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A mother and child at an Afghan health clinic. Years of war and poverty have taken a severe toll on Afghanistan’s health care system, which struggles to provide the life-saving care its citizens, particularly women and child, desperately need. (Photo by World Bank) Photo used under CC BY

War, poverty have wrecked Afghan health care system

In Afghanistan, a combination of an ongoing war and a chronic dearth of funds and equipment has taken a devastating toll on the country’s health care system and its ability to care for the 1.9 million people who require emergency services.

Al Jazeera

Air pollution harms ‘every organ in the body’

A comprehensive global review found that air pollution damages the body from head to toe, with effects including dementia, heart and lung disease, fertility problems and reduced intelligence.

The Guardian

Senegal builds W. Africa’s first wind farm

Reuters

Far right threatens Europe climate policy

Right-wing climate skeptics are currently a minority in Europe. Yet, having gained support in almost all European countries, far-right populist parties could increasingly undermine policies intended to tackle climate change.

Deutsche Welle

Why Australia’s biodiversity is in trouble

Guardian

Yemen caseloads overwhelm global aid groups

As Yemen’s civil war stretches into its fifth year, international relief organizations on the ground find that civilian needs continue to rise, often overwhelming available resources.

Devex

In Mexico, sexual violence drives citizen action

In Juarez, which has one of the highest rates of femicide in Mexico, unarmed citizens have banded together to form Guardia Ciudadana, a group committed to identifying sexual predators and stemming sexual violence.

Al Jazeera

Amid hatred, Germany warns against scullcaps

The German government’s anti-Semitism commissioner, citing a rise in anti-Semitic violence, warned the country’s Jewish community to avoid donning kippahs, traditional Jewish head coverings, in public.

Deutsche Welle

HUMAN RIGHTS

Kenya upholds law criminalizing gay sex

Kenya’s High Court has ruled against campaigners seeking to overturn a law banning gay sex. Gay sex in Kenya is punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

BBC

Is gay sex in Kenya impacting tourism?

Al Jazeera

Almost one in three Russians would disown a gay friend, study finds

The Independent

Spain’s parliament leads EU in gender-equality

Despite the rise of far-right, at 47 percent, Spain has a bigger proportion of female lawmakers than even Sweden, which has a far longer history of promoting gender equality.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Theresa May resigns as UK PM amid Brexit

Britain’s Theresa May announced her resignation as prime minister, drawing her turbulent three-year premiership to an abrupt end. She will officially step down as Conservative Party leader on June 7.

CNBC

Theresa May’s most memorable moments as PM

YouTube

Modi declares crushing victory in Indian polls

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has secured another five-year term after his Bharatiya Janata Party won a crushing victory, winning more than 300 of the 543 seats in parliament.

BBC

Hindu nationalism reshapes politics in India

The Atlantic

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Major Martian ice discovery thrills scientists

Scientists have discovered layers of ice buried a mile beneath Mars’ north pole that could help unlock the Red Planet’s history. The ice could be the remains of ancient polar ice sheets and could be one of Mars’ largest reservoirs.

FOX News

Formation of the moon brought water to Earth

Phys.org

Study shows tiny fishes fuel life on coral reefs

A new study suggests, an unlikely group of tiny, mostly bottom-dwelling creatures called “cryptobenthic” reef fishes support fish life in nutrient-poor waters.

ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

Scientists create ‘bio-glue’ to fix broken heart

A light activated bio-glue could repair a broken heart after surgery or trauma by reducing uncontrolled bleeding, which is currently a major cause of death.

The Independent

As deer spread, so do disease-carrying ticks

The CDC reports that tick-borne illnesses have tripled in the U.S. as deer, which carry ticks, multiple across the country. The spread of deer could mean a greater risk of people catching tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease.

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Firefighters rescue kitten from storm drain

Members of the San Jose Fire Department rescued a six-week-old who had fallen into a storm drain in Cupertino, California, and was spotted by a woman who called for help.

MSN

In photos: Animal amputees walk again

MSN

Teen mom graduates with honors, funding

Tennessee teen mom Lamyrical Harris received more than $1 million in scholarships from at least 25 colleges after graduating as valedictorian from Trezevant High School.

Inside Edition

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Donors give $125M to NY Genome Center

The NY Genome Center received $125 million from the Simons Foundation and Carson Family Charitable Trust to establish collaborative research programs in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases and cancer.

Philanthropy News Digest

GiveWell seeks to maximize donor impact

GiveWell is increasingly influential in the field of philanthropy, guiding donors who seek to do the most good they can with every dollar they donate.

Devex

ENVIRONMENT

Costa Rica’s forest cover doubled in 30 years

After decades of deforestation, Costa Rica has doubled its tree cover in the last 30 years. Now, half of the country’s land surface is covered with trees.

Mother Nature Network

Climate change grows NYC rat population

New York City has always been forced to co-exist with rats, but the infestation has expanded exponentially in recent years due to climate change and gentrification.

The Independent

Dollar stores to eliminate dangerous plastic

National Geographic

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Colorado signs new equal pay for work law

Colorado governor Jared Polis has signed equal pay for equal work into law. Labor statistics indicate women get paid 80 cents for every dollar a man makes in Colorado, with statistics for minority women, even worse.

FOX News

Can Kenya’s Chinese railway revive economy?

Kenya took on huge debt to buy a modern railway from Beijing that it hopes will boost its economy, despite the controversy it has attracted. Now China appears to be unwilling to fund further sections of the line.

CNN

Photo of the Day

Elizabeth Moringue, 20, teaches young children in her boma, or community, in Tanzania’s Monduli district, how to use a computer in February 2015. The community has only recently gained access to electricity, thanks to a USAID-supported Power Africa program. Moringue now uses the Boma’s electricity to run classes for the community’s children, showing them how to use Google, email and other basic computer functions. (Photo by Morgana Wingard/USAID) Photo used under CC BY

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