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Human rights groups see in the Nepal quake an opportunity to bring pioneering change to one of the world’s most exploitative industries, using the relief aid pouring into Nepal to force brick kiln operators to stop using child labor. (Photo by Cassetti Digitali) Photo used under CC BY

Nepal’s push to rebuild without child labor

Whether the earthquakes that struck Nepal in 2015 will add to the ranks of child laborers or lead to reformation of the brickmaking industry is a question being watched around the world.

Christian Science Monitor

Saudis, UN’s Ban Ki-Moon spar over blacklisting

A diplomatic fight, usually kept behind closed doors, exploded in public as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon accused Saudi Arabia and its military allies of placing “undue pressure” on the international organization.

CNN

Food aid reaches besieged Damascus suburb

Deliveries of food aid have reached the besieged Damascus suburb of Darayya. Trucks carrying medicine and food reached the town that was among the first to report protests against Bashar al-Assad’s government.

BBC

Clinton, Warren huddle, stoking VP speculation

Hillary Clinton huddled with liberal icon Elizabeth Warren in Washington, stoking already-burning speculation about the possibility of an all-female Democratic ticket – and one pulled markedly to the left.

FOX News

Clinton leads Trump by 11 points in White House race

MSN News

Anti-Trump Republicans seek ‘revolt’

The faction of the GOP that is unhappy with Donald Trump as the party’s presumptive nominee has one last plan to stop the mogul: staging an all-out delegate revolt at the Republican National Convention.

CNN

Barbour: Trump must focus on policy discussion

MSNBC

Teens drinking racing fuel to get drunk

Health officials are warning about the dangers of a potentially deadly homemade concoction of racing fuel and soft drinks some teens are consuming to get drunk.

MSN News

Thousands celebrate Ali’s legacy of peace

In Louisville, Kentucky, thousands of people lined the motorcade route to see Muhammad Ali one last time. Ali’s funeral motorcade would be passing soon, and it was the only spot in the neighborhood where you could get a good look.

ESPN

HUMAN RIGHTS

Judge wanted removed in rape case

A campaign to recall the judge who sentenced a Stanford swimmer to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman gained momentum Friday as three prominent political consultants joined the effort.

MSN News

Ireland abortion ban called cruel to women

United Nations human rights experts said that Ireland’s abortion ban subjects women to discriminatory, cruel and degrading treatment and should be ended for cases involving fatal fetal abnormalities.

FOX News

Israel restricts Palestinians’ movements

Israel is suspending tens of thousands of movement permits for Palestinians a day after a mass shooting at a Tel Aviv food and retail center that killed four Israelis. Israeli police identified the gunmen as two Palestinian cousins in their 20s. They were apprehended; one was wounded.

NPR

ANIMAL RIGHTS

Date of animals’ return to zoo uncertain

When budgetary cuts forced University Park village officials to close a recreational farm and relocate more than 150 animals from its petting zoo, they did not anticipate the animals’ leave to be permanent.

Chicago Tribune

Dogs to be slaughtered for Yulin festival

Animal rights activists calling for an end to the slaughter and eating of dogs at a Chinese festival on June 21 delivered a petition with 11 million signatures to authorities in Beijing.

CNBC

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

Trump plans to bank on free publicity

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump distanced himself from his fundraising estimate of $1 billion, saying his campaign didn’t need much money to win the presidency because he gets so much free publicity.

Bloomberg

Special section:

The new Republican center of gravity

Guardian

Modi highlights US-India security relations

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a closer security relationship between his country and the US in an address to the US Congress stressing the importance of the warm relationship between the two countries.

CNBC

Austrian challenges election results

In a knife-edge contest that divided the country and captured the attention of the entire continent, the FPÖ candidate, Norbert Hofer, lost to Green-endorsed Alexander Van der Bellen by 30,863 votes.

MSN News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

BP and Det norske will merge

Oil companies BP and Det norske have agreed to merge their Norwegian businesses in a $1.3 billion all-share deal to cut costs, challenge Statoil’s dominance of the local industry and look for more acquisitions.

Yahoo Finance

World Bank changing country classifications

The World Bank is switching to more precise, though unvarnished, descriptions of countries’ economies, removing the terms “developed” and “developing” as classifications.

Economic Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists turn CO2 into harmless rock

Scientists have a found a quick way to turn heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas into harmless rock. Experts say the results of a experiment conducted in Iceland offer hope for a weapon to help fight man-made global warming.

CBS News

Video: turning carbon emissions into stone

Scientific American

New elements on the periodic table named

Nihonium (Nh), moscovium (Mc), tennessine (Ts) and oganesson (Og) are the newest elements on the periodic table to receive names. The names are on a five-month probation before things are made official.

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Clare Foran):

Sanders promised a revolution that may never happen. What’s next?

The Atlantic

Column (Atul Gawande):

Why we tend to mistrust science

The New Yorker

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GOOD NEWS

3-D printed prosthesis lets girl play music

Born without her right hand, Cassie Stewart was unable to play certain instruments like her peers. Now she doesn’t have to worry, thanks to an invention by a high school student.

NBCNews.com

Suicide try spurs teacher to write 130 notes

Brittni Darras can still remember the shock of finding out from a parent that a student she assumed was doing fine had nearly committed suicide. She then spent two months composing letters to 130 of her students.

NBCNews.com

NGO AND NONPROFIT

Indian working for NGO abducted in Kabul

An Indian woman has been abducted in Kabul by suspected militants right outside her office with Ministry of External Affairs saying that officials are in touch with Afghan authorities to seek her early release.

IndiaTV News

India puts 3 US NGOs on watch list

Days before PM Narendra Modi left for a visit to the US, his government put three US-based non-governmental organizations on the watch list. This includes an NGO patronised by billionaire global investor George Soros.

Economic Times

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Gates names new director of K-12 philanthropy

Robert Hughes recently took the helm of the K-12 funding program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — at a time when the world’s largest funder looks to be in some rough waters.

Inside Philanthropy

Organization aims to bring in more POC

Philanthropy Northwest has launched the Momentum Fellowship. The program aims to prepare professionals from underrepresented communities for careers in the philanthropic sector.

Seattle Times

ENVIRONMENT

Greenland saw highest June temperature

Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, soared to 75 degrees (24 Celsius) Thursday – marking the warmest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic country during June.

MSN News

Experts: Brexit would worsen UK pollution

The UK’s air pollution crisis would get worse if the country votes to leave the European Union, according to a new poll of environment professionals.

Guardian

EU dilutes proposal to halve air pollution deaths after UK lobbying

Guardian

Photo of the Day

The Humanihut provides temporary housing for people fleeing natural disaster, violence or persecution. The system provides resources customized to meet the environmental, economic and cultural needs of the community. (Photo by Humanihut) Photo used under CC BY

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