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Claudia Amaral, the head of the Jordan office of the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department, on a visit to the Azraq refugee camp in April 2016. (Photo by Peter Biro Azraq/European Commissioner) Photo used under CC BY

Flood of Syrian refugees produces crisis in Jordan

The Syrian war has forced over 5 million people to flee their homes and live in neighboring countries. The refugees among the more than 1 million Syrians living in Jordan must register to receive aid, but registration is a slow process.

Huffington Post

Petitions put refugee initiative to voters

Vermont Watchdog

Swiss rail tunnel may transform freight hauling

The world’s longest and deepest rail tunnel has opened after two decades of construction. The 35-mile twin-bore Gotthard base tunnel could revolutionize European freight transport.

BBC

Pakistani fatally burned for refusing proposal

A Pakistani woman who was set on fire for refusing a marriage proposal has died of her injuries. Activists say attacks on women who refuse proposals are common in Pakistan.

BBC

UCLA Gunman’s wife found dead in MN

Mainak Sarkar, the gunman who opened fire in a murder-suicide at UCLA, left behind a trail of evidence that led investigators to his wife, Ashley Hasti, in Minneapolis.

CNN

Trump slams journalists for questioning him

Trump fired back at reports questioning his fundraising haul from a high-profile veterans event in January, releasing an extensive list of charities he said received the donations – and slamming the media for questioning him.

FOX News

What Trump‘s hostility toward press could mean if he’s elected

CBS News

What happens if Clinton loses California

The race between Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders in California is dramatically close, prompting changes to tactics and speculation over the value of the state’s pledged Democratic delegates.

ABC News

EgyptAir Flight 804 ‘black box’ detected

A French naval vessel has detected underwater signals from one of EgyptAir Flight 804’s so-called black boxes. Specialized locator equipment detected signals from the seabed in the Mediterranean Sea.

CNN

HUMAN RIGHTS

Germany recognizes Armenian genocide

The German parliament has passed a symbolic resolution recognizing the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces as a “genocide.” The resolution was passed with only one politician voting against it and one

CNN

UN: No “imminent” aid air drops to Syria

Air drops of vital aid to besieged areas of Syria are “not imminent”, a senior UN official has warned.

BBC

2016 deadlier for migrants

As drowning deaths in the Mediterranean sea have mounted in recent days, 2016 is already shaping up as more deadly than last year for African and Middle East migrants struggling to reach Europe.

USA TODAY

Paris to temporarily house migrants

NPR

ANIMAL RIGHTS

40 dead tiger cubs found in temple freezer

Thai authorities found 40 dead tiger cubs in a freezer during a raid on a Buddhist temple. The temple says the cubs died of natural causes and were preserved by a veterinarian.

NPR

A look at temple where dead cubs were found

ABC News

Police investigate family in gorilla death

The family of a boy who entered a Cincinnati Zoo gorilla’s enclosure last weekend – spurring zoo officials to shoot and kill the animal – will be the focus of an investigation into the incident, Cincinnati police said.

CNN

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

Paul Ryan endorses Donald Trump

House Speaker Paul Ryan said he’s voting for presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump. In an op-ed for the Janesville Gazette of Janesville, Wisconsin, Ryan says he is now convinced Trump will advance the Republican agenda.

CNN

Anti-abortion laws spur drastic recourses

Five years into a wave of anti-abortion legislation that is without historical precedent, abortion providers and activists say women are taking potentially fatal risks.

Guardian

NKorea fails with attempted missile launch

North Korea apparently failed with an attempted missile launch Tuesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for a ballistic weapons program that aspires to threaten the US mainland.

MSN News

US keeping eye on North Korea situation

USA TODAY

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

VW profit rises despite plunge

Volkswagen Group’s profit rose 3.4 percent in the first quarter, although profit at the core VW brand plunged 86 percent, highlighting the challenge the carmaker faces in emerging from the emissions cheating scandal.

AutomotiveNews

US labor market boosts economic growth

U.S. private employers increased hiring in May and new applications for jobless benefits fell last week, further boosting the economic outlook for the second quarter.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Starbucks introduces nitro coffee

By the end of summer 2016, over 500 Starbucks locations will serve nitro coffee, a cold brew that has been infused with nitrogen, chemical element number 7.

CNBC

Mars nearest to Earth in 11 years

Mars will be visible most of the night as it reaches its highest point around midnight. That’s about 35 degrees above the southern horizon.

UPI

King Tut’s dagger made from a meteorite

Researchers used a method called “X-ray fluorescence spectrometry” to confirm that Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun’s dagger’s unrusted iron blade was made from a meteorite.

ABC News

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GOOD NEWS

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

Japanese boy missing in Hokkaido found

Japanese rescuers say they believe they have found the boy who went missing in remote woods last week after being left alone by his parents as a punishment.

BBC

NGO AND NONPROFIT

Microsoft support NGOs to better serve

Microsoft announced its commitment to donate US$1 billion in cloud computing resources to empower 70,000 non-profit organisations around the world in serving their communities.

The Voice of Vitenam

Swedish startup partners with NGO

WaterAid, a global nonprofit working towards providing potable water announced its partnership with BTCX to raise funds for its operations in the form of bitcoins.

News BTC

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Families pledge wealth to philanthropy

Today the Giving Pledge announced the addition of 17 new individuals and families to the pledge since June 2015, bringing the current total of signatories to 154 from 16 countries.

PR Newswire

Women’s group helps needy

The women develop a specific project to tackle and an agency or group to receive the benefits. Once the project is complete, which may take weeks or months to finish, the group starts all over again.

gainesvilletimes.com

ENVIRONMENT

Air pollution tied to high blood pressure

Short and long-term exposure to air pollution from vehicle exhaust or burning coal is associated with high blood pressure, according to a review of 17 studies.

FOX News

Louvre moving artwork as floodwaters rise

Some artworks at the Louvre in Paris will be moved to protect them from possible flooding after the Seine burst its banks following days of torrential rain.

CNN

Texas floods; more on the way

Flooding that left at least seven people dead in Texas over the weekend continued on Tuesday, with one river forecast to crest at an all-time record high level.

KHOU

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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