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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

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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Nearly half the people in Tigray need food aid

The conflict in Ethiopia has left almost half of the population in the Tigray region without adequate food, as aid groups struggle to reach rural areas, the World Food Program said.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

WFP: 22 million face starvation in Horn of Africa

The number of people at risk of starvation in the Horn of Africa has increased to 22 million, the UN’s World Food Program said, as years of insufficient rainfall across the region has caused the worst drought in 40 years.

Yahoo! News

Nicaraguan police detain bishop, priests in raid

Nicaraguan police raided the residence of a Roman Catholic bishop who is an outspoken critic of President Daniel Ortega’s government, detaining him and several other priests.

Associated Press

Spike in illegal US weapons arms Haiti’s gangs

There has been a surge of high-powered weapons being smuggled from Florida to Haiti, where hundreds of people have been killed in the past six weeks alone, U.S. officials say.

BBC

World Food Program helps tackle food insecurity in Haiti

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Israel raids offices of Palestinian rights groups

Israel has raided the offices of several Palestinian advocacy groups it had previously designated as terrorists, sealing entrance doors and leaving notices declaring them closed.

Associated Press

Palestinian president accuses Israel of committing ’50 holocausts’

NBCNews.com

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

North Korea spurns South Korea’s aid proposal

North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader, Kim Jong Un, has rejected a South Korean offer to boost the isolated country’s economy if it gives up nuclear weapons.

Al Jazeera

North Korea launches two cruise missiles off coast

The Independent

Mali accuses France of arming Islamist fighters

Mali says France violated its airspace and delivered arms to Islamist militants in an attempt to destabilize the country, the latest in a barrage of accusations that have marked the bitter end to their once close relations.

Reuters

Ethiopia proposes peace plan in war-torn Tigray

The Ethiopian government called for a formal Tigray ceasefire agreement to be reached as soon as possible to enable the resumption of basic services to the war-stricken region.

Al Jazeera

Ethiopia: WHO chief’s comments on Tigray ‘unethical’

Associated Press

Ethiopian rebels propose truce amid drought

ABC News

Russia may dissolve Israeli emigration agency

Moscow has fears of a brain drain if too many Jewish citizens leave Russia for Israel, sources suggest. The Justice Ministry is seeking the closure of the Russian branch of the Jewish Agency for Israel, and a court will now decide.

Deutsche Welle

China to send troops to Russia for joint military drills

Guardian

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Survivors of India Partition border hop virtually

Project Dastaan is a documentary project that delivers immersive video experiences to survivors of the 1947 Partition of India, allowing them to visit former home villages virtually.

NPR

India-Pakistan nuclear conflict ‘would kill 2 billion people’

The Independent

Russian disinformation spreads despite EU ban

Nearly six months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the amount of disinformation continues to explode, as Moscow found ways to evade an EU ban to censure such content.

i24 News

GLOBAL HEALTH

Zimbabwe measles outbreak kills 157 children

A measles outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed 157 children, the information minister said, blaming apostolic church sects for the surge in infections, as measles was prevalent among unvaccinated children from those sects.

Reuters

WHO recommends two antibody drugs for Ebola

The World Health Organization recommended two monoclonal antibody treatments against Ebola, saying the use of such drugs combined with better care had “revolutionized” the treatment of the once fatal disease.

Reuters

Africa CDC: renaming monkeypox curbs stigma

The head of Africa’s public health agency says he’s “really pleased” that the World Health Organization is renaming strains of the monkeypox disease to remove references to Africa amid concerns about stigmatization.

Associated Press

Japan urges young adults to drink more alcohol

Japan’s National Tax Agency is concerned about a decrease in alcohol tax revenue; it’s now taking an unorthodox approach to get young Japanese adults to drink: an online contest.

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

First Native American woman to travel to space

NASA will be sending a new crew into space, and for the first time, there will be a Native American woman aboard. Astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann will be mission commander, responsible for all phases of flight.

BBC

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Nonprofit floating library docks in Libyan city

The Logos Hope, a 132-meter-long ship, which carries more than 5,000 books and can hold up to 1,500 visitors at a time, has spent the last few days docked in Libya’s capital.

i24 News

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Community clashes over gold in eastern DRC

A coalition of armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least seven people in clashes between community militias over mineral trafficking in the highlands of South Kivu, eastern DRC, local sources said

AfricaNews

Zimbabwe uses gold coins amid 257% inflation

Rising prices and a fast-depreciating currency have pushed many Zimbabweans to the brink, with inflation jumping from 191% to 257%; to prevent economic disaster, the government introduced gold coins as legal tender.

Associated Press

Years of political turmoil in Peru hits economy

Peruvians have lived under a tumultuous political system for decades. Yet, it has also been the fastest growing economy in Latin America, but this will end soon, an analysis of World Bank data and IMF forecasts shows.

Reuters

Cuba bids for foreign investors amid shortages

Cuba will allow foreign investors into its wholesale and retail trade for the first time in 60 years, government officials said, a major shift for the Communist government, which is facing its worst economic crisis in decades.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

India sees elephant attacks as habitats shrink

Elephant-human conflicts have been on the rise in India as a result of habitat loss, and experts say such conflicts could get worse unless forested areas are protected, and migration corridors restored.

Deutsche Welle

Pakistan floods kill over 580, millions affected

Over 580 people have died as torrential rains batter Pakistan; an estimated 1 million have been affected, as the country endured more than 60% of its total monsoon rainfall.

Guardian

Innovative countries tackle global wheat crisis

In Cameroon, global wheat woes are forcing the African nation to rethink farming; in Argentina, a genetically modified wheat variety claims to withstand climate extremes; in Ghana, farmers embrace foreign seed breeds.

Deutsche Welle

UN chief visits Odesa; warns food crisis not over

Deutsche Welle

Monsoon floods hit Myanmar commercial hub

Vehicles and commuters struggle to make their way through flooded streets in Myanmar’s Yangon after heavy rains.

AfricaNews

Photo of the Day

Three women sift for raw gold nuggets at a mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country with some of the world’s most valuable minerals, such as copper, gold, coltan, cobalt, and diamonds. Small-scale mining in the DRC involves people of all ages, including children; laborers are obligated to work under harsh conditions, earning less than $2 per day, according to a global resource and research database. (Photo by Robert Carruba, Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.) Photo used under CC BY

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