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The worst fire in Chilean history has destroyed parts of Valparaiso. At least 12 people have died and the fire continues to spread. (Photo by Mariano Martel)

Chile forest fire kills 16, destroys 500 homes

A fire raging in the port city of Valparaiso, Chile has killed at least 16 and destroyed 500 homes, evacuating over 10,000 people and more than 200 inmates at a prison, President Michelle Bachelet said.

CBC News

Deadly fire in Chile forces 10,000 to evacuate

Sydney Morning Herald

Renewables, nuclear must triple to save climate

The world needs to triple the energy it gets from renewables, nuclear reactors and power plants that use emissions-capture technology to avoid dangerous levels of global warming, United Nations scientists said.

Bloomberg

Special section:

How to save the planet: moon mining, iron filings and fake volcanoes

The Telegraph

Ukraine to launch anti-terror operation

Ukraine is launching a “large-scale anti-terrorist operation” to resist attacks of armed pro-Russian forces, Ukraine’s President Oleksandr Turchynov said in a televised address.

ABC News

Ukrainian President promises punishment for violent protesters

CNN

Investigators suspect MH370’s black-box batteries have died

Signs of the missing Malaysia Flight 370 have not heard any electronic pings from the plane’s cockpit voice or data recorders since April 8, suggesting the batteries may have run out, according to a new report.

Mashable

Flight 370 search widens, intensifies as black box pings fizzle

USA TODAY

NTSB examines claim truck was on fire before crash

Federal investigators are looking into a claim that a FedEx tractor-trailer was already on fire when it careened across a freeway median and slammed into a bus taking high school students on a college tour.

San Jose Mercury News

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Wall Street tools can help the world’s poor

By hedging against currency swings, microfinance companies can lend to the poor in developing nations without exposing themselves to the risks of loans that are suddenly more expensive to pay back.

Christian Science Monitor

Africa’s top 10 philanthropists

An estimated $7 billion is given away every year by Africa’s philanthrocapitalists — at least the ones we know about. These are the men (sadly no women yet on this list) providing home-grown solutions to local needs.

IRIN News

HUMAN RIGHTS

China cancels human rights dialogue with Britain

Beijing accused the U.K. of using rights issues to interfere in its internal affairs and axed the dialogue that had resumed after a diplomatic freeze over the Dalai Lama.

Guardian

Algeria: Pre-election clampdown exposes ‘gaping holes’ in human rights record

Mounting curbs on freedom of expression in the run-up to Algeria’s upcoming elections underscore disturbing shortcomings in the country’s overall human rights record.

Amnesty International

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Hong Kong Trade Development Council to open more offices in India

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council, which is working for promoting trade with Hong Kong as a hub, plans to open more offices in India to boost trading opportunities.

Times of India

Bills crack down on seafood labeling

State and U.S. legislators are concerned that consumers are paying for fresh and local but getting old and imported.

Marine Sunday Telegram

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

The best thing for the environment is for the government to stop controlling it

The U.N. calls upon governments to enact emergency policies to mitigate climate change, yet those selfsame governments are actually the biggest hindrances to environmental cleanup efforts.

Townhall.com

Obama reportedly lets NSA keep some security flaws secret

While saying that most vulnerabilities should be revealed, the White House allows some flaws to be kept secret in the event of “a clear national security or law enforcement need,” the New York Times reports.

CNET News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Proof of success of US Clean Air Act shows up in Greenland ice

Proof of the success of the U.S. Clean Air act more than 40 years on from its passing has shown up in an unexpected place, researchers say – the Greenland ice cap.

Tech Times

Hepatitis C breakthrough promises over 90 percent cure rate

A promising breakthrough in the treatment of Hepatitis C offers new hope of a cure for a disease that has until now required prolonged therapy with unpleasant side-effects, and a low success rate.

International Business Times

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GOOD NEWS

Beaming good cheer to a Norwegian town’s dark days

Yearning for sunlight has been a part of life in this quaint old factory town in central Norway for as long as anyone can remember. Here, the sun disappears behind a mountain for six months of the year.

New York Times

Top 10 things to do in the dark

Stuff.co.nz

Glimpse of history: man of good humor in Madison

The Good Humor man, identified only as “Don,” is shown in this mid-1950s photo taken in Madison. Borough residents also speak of another Good Humor man named Steve who visited the Madison Community Pool daily.

nj.com

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Rio Tinto pulls out of Pebble Mine, gifts shares to nonprofits

Rio Tinto, the sole remaining major mining company backer of developing the world’s largest known copper ore deposit, announced it is divesting its 19.1 percent equity stake in the junior Canadian mining company.

Triple Pundit

Recognizing and embracing the risks of philanthropy

In 2012, philanthropist Laurie Michaels founded Open Road Alliance to provide critical funding to help nonprofits overcome unforeseen roadblocks, or to leverage unanticipated opportunities for impact.

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Bee fossils provide rare glimpse into Ice Age environment

A new analysis of rare leafcutter-bee fossils excavated from the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in Southern California has provided valuable insight into the local environment during the last Ice Age.

FOX News

Climate change in Ice Age: Fossil studies show how ancient environment affected evolution of predators

International Business Times

Proof of success of US Clean Air Act shows up in Greenland ice

Proof of the success of the U.S. Clean Air act more than 40 years on from its passing has shown up in an unexpected place, researchers say — the Greenland ice cap.

Tech Times

Greenland’s icecap is becoming unstable

Truthdig

Photo of the Day

A carpenter bee buries his head in pollen in Bahrain. While it is not a honey producing bee, it does play an important role in polinization. (Photo by Faris Algosaibi)

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