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A man lights a cremation pyre by a temple complex along the Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal. Families have long carried the bodies of deceased loved ones to these banks, washing their feet on a stone slab and sprinkling their faces with river water, as it is believed to wash away a person’s sins and send their soul to heaven before their physical remains are cremated atop heaps of wood and scattered into the waters. (Photo by Dialog Center Images via Flickr (Creative Commons)) Photo used under CC BY

Nepal’s holy Bagmati River choked with black sewage

Nepal’s holiest river, tainted by garbage and raw sewage, has deteriorated so greatly that today it is also the country’s most polluted, dramatically altering how the capital city of about 3 million people interact with the river on economic, cultural and spiritual levels.

Associated Press

Heaps of garbage tossed into Nepal’s holy river

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1.7M deaths in cities globally due to air pollution

The world’s biggest cities are suffering from extremely hazardous levels of toxic air, which has killed more than 1.7 million people, according to a worldwide study on air pollution.

The Independent

UN: China carrying out forced labor in Xinjiang

Allegations that China is overseeing the forced labor of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, where activists say more than one million people have been detained in internment camps, are credible and persuasive, a UN expert on slavery has found.

Al Jazeera

UN report shows modern slavery in China’s Xinjiang

Newsweek

4-year-old child, family survive ISIS captivity

After two years in ISIS captivity, four-year-old Imad, as well as his brother and mother, have been released into a displaced persons’ camp in Iraq. Imad has spent half his life enduring terror and abuse, and now struggles to adjust.

Al Jazeera

Saudi woman sentenced to prison for retweets

A Saudi student studying abroad who had returned home to Saudi Arabia for a holiday has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for following and retweeting dissidents.

Guardian

India backtracks on help for Rohingya refugees

Rohingya refugees in India‘s capital will be held at a detention center and then deported, the home ministry said, contradicting previous statements from a minister promising security.

Reuters

Bangladesh PM: Rohingya must return to Myanmar

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Thousands of Hazaras displaced in Afghanistan

Tens of thousands of Hazaras were displaced after fighting erupted last month between the Taliban and a breakaway commander. The humanitarian crisis is ongoing for Afghanistan’s long-persecuted ethnic group.

Deutsche Welle

Taliban eyes future in China, Russia amid Western boycott

Al Jazeera

Afghan women jailed, tortured, but not silenced

CBS News

Israel admits to Gaza raid that killed 5 children

Israeli defense officials have confirmed that an Israeli raid on a Gaza cemetery killed five Palestinian children, according to a new report, contradicting previous statements that senior military officials made to local media.

Al Jazeera

‘Gaza’s children used to the death and bombing’

BBC

Mali jihadists claim to kill Russian mercenaries

An Al Qaeda-affiliated jihadist group claimed to kill four mercenaries from the Russian private security group Wagner in an ambush in central Mali, the SITE Intelligence Group said.

i24 News

UN envoy arrives in Myanmar for inaugural visit

A UN special envoy arrived in Myanmar for her first mission to the country, following a call by the UN Security Council for an immediate end to all violence, as well as humanitarian access to those affected by the conflict.

Associated Press

Myanmar ousted leader gets 6 more years in prison

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Kenya gets historic number of female governors

At least seven of Kenya’s 47 incoming governors are women, compared with only three in the last government, according to results from the country’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.

Al Jazeera

Election monitoring group verifies Kenyan results

Al Jazeera

Ecuador’s president enacts state of emergency

Ecuador’s president has declared a fourth state of emergency in the violence-racked city of Guayaquil after a deadly bomb attack killed at least five and injured 17 people.

Guardian

Ecuador blasts ‘declaration of war’ by gangs

BBC

Iran submits ‘written response’ in nuclear deal

Iran said it submitted a “written response” to what has been described as a final roadmap to restore its nuclear deal with world powers.

ABC News

Chinese ‘spy ship’ docks at Sri Lankan port

A Chinese research vessel that India has dubbed a ‘spy ship’ has docked at a Sri Lankan port despite security concerns from India.

The Independent

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Meta fails to detect fake news on Brazil election

Facebook failed to detect election-related misinformation in ads ahead of Brazil’s 2022 election, a new report from Global Witness has found, continuing a pattern of not catching material that violates the company’s policies.

NBCNews.com

Russia sets plans for space station to rival ISS

The Russian space agency has announced plans for a new space station in the wake of Moscow pulling out of the International Space Station.

Newsweek

GLOBAL HEALTH

African leaders call for better vaccine systems

African and EU leaders called for “technology sharing” and “innovation support” to produce more vaccines locally to combat pandemics.

AfricaNews

Pets can become carriers of monkeypox virus

Monkeypox can be transmitted between you and your furry friend through close contact. Animal carriers of the virus include various rodents, dogs, primates, hedgehogs and shrews, according to the CDC.

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Tiger count in Nepal has tripled in recent years

Nepal has announced the results of the latest national survey, and it’s good news: 355 tigers now roam the Himalayan nation, nearly triple the number in recent years.

NPR

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

NGO moves to enhance Nigeria’s economy

An NGO has unveiled a plan on how to bring the huge economic base of southeastern Nigeria into reality, encouraging state governors to work together for the good of the people irrespective of party differences.

This Day

Ukrainian woman risks her life to save animals

Natalia Popova has found a new purpose in life: Rescuing wild animals and pets from the devastation wrought by the war in Ukraine.

Associated Press

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Bolivian coca farmers throw dynamite at police

Anti-government coca farmers threw homemade dynamite sticks at police in Bolivia’s capital, continuing their attempts to shut down a parallel market for the plant, which they claim gets government support.

AfricaNews

Coca growers, police clash in Bolivian capital

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Fears in Bangladesh after hefty fuel price hikes

Bangladesh has raised fuel prices by more than 50%. Thousands of people have taken to the streets in protest, as another South Asian nation faces a growing financial crisis.

BBC

Lebanon man sticks up bank to get own money

A gunman who held 10 people hostage inside a Lebanese bank in order to access his own savings turned himself into police after a standoff; nobody was injured.

Deutsche Welle

Lebanese man who held up bank to access savings released without charge

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Americas’ forests changing at ‘shocking’ rate

Forests from the Arctic to the Amazon are transforming at a “shocking” rate due to the climate crisis, scientists have found.

Guardian

Ivory Coast rains raise farmers’ hopes for crop

Above-average rains in Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions could pave the way for an early and strong start to the October-to-March main crop if the weather remains favorable, farmers said.

Reuters

Africa penguins endangered by shipping noise

The already endangered African penguin is being driven away from its natural habitat off the east coast of South Africa due to noise from ship refueling, a scientific study found.

Reuters

Drought in China affects drinking water, crops

Unusually high temperatures and a prolonged drought are affecting large swaths of China, reducing crop yields and drinking water supplies, state media reported.

ABC News

Photo of the Day

Three women operate a coca leaf stand at a market in Potosi, Bolivia. Hundreds of growers from the Association of Coca Producers (Adepcoca) have marched in the country‘s capital, La Paz, to demand the closure of a parallel market for the plant. Some 90 percent of Bolivia’s legal coca leaf business, worth $173 million a year, passes through the Adepcoca market, according to UN figures. (Photo by Peter Collins) Photo used under CC BY

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