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Collecting clean drinking water in Ethiopia. A new report by the World Resources Institute offers a stark new account of the scale of the threat posed by unsafe and unaffordable water to public health and the economy in the Global South’s quickly-expanding urban centers. (Photo by Cate Turton / Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

The global south faces growing water crisis

Many major cities in Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America are falling dangerously behind in their efforts to provide residents with reliable and affordable access to clean water.

NPR

The urban water crisis may be worse than it looks

CityLab

Zimbabwe police beat up government protesters

Zimbabwe’s police have attacked opposition protesters with batons and fired tear gas at crowds gathered in the centre of Harare, organized in defiance of a ban.

The Independent

Order returns to Hong Kong airport, but tensions linger

CNN

Lesotho garment workers forced into sex by bosses

Women producing jeans for American brands have been forced to have sex with their managers to keep their jobs or gain promotion, an investigation into sexual harassment and coercion has found.

Guardian

India’s intersex face abuse, invisibility

In 2014, India’s top court recognized intersex and transgender people as a third gender with equal rights. Nonetheless, they are often stigmatized and shunned and many survive through begging or sex work.

Free Malaysia Today

Barred, bullied, depressed: life for many U.S. trans students

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Second Rohingya repatriation planned

Myanmar and Bangladesh are making a second attempt to start repatriating Rohingya Muslims after more than 700,000 of them fled a security crackdown in Myanmar almost two years ago, the UN refugee agency said.

The Hindu

Ethiopians migrants to be deported from Saudi

Ethiopian migrants and refugees who have undertaken dangerous journeys to find work in Saudi Arabia are encountering abusive prison conditions before being forcibly deported en masse, according to a new report by HRW.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Children from DR Congo illegally adopted

A Belgian court is investigating an orphanage for alleged abduction and trafficking of children from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

BBC

Sex abuse statute of limitations extended

Hundreds of people have filed lawsuits against prominent institutions in New York, including the Roman Catholic Church, as a law extending the statute of limitations went into effect.

Al Jazeera

Who will help refugees and migrants in Europe?

Europe is debating who should look after refugees and migrants who have escaped war and violence in their own countries. Italy and Malta have refused them entry.

Al Jazeera

Anti-Islam messaging resurfaces in Italy

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

China bans airline staff supporting protests

China has ordered the Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific to suspend any staff who support pro-democracy protests in the territory.

BBC

Police fire tear gas amid demonstrations

NPR

HK protesters apologize after airport chaos

Al Jazeera

Nagasaki mayor calls for nuclear-free world

On the 74th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear attack on Nagasaki, the city’s mayor urged world leaders to reconsider their views on nuclear weapons.

Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Electric vehicle controlled by smartphone

The Citroën Ami One is an electric vehicle made for young urbanites. The Ami One operates with a smartphone and can stream music through the Bluetooth speaker.

Forbes

Teens work at US National Security Agency

Over 150 Maryland high school students participate in a work study program at the National Security Agency, giving them access to the country’s most sensitive information and secret efforts.

CNN

$1 Million Reward if you can hack an iPhone

Forbes

GLOBAL HEALTH

Middle-age hearing loss linked to dementia

A large Taiwanese study tracked over 16,000 men and women and found that hearing loss in middle age is associated with higher odds of cognitive decline and dementia in later years.

Reuters

Measles vaccine gap poses risk in Germany

Some 166,000 German infants lack measles immunization. This finding underscores a recent WHO alert that in Germany, and other European nations, the virus is still ‘endemic.’

Deutsche Welle

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GOOD NEWS

Beautician brings services to L.A. homeless

A Los Angeles woman brings hair and makeup services to people unable to afford the small luxuries. The Beauty2theStreetz founder says her mission is simple: to deliver meals and services to those in need.

TODAY

Uber driver gifts customer with free clothes

An Uber driver from Buffalo, New York, is going viral for her random act of kindness toward a woman she met while driving.

CBS News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

WeWork founders to donate $1B to charity

WeWork Co. co-founders Adam and Rebekah Neumann and Miguel McKelvey pledged to donate $1 billion to charitable causes within the next 10 years.

Barron’s

Music app turns streams into charitable causes

SingleServ, a first-of-its-kind streaming service that lets artists use their music to benefit causes they care about.

Billboard

Germany suspends Amazon preservation aid

Germany decided to suspend $39 million in funds sent to Brazil to finance projects aimed at preserving the Amazon forest due to increasing deforestation, Brazilian media outlets reported.

Reuters

Teenager fights for Germany’s Hambach Forest

Guardian

Brazilian president suggests less pooping to help save environment

FOX News

ENVIRONMENT

Air pollution as harmful to lungs as cigarettes

A new study published in JAMA finds that long-term exposure to slightly elevated levels of air pollution is linked to accelerated development of lung damage, even among people who have never smoked.

NPR

In US, low-income areas are hit hardest by air pollution

ScienceDaily

Forest wildlife tally drops 53% in 40 years

Conservationists have found that the amount of wildlife in the world’s forests has plummeted 53 per cent in just over 40 years.

The Independent

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Oregon’s paid leave law covers lowest wages

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed what advocates are calling the nation’s most progressive paid family, medical leave making the state the first to offer 100 percent wage replacement for minimum-wage workers.

Statesman Journal

Ethiopia’s economy boom proves costly

A dam built with Chinese money stopped the Omo River in southern Ethiopia from flooding, rupturing the fragile ecosystem on which the valley’s tribes depend, and altering the lives of more than half a million people.

The Atlantic

Photo of the Day

Members of the Karo tribe in Korcho Village, Omo Valley, Ethiopia in April 2015. A dam built with Chinese money stopped the Omo River in southern Ethiopia from flooding, rupturing the fragile ecosystem on which the valley’s tribes depend. (Photo by Alfred Weidinger) Photo used under CC BY

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