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Despite the 2015 international bailout, the Greek economy is stagnant, unemployment hovers around 25 percent and is twice as high for young adults, taxes are rising, and wages are falling. Photo of Athens mural shot in June 2017. (Photo by Dimitris Kamaras) Photo used under CC BY

Life in Greece more miserable after bailout

Two years after an international bailout that was supposed to lead to an economic revival, conditions here have only worsened and life for Greeks has become one of constant misery.

USA TODAY

Brazil’s ex-President sentenced to 9 years

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been convicted of corruption charges and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. The case is the first of five charges against him.

BBC

Huge iceberg breaks away from Antarctica

A massive iceberg weighing more than one trillion tons has broken away from western Antarctica, according to a research team.

CNN

Antarctica iceberg: What happens now?

USA TODAY

No sign Qatar crisis is resolved

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ended talks with ministers from Saudi Arabia and three Arab allies over how to end a monthlong rift with Qatar, but there was no immediate word of any breakthrough.

Reuters

Qatar believes it can ignore Riyadh pact

Gulf News

Unfathomable pain and suffering in Yemen

United Nations officials have warned that the conflict in the Arab world’s poorest nation is intensifying daily, with armed groups expanding, thousands facing the cholera epidemic, and 7 million “on the cusp of famine.”

Al Jazeera

Cholera epidemic: Vaccine plans ‘on hold’

The Independent

Cholera vaccination campaign is dropped

Science

HUMAN RIGHTS

Iraq strikes Islamic State in Mosul

Iraqi forces clashed with Islamic State militants holding out in Mosul’s Old City, more than 36 hours after Baghdad declared victory over the jihadists in what they had declared the de facto Iraqi capital of their “caliphate”.

Reuters

Over half of migrants in Africa are children

More than 7 million children in West and Central Africa are on the move because of violence, poverty and climate change, accounting for over half of all migrants in the region, the United Nations children’s agency says.

Reuters

Multiple suicide bomb blasts in Nigeria

Four suicide bombers have killed 19 people in a series of attacks that targeted a civilian self-defence force and the people who gathered to mourn their deaths, police in Nigeria said.

The Independent

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

China forms first overseas military base

China has dispatched troops to Djibouti in advance of formally establishing the country’s first overseas military base. Two Chinese Navy warships left the port of Zhanjiang, taking an undisclosed number of military personnel.

CNN

Gay marriage legalized in Catholic Malta

The staunchly Catholic island of Malta has voted to legalise same-sex marriage. Parliament agreed to amend Malta’s marriage act, replacing words like “husband” and “wife” with the gender-neutral alternative “spouse”.

BBC

Trump Jr. offered Russian info on Clinton

Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer he believed had damaging information about Hillary Clinton in the midst of the 2016 election — and wrote “I love it” about the prospect of getting his hands on the material.

NBCNews.com

Russian lawyer denies giving Trump Jr. info

NBCNews.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Are we on the brink of an electric car revolution?

Change is afoot that is forecast to kick gas-powered vehicles to the curb, replacing them with cars that run on batteries.

LiveScience

Computer that reads body language

A computer has been created that understands the body poses and movements of multiple people from video in real time. Enabling machines to understand human behavior could enable new approaches to behavioral diagnosis and rehabilitation.

ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

Salvadorans fight world’s harshest abortion law

El Salvador’s ban on abortion is one of the toughest in the world, but for the first time in 20 years, there are signs the law could be weakened. These are some of the men and women spearheading the country’s movement for women’s rights.

CNN

Human rights group slams El Salvador

NBCNews.com

Long shunned, the IUD is enjoying a resurgence

The IUD is a clever little T-shaped object that does a really good job of babyproofing your uterus. After decades of being shunned by women and doctors alike, this T-shaped device is enjoying a new surge of popularity.

Smithsonian Magazine

Women rush to get IUDs because of Trump

CNN

Denmark’s contraception aid to Africa

Denmark has pledged more funds for family planning in developing nations, saying this could also help “limit the migration pressure on Europe”. The Minister for Development Co-operation, Ulla Tornaes, said Copenhagen would contribute $14m for the program.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Surprised bride meets late son’s heart recipient

After walking down the aisle, Becky Turney’s new husband introduced her to Jacob, the young man who received her late son’s heart. Jacob even brought a stethoscope so Turney could listen to the sound of her son’s heart. She said the meeting was the ultimate wedding gift.

CBS News

Bus driver crochets toys for pupils on her route

Wisconsin bus driver Trudy Serres crochets toys for each of the elementary school kids on her route. Whatever they ask for – no matter how wacky the requests – they get. She’s done ice cream cones, unicorns, “Star Wars” characters and many more-elaborate, custom designs.

ABC News

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Gifts may distract donors from giving

Offering thank-you gifts during a fundraising campaign can draw attention away from a would-be donor’s intrinsic reasons for giving and actually reduce the number of gifts received, a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests.

Philanthropy News Digest

Clark Foundation awards $10M to retreat

Boulder Crest Retreat, a privately funded rural sanctuary for combat veterans in Bluemont, Virginia, has announced a $10 million gift from the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation in support of an expansion of its facilities.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Carpool policies drastically reduce congestion

Cities plagued with terrible traffic problems may be overlooking a simple, low-cost solution: High-occupancy vehicle policies that encourage carpooling can reduce traffic drastically, according to a new study.

Environmental News Network

Water scarcity hotspots shifting

Reservoirs, dams and irrigation systems have shifted global patterns of water scarcity over three decades, “causing a distinct pattern of beneficiaries and losers.”

Environmental News Network

BUSINESS

World might face oil supply shortage

The world might be heading for an oil supply shortage following a steep drop in investments and a lack of fresh conventional discoveries, said Saudi Aramco’s chief executive.

Reuters

UK’s business output hits four-year low

The UK economy is slumping as business output falls and consumer spending continues to shrink, according to published data.

Business Insider

Photo of the Day

An iceberg the size of Delaware has broken off from Antarctica. In this NASA thermal wavelength image of the iceberg, darker colors are colder, and brighter colors are warmer, so the rift between the iceberg and the ice shelf appears as a thin line of slightly warmer area. Image from July 12, 2017, from the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite. (Photo by NASA/MODIS) Photo used under CC BY

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