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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greet each other at the 2021 G7 Summit. The Group of Seven wealthy nations have pledged over 1 billion COVID vaccine doses for poorer nations. (Photo by Japanese Prime Minister’s Office Website) Photo used under CC BY

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G7 will give poor nations 1B doses of COVID vax

The Group of Seven countries will provide 1 billion COVID vaccine doses over the next year and work with the private sector, the G20 and other countries to increase the contribution over months to come, according to an almost finalized draft of the communique.

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Huffington Post

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Delta variant doubles risk of COVID hospital admission

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Al Jazeera

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S. Africa’s president urges G7 nations to plug COVID funding gap

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CNN

NZ apologizes for 1970s raids on Pacific people

New Zealand’s government is formally apologizing for an immigration crackdown nearly 50 years ago in which Pacific people were targeted for deportation, often after early-morning home raids.

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ABC News

Nicaragua’s president out to create a dictatorship

Nicaragua’s already fragile democracy is quickly backsliding into a dictatorship as the president uses the undisputed power of the country’s police and courts to crack down on his political opposition with brutal efficiency.

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CNN

Illegal mining endangers Brazilian villagers

A spike in violence linked to illegal mining activities has prompted Indigenous communities in Brazil to demand protection, stating that they cannot hunt or tend to their crops as a result.

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Al Jazeera

Netanyahu’s long stint comes to end in Israel

The Benjamin Netanyahu era is over in Israel. After 12 consecutive years in power, and another three before that, the country’s longest-serving prime minister will no longer be its leader.

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NBCNews.com

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Assessing Netanyahu’s 12 uninterrupted years in power

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NPR

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New Israeli government faces tension with Palestinians over Jerusalem

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Reuters

Migrant children suffer panic attacks, stress

The conditions described by a federal volunteer who spent two weeks at a shelter in Texas highlight the desperation and stress of thousands of children held at unlicensed facilities, waiting to reunite with relatives.

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Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

China’s Uighurs living in ‘dystopian hellscape’

Amnesty International has collected new evidence of human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region of China, which it says has become a “dystopian hellscape” for Muslims subjected to mass internment and torture.

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Guardian

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China denounces G7 after statement on Xinjiang and Hong Kong

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BBC

Ghana court grants bail to 21 LGBTQ activists

A high court in Ghana has granted bail to 21 gay rights activists arrested three weeks ago for what police described as an unlawful gathering, the prosecutor said.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Tunisian activists rally against police brutality

Clashes have erupted in the Tunisian capital as hundreds of young people came out to protest against police brutality in working-class neighborhoods following the latest death of a man in police custody.

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Al Jazeera

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Trial of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi set to start

The trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will hear its first testimony in a junta court this week, more than four months after a military coup.

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Asia Times Online

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New great game rages in post-coup Myanmar

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Asia Times Online

Al-Qaeda stirs as US pulls out of Afghanistan

Al-Qaeda operatives are sheltering in the Pakistan-Afghan border region, a hidden presence that could come above ground as Afghanistan tilts towards a new era of civil war.

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Asia Times Online

Algeria: Low turnout marked by election boycott

Algerians voted for a new parliament in an election with a majority of novice independent candidates running under new rules meant to erase political corruption. But the turnout was dismal amid election boycotts.

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Associated Press

Iranians disenchanted by election prospects

Iranians this week are preparing to vote in — or perhaps to boycott — a presidential election that many fear will only underscore their powerlessness to shape the country’s fate.

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Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NATO nations ready to respond to space attacks

NATO leaders this week will expand the use of their all for one, one for all, collective defense clause to include attacks in space, the military organization’s top civilian official said.

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Associated Press

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Angolan inventor tackles local electricity and waste problems

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Tech firms use remote monitoring to help bees

Beekeeping is one of the oldest industries in existence, but it faces numerous threats. A number of tech firms hope to help the honey bee have a brighter future.

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BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Congo hospitals ‘overwhelmed’ by COVID

Hospitals in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa are “overwhelmed” by a rise in COVID infections, President Felix Tshisekedi said, as the country was hit by a third wave of the disease.

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Iran approves first homegrown COVID vaccine

Iran’s state TV is reporting that the country has approved an emergency use of its first domestically developed COVID vaccine that could bring the hardest-hit country in the Middle East closer to inoculating its citizens.

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Associated Press

India holds vaccine drive for disabled people

Authorities in an Indian city have organized a special drive-through vaccination camp for disabled people in a bid to address low vaccination rates, especially among more vulnerable members of society.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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GOOD NEWS

12-year-old graduates high school and college

In the same week, Mike Wimmer and his family celebrated both his high school and college graduation in Concord, North Carolina. And he is just 12 years old.

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Student gives shoes, clothes to homeless man

In a TikTok video now going viral, a shirtless man later identified as Florida A&M senior Jabari Richardson can be seen taking shoes and clothes out of the trunk of his car to give to a homeless man.

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Volunteers in India deliver meals to families as COVID-19 crisis rages on

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NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Generations view charity ‘impact’ differently

Almost half of American adults surveyed on “charity impact” were unclear about what the phrase means. The responses of those who knew the phrase varied by generation.

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NonProfit Times

$20M donated to prevent future pandemics

The Rockefeller Foundation announced grants totaling more than $20 million as well as non-financial collaborations to help strengthen global capabilities to detect and respond to pandemic threats.

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Philanthropy News Digest

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Lebanon’s electricity sector on verge of failure

Lebanon’s electricity sector is again on the verge of total failure, and the government has once more continued to throw money at it, instead of fixing it.

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Al Jazeera

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India’s brutal second wave is leaving hundreds of children orphans

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CNN

ENVIRONMENT

G7 failed to provide funds for climate goals

The G7 summit ended with rich nations reaffirming their goal to limit global heating to 1.5C but failing to provide the funds experts say will be needed to reach such goals.

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Guardian

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E-waste sculpture of G7 leaders appears near summit site

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CNN

Climate tech used to produce more fossil fuels

Capturing and burying CO2 is heralded as the technological fix to mitigate climate change. But many oil and gas majors are using the technology to produce more fossil fuels.

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Coal mining in India devastates environment

Mining coal is detrimental to the environment. But while policymakers and activists debate the development versus environment protection, communities who live close to mines face some devastating consequences.

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Jamaica’s recovery sidelines green ambitions

As a new resort project clears mangroves on the north coast, Jamaica tries to balance boosting its economy and protecting the environment.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Rural citizens head to work in a three-wheeler in Pingyao, China. (Photo by Luo Shaoyang) Photo used under CC BY

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