has sheared off the frozen edge of Antarctica into the Weddell Sea, becoming the largest iceberg afloat in the world, according to the European Space Agency.

Guardian

Garlic supplement said to reduce cow burp gas

The company Mootral says its garlic-based feed supplement helps to reduce a cow’s methane emissions by an average of 30%. Those savings are now converted into carbon credits.

CNNBusiness

Carbon storage offers hope for climate

Experts believe keeping ground covered year-round rather than bare in winter is among practices that could reduce emissions of planet-warming gases while boosting the agricultural economy, if used far more widely.

Associated Press

Trials to suck carbon dioxide from the air to start across the UK

Guardian

Disposable masks are a new environmental plague

Deutsche Welle

Photo of the Day

Three women march together with rainbow wings in support of LGBTQ rights in South Africa. South Africa is a leader within the continent of Africa for championing LGBTQ rights. The rest of the Africa lags behind South Africa in discrimination and prosecutions of members of the LGBTQ community. (Photo by Diricia De Wet) Photo used under CC BY

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