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The conflict in South Sudan has triggered a humanitarian crisis with over 2 million people forced from their homes and almost 5 million in need of emergency food – over a third of the population. (Photo by European Commission Director General) Photo used under CC BY

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Foreigners evacuating amid fighting in S. Sudan

Countries are evacuating their citizens from South Sudan following days of fighting that saw hundreds of people killed.Germany, the UK, Italy, Japan, India and Uganda have already started taking their citizens out of the country.

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BBC

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A look at South Sudan, a young country divided by civil war

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Possible FBI probe into Clinton Foundation

Hillary Clinton’s detractors suspect she used her position as secretary of State to help generate speaking engagements for Bill Clinton and contributions to the Clinton Foundation. Fox News says the FBI is investigating.

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Nonprofit Quarterly

For 700 million people, Brexit spells hunger

More than two weeks after the UK voted to leave the European Union, its aid budget is under great threat. Spending is tied to national income, so the decline in gross national income will cause a reduction in aid.

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Devex

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‘Brexit’ unlikely to affect global food balance

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Agri-Pulse

UN aims to end hunger using latest technology

From a smartphone app delivering market prices to Guatemalan farmers to online nutrition tips in rural Colombia, the push to end hunger has entered a new era with the UN deploying the latest technology to fight it.

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Reuters

Mosquitoes resistant to malaria-fighting tools

Our best strategies for fighting malaria are at risk of failing. The malaria parasite and mosquitoes are becoming resistant to everything developed to kill them.

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Vice

Kenyan economy growing, but so is poverty

Economic growth rates alone do not necessarily result in prosperity for many citizens. What really transform lives of the majority are a country’s economic policies.

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Standard Media Kenya

HUMAN RIGHTS

US lauds Sri Lanka for reconciliation efforts

A U.S. envoy commended the steps taken by Sri Lanka to foster reconciliation between the sides that fought a long civil war that ended seven years ago.

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Is Sri Lanka on the path to reconciliation?

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Al Jazeera

Cops walk out of Lynx game over shirts

Four Minneapolis officers working a Minnesota Lynx game walked out of their jobs in response to comments made and shirts worn by the team’s players Saturday.

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DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Obama lauds Dallas police at memorial

Obama hailed as heroes Tuesday the Dallas Police Department and the five officers slain last week in a gunman’s rampage that rocked this city and the nation.

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MSN News

Sanders endorses Clinton

Sanders, whose calls for a “political revolution” energized millions of voters, offered a long-awaited endorsement of Clinton, calling for unity just two weeks shy of the Democratic National Convention.

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MSN News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Czechs to spend more on development aid

The contribution to the development aid will be increased by 100 million crowns as of next year, Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka says.

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Sharing Netflix could be a Federal crime

A new appellate court ruling on July 5 sent millions of TV binge-watchers into a panic over the fact that sharing their passwords for services like Netflix and HBO GO is now a federal crime.

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US Weekly

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

MCR-1 Gene resistant to antibiotics

MCR-1 gene from last year is a new superbug that is resistant to the antibiotic of last resort in a sample from a second patient in the US, according to a study published this week.

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Cruisers Choice

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Superbug gene found again in U.S.

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CBS News

Skin cancer risk high for freckly red-heads

Having genes that give you red hair, pale skin and freckles increases your risk of developing skin cancer as much as an extra 21 years’ exposure to the sun, researchers said on Tuesday.

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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.

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NBCNews.com

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

NGOs urge broader input on trafficking bill

After the conclusion of the Women and Child Development Ministry’s consultative process on its draft Trafficking of Persons Bill, several NGOs show negative reactions to the proposed legislation.

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NPO urges Japan to still aid Bangledeshis

Workers for nonprofit organizations in Japan that connect the country with Bangladesh are calling for continued efforts by Japan to contribute to global society, even after the terror attacks in Dhaka that claimed 28 lives.

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Japan Times

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Islamist militants kill 20 in Bangladesh

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Reuters

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Groups get money to help black boys

The North Carolina-based William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust awarded nearly $3 million in grants to expand opportunities for at-risk boys and young men of color in Kentucky, Philanthropy News Digest reports.

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Newsone

US gives Ukraine another $23M in relief aid

The US will provide nearly $23 million in additional humanitarian aid to help people affected by the crisis in eastern Ukraine. The funding brings the total of US humanitarian aid to Ukraine to more than $135 million.

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ENVIRONMENT

Florida’s algae blooming

A toxic algae bloom, so large it is visible from space, has been expanding in Florida’s Lake Okeechobee since May and has spread through the St. Lucie River estuary to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Christian Science Monitor

Clouds deflecting fewer sun rays

Clouds are moving higher into the atmosphere and closer to the poles while subtropical dry zones are expanding, according to a researchers.

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NewsMax

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Shot in Bari Basti, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. (Photo by Nick Kenrick) Photo used under CC BY

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