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Qabila, a 10-year-old Afghan girl who lost a leg in to a landmine, visits with Andrew Mitchell, then the UK’s international development secretary, at a Red Cross hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2011. In April, the Taliban issued threats to the Red Cross and the World Health Organization, saying their staffs would be targeted if they kept working in Afghanistan. They have now rescinded the threat to Red Cross workers. (Photo by UK Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

Taliban lift ban on Red Cross, pledge to protect aid workers

The Taliban are rescinding a 5-month-old ban that prevented staff with the International Committee of the Red Cross from working in Afghanistan, saying they also will renew security guarantees for the aid workers.

NPR

S. Africa aims to ease xenophobic tension

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent a team of special envoys to African nations to deliver messages of solidarity following xenophobic riots in South Africa.

allAfrica.com

Pace of climate change disturbs key scientists

Extreme events linked to climate change, such as the heat wave in Europe this year, are occurring sooner than expected, says a former science adviser to the British government.

BBC

How a revolution in climate science is putting big oil back on trial

Mother Jones

Breakthrough Prizes: “Oscars of Science”

National Geographic

Saudi oil attack signals an escalating crisis

The attack on Saudi oil facilities is the latest, most violent, example of an escalating series of gambits rival powers in the Gulf aimed at achieving their objectives by all measures short of all-out war.

Guardian

Ankara summit might have motivated Iran’s drone attack

Asia Times Online

Iran says it seized a vessel for smuggling diesel

Al Jazeera

ISIS leader urges more terror attacks on West

“Badly injured” ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has released a new message calling for more deadly attacks on the West — four months after he emerged from the shadows.

The Sun

HUMAN RIGHTS

Textile workers uniting against harassment

Women in Bangladesh routinely face sexual assault and exploitation in factories, many of which supply western brands. A grassroots movement is helping victims to seek justice.

Guardian

In pictures: Bangladeshi garment workers

Al Jazeera

Day in a life: A Bangladesh garment worker

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Period shaming conversation reignited in Kenya

A 14-year-old Kenyan student took her own life after a teacher allegedly period shamed her. Her death has reignited a national conversation about “period shaming” and access to menstrual products.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Tunisia holds second free presidential elections

Polling booths have closed in Tunisia, which is holding its second free presidential poll since the 2011 uprising that toppled ex-president Ben Ali and sparked the Arab Spring.

BBC

Outsider, jailed tycoon top Tunisian presidential vote

Associated Press

California votes to ban private, for-profit prisons

The California state legislature voted to ban for-profit private prisons, including some facilities used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement which “inhumanely profiteers on the backs of incarcerated people.”

NBCNews.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Rats love to play hide and seek, scientists find

Neuroscientists from Berlin’s Humboldt University have found that rats can be taught to play hide and seek and they squeal with joy when they win.

CNN

New species of flying creature discovered

With a suspected wingspan of up to 33 feet, a flying reptile discovered buried in Canadian ice nearly 30 years ago has been confirmed by scientists as a new species.

The Independent

GLOBAL HEALTH

Kenya, 3rd African country to adopt Malaria shot

Kenya began adding a malaria vaccine to its routine immunization schedule for babies and toddlers, becoming the third African country to roll out the vaccine for a disease that threatens children across the continent.

Reuters

Gay ‘chemsex’ fueling HIV epidemics, AIDS

A surge in “chemsex” parties, where people spend days getting high on drugs and having sex with scores of partners, is re-fuelling epidemics of HIV among gay men in European towns and cities.

Reuters

Ancient hand-holding ‘Lovers of Modena’ skeletons were both men, experts reveal

The Independent

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GOOD NEWS

Celebrity chef serves over 100K free meals

World Central Kitchen is a nonprofit founded by the celebrity chef, José Andrés. It has built a reputation for providing free meals to those affected by natural disasters.

WAMU

Woman makes free lunches for neighborhood children

WCVB

McDonald’s turns billboards into bee hotels

McDonald’s restaurants in Sweden are replacing regular roadside billboards with signs that double as “bee hotels.”

Geek

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

W. African leaders pledge $1B to fight jihadis

Leaders of West African nations have announced a plan to combat the growing problem of Islamist violence in the region. Jihadi groups have strengthened their presence across the Sahel region this year.

Deutsche Welle

Taliban lifts ban on Red Cross in Afghanistan

The Taliban is rescinding a five-month-old ban that prevented staff with the International Committee of the Red Cross from working in Afghanistan, saying it also will renew security guarantees for the aid workers.

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Are farming subsidies destroying the world?

The public is providing more than $1 million per minute in global farm subsidies, much of which is driving the climate crisis and destruction of wildlife, according to a report.

Guardian

Extreme weather events, costs are piling up

Since 1980, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data show extreme weather events are starting to pile up with big impacts on people and property.

NBCNews.com

Alaska villages run dry and residents worry about a ‘future of no water’

NPR

Half the tigers rescued from Thai temple dead

More than half the tigers rescued three years ago from a Buddhist temple in Thailand where they served as a popular tourist attraction have died of disease because of inbreeding, wildlife officials have said.

ABC News

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Masked activists shame businesses in Bologna

The anonymous members of Il Padrone di Merda or “crappy boss” stage protests outside employers who are accused of exploiting their workers in the Italian city of Bologna.

Guardian

Oil prices up 12% after attack on Saudi oil sites

Oil prices jumped roughly 12 percent after an attack on Saudi Arabian crude oil facilities over the weekend sliced the kingdom’s production in half and intensified concerns of retaliatory actions in the Middle East.

Reuters

Photo of the Day

A monk sits for photo opportunities with tiger cubs at Tiger Temple, or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua Yanasampanno, in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi Province in March 2008. More than half of the 147 tigers that were rescued from the controversial Thai Buddhist temple just three years ago have now reportedly died. (Photo by Eli Duke) Photo used under CC BY

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