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Autocratic regimes that hold elections, such as Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s, are more stable than autocracies that don’t, researchers report. (Photo by Jedimentat44) Photo used under CC BY

Autocrats rig elections by exploiting divisions

While more elections are being held around the world than ever before, the average quality of democracy around the world has fallen for the last 10 years. The reason is that authoritarian leaders have learned how to rig elections.

The Conversation

‘Men only’ job ads common in China

Sexist job advertisements remain common in China, with some recruiters reportedly using the “attractiveness” of female colleagues to bring in male applicants, according to rights group Human Rights Watch.

CNBC

Goldman Sachs, Google women march ahead with gender bias suits

Bloomberg

Bangladeshi workers face safety hazards, meager pay

Five years after an eight-story factory in Dhaka collapsed, killing 1,134 people, progress has been made in ensuring worker safety but fire safety initiatives are soon to end, unions are stifled, and wages are the lowest in the world.

Guardian

Slight improvements since Rana Plaza horrors

Deutsche Welle

Far-right attacks increase tension in Lesbos

Mob of far-right protesters attack group of refugees and migrants, sparking clashes on the Greek island.

Al Jazeera

Trump orders DHS to turn away caravan migrants

Newsweek

Egypt’s Sinai battle a humanitarian crisis

An Egyptian military campaign to defeat Islamic State militants in the northern Sinai Peninsula is choking essential food and medical supplies to thousands of residents in the desert region, Human Rights Watch has said.

Reuters

Scavenging grime for gold on Mumbai streets

Along the narrow alleys of one of India’s largest bullion markets, men and women scrape a living scouring the dust and even the drains for specks of the precious metal.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Why are so many priests in Mexico being killed?

The murders of two more priests in Mexico in the last week raise questions over why church leaders in this devoutly Catholic country are increasingly being abducted, tortured and killed.

USA TODAY

Court: Monkey does not own selfie copyright

Naruto, a crested macaque in Indonesia, has no rights to the (adorable) selfies he took on a nature photographer’s camera, according to the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. That court upheld a lower court’s ruling that animals can’t file copyright infringement suits.

CNN

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Israel scraps plan to forcibly deport Africans

Israel has scrapped a plan to forcibly deport tens of thousands of illegal African migrants. In a written response to the country’s Supreme Court, the government said forced removal of the migrants “is no longer on the agenda.”

BBC

Trump praises Kim Jong Un as honorable

President Donald Trump said that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un — the man he once mocked as “Little Rocket Man” — “has really been very open and I think very honorable based on what we are seeing” as the two gear up for an anticipated face-to-face meeting.

CNN

Trump gets ahead of facts on N. Korea denuclearization

PolitiFact

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The Arctic is sprouting mysterious ice holes

The Arctic is a strange place, and as our climate continues to change, it’s changing faster than scientists can understand it. Glaciers are shrinking, sea ice is receding, and, according to NASA, strange holes have started appearing in the ice, and nobody knows what causes them.

Popular Mechanics

How gene editing can save coral reefs

Genetically engineered coral has been created by a team at America’s Stanford University, in a project they hope will serve as a “blueprint” for future coral conservation.

Times of India

Radar satellites spying on farms from space is a taste of the future economy

Quartz

GLOBAL HEALTH

Heavy drinking could raise risk of ‘bad’ bacteria

People who drink excessively may harbor an unhealthy mix of bacteria in their mouths, a study suggests.

CBS News

Schools removing indecipherable analog clocks

Schools in the UK are removing analog clocks from examination halls because teenagers are unable to tell the time, a head teachers union has said.

Telegraph.co.uk

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GOOD NEWS

Running helps Holocaust survivor tell his story

Nat Shaffir, 81, runs six miles a day, six days a week. He gives tours at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., where he shares his own story. He was born in Romania in 1936 and had a happy childhood until he was almost 6, when everything suddenly changed.

CBS News

Forest bathing: How a walk in the woods could do you good

BBC

Truckers line highway to save suicidal man

People

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

The philanthropist pushing bankers to do good

Audette Exel has assembled a crack team of consultants from the world’s top institutions who donate their skills to battle poverty.

Bloomberg

Put the social back in nonprofit social media

Because of changes at Facebook, nonprofits that have relied on Facebook to tell their stories may face an uphill battle to reach their audiences, but there are strategies you can – and should – implement to maintain and improve your performance.

NonProfit Times

ENVIRONMENT

Flint activist wins major environmental prize

A Flint activist who worked to expose the Michigan city‘s lead crisis is being hailed as an environmental hero. She’s one of the winners of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize. The honor recognizes grass-roots environmental activists from around the world.

NPR

EPA deputy may be bigger threat to environment than Pruitt

The Verge

ECONOMY

iPhone demand fears cost Apple $64B in value

Disappointing guidance from key iPhone suppliers is raising worries about Apple shares and could signal the death of the technology-driven stock rally.

MSN Money

For China’s Buddhist monks, an IPO too far

In China, religion is big business. So management at Mount Putuo Tourism Development Co., which oversees a holy mountain, thought their initial public offering would cause little controversy. It didn’t work out that way.

Bloomberg

Photo of the Day

A woman dances at the Nine Emperor God Festival takes place on the Thai island of Phuket. The nine-day festival celebrates the beginning of “Taoist Lent,” when devoted Chinese abstain from eating all meat and meat products. The festival was brought to Phuket by Chinese workers in the beginning of the 19th century. (Photo by Nestor Lacle) Photo used under CC BY

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