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Aid agencies are gearing up for long-term shortages of food and and water in Ethiopia and other drought-stricken African nations. (Photo by European Commission Director General’s Office) Photo used under CC BY

US AID visits Africa to asses drought crisis

US AID visits Zimbabwe this week as part of a three country trip to evaluate the impact of the El Nino induced drought on food security in South Africa.

New Zimbabwe

Parliament declares drought a national disaster

allAfrica.com

Shipwreck found during Seaport construction

A 19th-century shipwreck was discovered at the site of a construction project. Crews have halted work on the job so that experts can excavate the ship’s remains in hopes of finding out more about its origins.

MSN News

Obama makes historic trip to Hiroshima

Barack Obama has become the first serving US president to visit Hiroshima since World War Two. In a speech, he said that the memory of August 6, 1945 must never fade but did not apologize for the US attack.

BBC

Hiroshima survivor who pushed to add US victims to memorial meets Obama

Huffington Post

In Hiroshima, Obama calls for world without nuclear weapons

CBS News

GOP leaves DC without passing Zika funds

Democrats on Thursday blasted Republicans for departing Washington for the Memorial Day recess without approving funds to respond to the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

CNN

Where things stand as Congress leaves town

Roll Call

IRS warns taxpayers about new scam involving bogus ‘federal student tax’

Just days after the arrests of five individuals made in the “ongoing investigation” into the scams, the Internal Revenue Service issued a warning about a new scam making the rounds.

Forbes

HUMAN RIGHTS

Woman endures 5 years of slavery, starvation

She’s 23 years old, but her petite frame makes her look like a teenager. Her bright eyes and friendly smile can easily hide the horrors she has lived, unimaginable physical and mental abuse that almost took her life.

CNN

Corker waging fight against modern slavery

Knoxville News Sentinel

Obama urges Vietnam to honor human rights

President Obama pressed Vietnam’s communist government to improve its human rights record, saying greater freedom for citizens holds the key to economic prosperity the country seeks.

USA TODAY

Vietnam announcement draws backlash from human rights advocates

U.S. News & World Report

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

Trump nixes plan for debate with Sanders

Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, now says he won‘t debate Bernie Sanders — something Trump had initially seemed open to on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! earlier this week.

NPR

Officer cleared in Freddie Gray case

The verdict clearing Baltimore Police Officer Edward Nero of all criminal charges in connection with the arrest and death of Freddie Gray surprised few on Monday, although it disappointed some.

Baltimore Sun

Freddie Gray case: key questions remain

Baltimore Sun

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

NY sues Dominos for alleged wage theft

U.S. fast food giant Domino’s Pizza and three of its franchises could be required to pay employees a lot of dough if a newly filed New York lawsuit succeeds.

MSN News

Toyota, Uber partner in ride-sharing rush

Toyota Motor Corp and Uber announced they would partner to explore ride-sharing, including Toyota investing in the company.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

US nukes still maintained with floppy disks

In a report released Wednesday, nonpartisan congressional investigators found that about three-fourths of the $80 billion budget goes to keep aging technology running in critical areas from nuclear weapons to Social Security.

U.S. News & World Report

Spacecraft finds elements of life in a comet

Scientists for the first time have directly detected key organic compounds in a comet, bolstering the notion that these celestial objects delivered such chemical building blocks for life long ago to Earth.

Reuters

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GOOD NEWS

Dr. Heimlich uses own maneuver

He’s demonstrated how to save lives countless times since inventing his technique, but Dr. Henry Heimlich had never used his namesake maneuver on someone who was actually choking — until this week.

NBCNews.com

Children who climb cliff ladder may get stairs

A village in China’s mountainous west where schoolchildren must climb an 800-meter (2,625-foot)-high bamboo ladder secured to a sheer cliff face may get a set of steel stairs to improve safety.

MSN News

NGO AND NONPROFIT

Israel: NGO bill unjust to political left

A recent report by the legal adviser to the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee criticizes key aspects of the so-called NGO bill, warning that they have a direct impact on just one side of the political map.

Times of Isreal

Nonprofit removes landmines in Vietnam

Recently, some Bay Area women raised more than $100,000 to support that group’s efforts to remove landmines in Vietnam. Then they flew there to see firsthand how that money is helping.

ABC News

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Aid reached $28 billion in 2015

Philanthropy accounted for $6.2 billion in humanitarian aid, a 13 percent increase from 2014, according to data released by Development Initiatives.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Philanthropy stepping in for Flint

Ten charitable organizations have pooled their resources to donate $125 million toward recovery efforts in Flint, Mich. While the aid is welcome, some say it highlights the failings of government to provide for its people.

Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Why Antarctic Sea ice is not shrinking

Even as the extent and thickness of sea ice in the Arctic plunges to ever-lower levels, the seasonal sea ice that encircles the frozen continent of Antarctica has not followed suit.

Discovery News

‘Parliament for the environment’ kicks off

UN assembly in Kenya will tackle some of the world’s most pressing environmental issues, including climate change.

Al Jazeera

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A lantern floating ceremony in Motoyasu River, Hiroshima (Photo by Freedom II Andres)

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