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German top ministers call for partial ban on face veils

Germany’s conservative interior ministers have released their much-vaunted “Berlin Declaration,” which included plans for a partial ban on full-face veils in public. But rules on dual citizenship will remain the same.

Deutsche Welle

US deploys fighter jets to guard forces in Syria

The Pentagon has twice scrambled fighter aircraft to protect American special operations forces and allies after Syrian government warplane attacks near the northeastern Syrian city of Hassakeh, officials said.

Christian Science Monitor

Haunting video of bewildered Syrian boy goes viral

Al Jazeera

UK aid minister promises to keep 0.7% aid target

The UK’s new aid minister has promised to keep the country’s aid target of 0.7% of GDP, despite herself once campaigning for the Department for International Development to be shut down. Priti Patel made the comments in an interview in India, where she is seeking to boost UK-India bilateral trade deals.

euractiv.com

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46 million people engaged in forced labor

Almost 60 percent of countries are at high risk of using slave labour in their supply chains, according to a new global index, which ranked North Korea as having the worst record of slave labor in the world.

Al Jazeera

Rio’s forgotten legacy of slavery shadows the Olympics

Time

EU to shed light on Poland’s judicial crisis

The European Commission has released 18-page-long text outline its concerns over the Polish government’s attempt to stack Poland‘s constitutional tribunal with loyalist judges and its refusal to recognize the tribunal’s rulings.

EU Observer

HUMAN RIGHTS

The journeys of two human rights activists

Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar and Irom Chanu Sharmila of India are two internationally recognized human rights activists of their time. The two share some interesting similarities that have encouraged and motivated millions of people around the world.

Huffington Post

Author relates genocide of California Indians

In a commanding new book, Benjamin Madley calls California’s 19th-century elected officials “the primary architects of annihilation” against Native Americans in the state. Reading it is like watching bodies being piled on a pyre.

The Nation

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Trump campaign chairman resigns

Trump campaign chairman and chief strategist Paul Manafort resigned on Friday, following a staff shake-up this week that reduced his role in the campaign.

MSN News

Uganda closing controversial Bridge schools

The Ugandan government is to close all schools operated by Bridge International Academies, a large and controversial provider of commercial private schools operating mainly in Africa.

Public Finance International

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Mexican tycoon pushes 3-day workweek

Carlos Slim, chairman emeritus of América Móvil, says shorter workweeks are a solution to shifts in civilization.

Bloomberg

The health benefits of a shorter workweek

Health Line

Brexit: Government guarantee for post-EU funds

EU funding for farmers, scientists and other projects will be replaced by the Treasury after Brexit, Chancellor Philip Hammond has said.

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Knuckle-cracking is actually good

The knuckle-crackers didn‘t have any hand problems. In fact, after someone cracked a knuckle, it had an increased range of motion compared with knuckles they hadn’t cracked.

CNN

‘Neonic’ insecticides bad news for bees

A widely-used class of insecticides called neonicotinoids has contributed to the large-scale and long-term decline of wild bees, according to research unveiled Tuesday.

MSN News

GLOBAL HEALTH

Zika response going beyond reactivity

On the heels of the Ebola outbreak, the Zika virus is causing many responders to shift from reacting to pandemics as they arise to taking more proactive approaches.

Devex

Time, place of birth may affect celiac disease

Where and when children are born may affect their risk for celiac disease. Children born in spring, summer and fall were about 10 percent more likely to be diagnosed with celiac disease than those born in winter, the findings showed.

Tucson.com

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GOOD NEWS

Former gang rivals providing gourmet meals

Tired of life on the streets, friends in Los Angeles are putting aside gang colors to provide home-cooked, gourmet meals to members of their community. Their popularity has grown enormously thanks to social media.

NBCNews.com

Professor couples mindfulness, compassion

Growing up, Jim Doty had many strikes against him: an alcoholic father, a mother with depression, a family living in poverty. But somehow he managed to overcome them.

Daily Good

NGOs

As legacy papers cut back, local sites fill void

Almost every week, we hear about a couple of new sites that are being launched by two main groups of people — veteran journalists , and entrepreneurs who recognize the opportunities in the decline of legacy publications.

Poynter Institute

NGO, foundation aid abuse survivors in China

HER Fund and Paris-based Kering Foundation will offer help to victims of such violence, including those from lesbian, new immigrant communities.

South China Morning Post

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

How to help the Louisiana flood victims

After historic floods ravaged parts of southern Louisiana over the weekend and left thousands evacuated, waters are beginning to recede and cleanup efforts are underway.

The Weather Channel

ENVIRONMENT

Epic Mideast heat wave portends world fate

Record-shattering temperatures this summer havescorched countries from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as climate experts warn that the severe weather could be a harbinger of worse to come.

Sydney Morning Herald

Heat wave deaths may triple by the 2050s

LiveScience

Lava from volcano cascades into sea

For the first time in three years, lava from a volcano on Hawaii‘s Big Island has crept down miles of mountainside and is dripping into the Pacific Ocean — where it’s creating new land and a stunning show for visitors.

MSN News

OLYMPIC GAMES

Gracious runners rewarded for fair play

Two Olympic athletes who helped each other reach the finish line after an accidental mid-race collision in the women’s 5,000-meter race have both been granted places in the final.

Olympic.org

US swimmers ordered to stay in Rio for crime probe

NBCSports

Biles wins record-tying 4th Olympic gold

Simone Biles put the finishing touches on one of the greatest Olympics by a gymnast, capturing her fourth gold of the games with an electric performance in the floor exercise on Tuesday.

MSN News

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Shot Aug. 7, 2016, in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. (Photo by Ah Wei) Photo used under CC BY

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