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Turkey may back away from EU refugee deal

Turkey would have to back out of its agreement with the European Union to stem the flow of refugees and migrants into the bloc if the EU does not deliver visa-free travel for Turks, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said.

Al Jazeera

Turkey arrests 11 more soldiers in coup attempt.

Al Jazeera

Syrian rebels launch assault to break siege

Syrian rebel fighters have launched a major assault on government-held southwestern parts of Aleppo to try to reopen supply lines into opposition-held areas of the city after the army and its allies tightened their siege last week.

Reuters

Russian aid chopper downed in Syria; 5 killed

BBC

U.S. launches airstrikes against ISIS in Libya

The Pentagon says U.S. warplanes began attacking Islamic State targets in Libya today at the request of the U.N.-backed Libyan government. The airstrikes are in the city of Sirte, which is controlled by ISIS.

NPR

South Africa’s ANC faces tough challenges

South Africa’s National Congress is facing its toughest challenge - and not just from opposition parties. The hotly contested campaign has been marred by squabbles within the governing party.

BBC

Don’t identify Islam with violence, pope says

Pope Francis says it is wrong to equate violence with Islam. “I do not believe that it is true or right that Islam is terrorist,” he told reporters on a flight back to the Vatican after a five-day visit to Poland.

NPR

McCain slams Trump over fight with Muslims

Sen. John McCain slammed Donald Trump for feuding with the parents of a fallen Muslim soldier, offering perhaps his sternest rebuke yet of a candidate with whom he has clashed throughout the campaign process.

Politico

HUMAN RIGHTS

Food shortage remedy decried as forced labor

The Venezuelan decree that forces workers to take agricultural jobs has been denounced as “forced labor”. The Nicolás Maduro administration calls the regulation an attempt to curb the country’s food shortages.

PanAm Post

Thousands flee Venezuela for food security

NBCNews.com

‘Freed’ China lawyer gives dubious confession

Wang Yu has re-emerged in video interviews that have drawn widespread skepticism and suspicion of another rehearsed, coerced televised confession.

Sydney Morning Herald

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Maldives president urged to restore democracy

The US embassy and other foreign missions urged the Maldives president to return to the path of democracy, saying they are concerned over what they call recent erosions of fundamental freedoms.

ABC News

Brazil‘s Rousseff advocates fresh elections

In Brazil, the suspended president Dilma Rousseff has told the BBC she will write an open letter to Senators in support of bringing forward general elections if she is allowed to return to office after her impeachment trial this month.

BBC

Indonesia pays price of drug executions

The third wave of executions announced by the Indonesian attorney general’s office has created an uproar and made headlines all around the world.

The Diplomat

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Uber sells China operation to fierce rival

Uber Technologies Inc. is selling its China operations to fierce rival Didi Chuxing, ending an expensive price war and freeing it up to focus on other markets and possibly an IPO.

Bloomberg

Trade backlash frustrates business

Business groups found themselves on the outside looking in during the Republican and Democratic conventions, with both parties expressing indifference or outright hostility to their top economic priorities.

The Hill

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Crowd-sourced data unearths depression genes

Scientists have discovered 15 genome sites – the first ever – linked to depression in people of European ancestry. Instead of sequencing genes, the researchers analyzed data shared by people who had bought genetic profiles.

National Institutes of Mental Health

Apple may launch iPad mini 5 in September

Apple is expected to announce the much-talked-about iPhone 7 in September. Now, it’s rumored that the tech giant will also introduce the iPad mini 5. The new iPad is expected to be thinner and come with a more-efficient A9 processor.

Design&Trend

GLOBAL HEALTH

Pregnant women urged to check Zika exposure

All pregnant women in the U.S. should be assessed for possible Zika exposure during every prenatal visit, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

USA TODAY

‘Hyena men’ paid to have sex with women

The practice of hiring a man to have sex with a girl after her first menstruation is viewed as a way to ritually cleanse girls after their first period, usually within a three-day window.

NPR

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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

Ice bucket challenge led to gene discovery

Project MinE has identified a gene that is responsible for ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, in part because of the contributions made by the millions of people who participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge.

CNN

NGOs

NGOs enlist traditional healers to reach poor

Despite delivering results of varying quality, traditional healers are often integral members of their communities and local culture and heritage. They thrive in places where doctors are few and far between, such as Madagascar.

Al Jazeera

45 NGOs call for end to tiger farming, trade

On Global Tiger Day this year, midway through the Global Tiger Recovery Program, 45 NGOs released a joint statement raising the alarm of increasing tiger poaching and call for ending all tiger farming and tiger trade.

National Geographic

Special section:

Protecting tiger habitat

Tigers in Crisis

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Scholars indifferent to study of philanthropy

If you believe that philanthropy is one of the most powerful forces shaping U.S. society — and increasingly, public policy — the near-indifference to this subject among academics is nothing short of bizarre.

Inside Philanthropy

Business of aid: Making money by doing good

When governments pledge aid money, it is rarely handed directly over to poor countries in cash, despite the rhetoric from both the right and the left about how much money is “given” each year.

Mail & Guardian Africa

Is global aid reaching Syrians in need?

Charities trying to deliver aid across Syria to help victims of the worsening conflict, have admitted it is hard, if not impossible, to know where supplies end up and fear future funding could be at risk.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Trump, Clinton worlds apart on climate science

Science is slowly coming into focus in the U.S. presidential campaign. Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton are fleshing out their positions on climate change, education and biomedical research.

Scientific American

2 killed, 100 rescued as floods strike Maryland

Two people were swept away to their deaths and more than 100 others had to be rescued after heavy rains caused severe damage in Maryland over the weekend. Almost 6 inches of rain fell in Ellicott City.

NBCNews.com

Video shows dramatic rescue made via human chain

NBCNews.com

Photo of the Day

Two people were swept away to their deaths and more than 100 others had to be rescued after heavy rains caused severe damage in Elliott City, Maryland, over the weekend. (Photo by WJZ-CBS Baltimore/Forsaken Fotos) Photo used under CC BY

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