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Ethiopia hosts more than 700,000 refugees. The European Commission provides humanitarian assistance in all 24 refugee camps. (Photo by European Commission Director General’s Office) Photo used under CC BY

G-7 leaders pledge more aid for displaced people

G-7 leaders acknowledged increasing risks for the global economic outlook, including terrorism, legions of displaced people, and armed conflicts.

U.S. News & World Report

More than 700 Europe-bound migrants drown

Guardian

Tigers seized from controversial Thai temple

Wildlife authorities in Thailand, accused of wildlife trafficking and animal abuse, have begun removing 137 tigers from a Buddhist temple. The monks deny all allegations.

BBC

Video of animal seizure

Guardian

Ex-Chad dictator draws life term for war crimes

An African court has sentenced former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré to life in prison for crimes against humanity in a landmark case that rights groups say could open the door against war crimes.

CNN

Video profile of Hissène Habré, former dictator

Guardian

Holder: Snowden performed a public service

The former US attorney general has described Edward Snowden as performing a “public service” in stoking a national debate about secret domestic surveillance programs.

Telegraph.co.uk

Korea brings development aid to Uganda

Korea and Uganda bolstered rural development cooperation as the two countries’ leaders celebrated the opening of an agricultural training center built by the South Korean government in Kampiringisa.

Korea JoongAng Daily

Hearing checks treatment of Sept. 11 inmates

A pretrial hearing for five Sept. 11 suspects has begun at Guantanamo Bay; prisoners’ treatment is expected to be a focus of the US military court sessions.

Reuters

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

Photo of the Day

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly spoke last week at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center about his year aboard the International Space Station. (Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls) Photo used under CC BY

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