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Children wait in line at a food aid station in Mogadishu, Somalia, on March 9, 2017. (Photo by AMISOM Public Information) Photo used under CC BY

Why it’s so hard to stop world’s looming famines

It’s the famine that not enough people have heard about. An estimated 20 million people in four countries — Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Yemen — are at risk of famine and starvation. And the word isn’t getting out, says a deputy executive director of UNICEF.

NPR

Climate change ravages war-torn S. Sudan

ABC News

Booker: Trump letting Obamacare fail ‘sinister’

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker slammed President Donald Trump for declaring he would let Obamacare fail, saying “that‘s not just cynical, it’s actually sinister.”

CNN

Health care bill’s failure has conservatives calling for McConnell’s head

USA TODAY

Civilian death toll in ISIS fight soars under Trump

Nearly as many Iraqi and Syrian civilians have died in US-led air strikes under Donald Trump as were killed during the whole administration of Barack Obama, independent analysts say.

The Independent

The next steps in the fight against ISIS

CNN

‘Little Russia’: Ukraine separatists evoke fear

Pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk have declared all of Ukraine to be part of “Little Russia,” raising concern about undoing the Minsk Protocol and causing further unrest. Says one deputy premiere: “Ukraine will disappear.”

Deutsche Welle

Big Russia quashes hopes of ‘Little Russia’

Newsweek

Hundreds of German choir boys were abused

At least 547 young members of the Regensburger Domspatzen boys choir in Germany were subjected to physical and sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church over a period of 60 years, a new report says.

BBC

Swiss glacier reveals couple lost 75 years ago

A couple never came home after looking for their cattle in the Swiss Alps in 1942. Now, after decades of searching led by their seven children, the pair has been unearthed.

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Turkish police jail six human rights defenders

In a “crushing blow for rights in Turkey," a police raid left six human rights activists incarcerated. Accused of supporting 2016’s failed coup, the six are the latest suspects in a massive crackdown.

Associated Press

Saudi cops condemn woman in ‘indecent’ garb

A woman who toured Saudi Arabia’s heritage sites dressed in a skirt and crop top is being investigated by the kingdom’s religious police, thanks to incriminating videos on social media.

Guardian

N. Koreans executed for distributing news

North Korea carries out public executions on river banks and at school grounds and marketplaces for charges such as stealing copper from factory machines, distributing media from South Korea and prostitution, a report said.

Reuters

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Trump, Putin had second visit at G20 summit

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a previously undisclosed conversation during a dinner for G20 leaders at a summit earlier this month in Germany, a White House official said.

Reuters

Venezuela has reached ‘zero hour’: What’s next?

More than 90 people have been killed in in Venezuela in 109 days of protests marked by clashes. Opposition leaders said Venezuela’s democracy has reached a tipping point, and they called for a 24-hour national strike.

Al Jazeera

Callista Gingrich grilled on pope-Trump conflicts

President Donald Trump‘s pick for U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, Callista Gingrich, was pressed by members of the Senate foreign relations committee in a hearing on how she would work with the Vatican on refugee and climate change issues, two areas where the pope and the President’s views diverge.

CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

AI faces serious roadblocks

The wonders of technology promotion never cease to amaze. The trick is to catch the attention of the press and the curiosity of the public and not get pinned down by details. Self-driven cars are a case in point.

Asia Times Online

Musk’s warning sparks call for regulating AI

NPR

Why midsized animals are the fastest on Earth

An elephant should run faster than a horse—at least in theory. Yet midsized animals are the fastest on Earth, a trend that researchers have long struggled to explain. Now, an analysis of nearly 500 species ranging from fruit flies to whales has an answer.

Science

GLOBAL HEALTH

Kids in Cameroonian tribe excel at self-control

In the marshmallow test, a child is offered a treat and told they’ll get a second one if they refrain from eating it until a social scientist returns. A recent study shows that children of a Cameroonian tribe, the Nso, excel at the marshmallow test, a predictor of life success.

NPR

Artificial sweeteners linked to health risks

Artificial sweeteners may be associated with long-term weight gain and increased risk of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease, according to a new study.

ScienceDaily

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GOOD NEWS

Community gardener redefines masculinity

Los Angeles-based “gangsta gardener” and community leader Ron Finley is determined to redefine “gangsta” as being about building thriving communities and becoming a conscious citizen of the planet.

Positive News

Finley shares how and why he guerrilla gardens

TED

Peer support for mental illness increases

Those with mental illness are finding work as peer mentors, particularly in states like Texas, where mental health professionals are in short supply. Paid and certified peer counselors are filling a gap while changing lives.

NPR

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Cancer cell therapy center receives $10 million

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jeffrey Rothschild recently donated $10 million for a new targeted cell therapy center at Stanford Cancer Institute, supporting breaking research on treatments that harness a patient’s own immune system to attack and kill tumor cells.

Philanthropy News Digest

Rescue NGOs reject trafficking charges

Germany and Austria’s interior ministers have accused private initiatives to save refugees in the Mediterranean of intentionally working with people smugglers. The accusation has sparked outrage and may not even be true.

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists visit Earth’s hidden continent

Scientists will soon venture to the world’s “lost” eighth continent, the sunken land of Zealandia. The new scientific expedition could provide clues about the shifting of Earth’s plates and their on impact ocean currents and the climate.

LiveScience

Discovering the underwater continent

TIME

US mayors respond to clean energy initiative

Mayors across the US are joining the clean energy campaign. Steve Benjamin, co-chair of the Mayors for 100% Clean Energy campaign, shares why now is the time for launching a green energy initiative and what economic opportunities the campaign will bring.

Deutsche Welle

3rd-hottest June melts hope for capping rise

Last month was the third-hottest June on record globally, temperature data suggest, confirming 2017 will almost certainly make a hat-trick of annual climate records, with 2015, 2016 and 2017 being the three hottest years since records began.

Guardian

BUSINESS

Carrier laying off hundreds despite Trump deal

Carrier announced it is planning to lay off 300 workers at its Indianapolis furnace factory on Thursday despite a deal it had reached late last year with President Trump.

The Hill

Every sneeze rattles Chipotle’s stock value

The reports were familiar: In the space of 48 hours, a handful of people said they’d gotten sick after eating at a Chipotle Mexican Grill. Bang: Wall Street’s judgment was swift — and brutal. Chipotle’s stock plunged nearly 8 percent, erasing its gain for the year.

Bloomberg

Daimler to recall 3 million diesel cars in Europe

German automaker Daimler has announced it is to recall millions of Mercedes-Benz diesel vehicles. The move comes as German authorities investigate the firm for allegedly cheating on emissions tests.

Deutsche Welle

Photo of the Day

Enjoying breakfast at the booth of a street vendor in Bacolod City, Philippines. Shot July 14, 2017. (Photo by Brian Evans) Photo used under CC BY

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