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Is crematorium hiding Assad’s atrocities?

The US said it believes the Syrian government has built a large crematorium near the notorious Saydnaya Military Prison in an effort to hide mass atrocities carried out there. It placed the onus on Russia to rein in the regime.

CNN

Has Syria’s opposition lost to Assad?

Al Jazeera

Syria talks resume in Geneva

Al Jazeera

WannaCry ransomware has links to N Korea

Two top security firms have found evidence linking the WannaCry ransomware to the prolific North Korean cybergang known as Lazarus Group.

The Guardian

Hacking group threatens to sell code

Reuters

Cybercrime just tip of iceberg in organized criminality, study finds

Deutsche Welle

How ransomware works: QuickTake Q&A

Bloomberg

What if Donald Trump were impeached?

Congressman Al Green, a Democrat from Texas, held a press conference to call for the impeachment of Donald Trump. The firing of FBI director James Comey, Green said, was an obstruction of justice falling clearly into that basket of “high crimes and misdemeanors” prescribed in the constitution as grounds for impeachment.

The Guardian

Trump defends sharing ‘facts’ with Russia

Al Jazeera

Trump and Erdogan show strained unity

Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stood side by side at the White House and promised to work through strained ties despite the Turkish leader’s stern warning about Washington’s arming of a Kurdish militia.

The Guardian

8 interview for FBI directorship amid uproar

Top Justice Department officials have interviewed eight candidates to replace the fired James Comey as lawmakers demand Donald Trump turn over any recordings he may have made of his talks with Comey.

Bloomberg

Sudan’s president invited to Trump meeting

Al-Bashir, who has been Sudan‘s leader since 1989, is wanted by the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands for war crime allegations. ICC prosecutors charged al-Bashir in 2009 and 2010 with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur region.

ABC News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Ugandan troops committed sexual abuse

Ugandan soldiers sexually abused at least 13 girls and women in the Central African Republic while the troops were helping to hunt for warlord Joseph Kony, the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said.

Yahoo! News

Idaho Legislative leaders condemn vandalism

More hateful graffiti discovered near the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial is prompting state leaders to speak out condemning the racist attacks. The memorial was defaced by similar racist graffiti on two separate occasions.

ABC KIVI TV

Group to challenge UK surrender of password

The human rights group Cage is preparing to mount a legal challenge to UK anti-terrorism legislation over a refusal to hand over mobile and laptop passwords to border control officials at air terminals, ports and international rail stations.

The Guardian

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Anti-Maduro protests persist in Venezuela

Opponents of President Nicolas Maduro staged sit-ins and roadblocks across Venezuela to press for elections, sparking new unrest.

Reuters

Interview:

Has Venezuela’s economic crisis reached a breaking point?

Forbes

S. Africa court to rule on Zuma confidence vote

South Africa’s top court is debating whether legislators can cast secret ballots in a no-confidence vote in President Jacob Zuma as hundreds protest in Johannesburg demanding his removal.

Al Jazeera

US hits Syria with new sanctions

The Trump administration has hit a new group of Syrian people and companies with sanctions over human rights abuses. Among those named are cousins of President Bashar Assad.

Associated Press

Ukraine imposes new sanctions on Russia

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cannabis reverses aging in mice brains

Memory performance decreases with increasing age. Cannabis can reverse these ageing processes in the brain. This was shown in mice by scientists at the University of Bonn with their colleagues at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

ScienceDaily

Trying new marijuana products and edibles associated with unexpected highs

Neuroscience News

Amazon Echo to change business like iPhone

Amazon’s announcement speaks of hands-free video calls, viewing shopping lists and lyrics from your music, monitoring security cameras, and many other things.

Forbes

ARM to provide chips for brain injury implants

The chips are designed to help people with brain and spinal injuries, and will sit inside the skull.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Trump details anti-abortion global aid policy

President Donald Trump is moving forward with a plan to massively expand a ban on federal aid going to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information.

Associated Press

Trump expands anti-abortion global aid policy

The Guardian

Cholera outbreak in Yemen kills 124

The U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Yemen says a cholera outbreak has killed 124 people over the past two weeks. Jamie McGoldrick told reporters that another 11,100 people were believed to have been infected, and that medicine was arriving.

Associated Press

Price’s remarks on opioid’s was damaging,

Addiction experts are up in arms over remarks by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price in which he referred to medication-assisted treatment for addiction as “substituting one opioid for another.”

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Ferrell hilariously serenades USC grads

After dispensing words of wisdom during his hilarious commencement address at USC, Will Ferrell showed how much the students at his alma mater really mean to him. He belted out “I Will Always Love You.”

Today

On Mom’s Day, baby born en route to hospital

Christy High, 36, welcomed a son May 14 during the drive to Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

ABC News

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

On generational, gender differences in giving

What can a new study that examines giving attitudes, strategies, and priorities across generations and gender tell us, and is any of it immediately useful? What can be carried forward into practice?

Nonprofit Quarterly

Chan, Zuckerberg back personalized learning

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the limited liability company created by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, has awarded a grant to education reform group Chiefs for Change in support of personalized learning, Education Week reports.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Lack of dust makes China’s pollution worse

Airborne dust is normally seen as an environmental problem, but the lack of it is making air pollution over China considerably worse. A new study suggests less dust means more solar radiation hits the land surface, which reduces wind speed.

BBC

Tackling China’s Yellow River floods

After learning how the waterway transports a billion tons of sediment into the sea each year, scientists built a tool that may help predict the inundations that impact 80 million people.

Scientific American

Remote island is world’s most polluted island

A tiny, uninhabited piece of land in the South Pacific Ocean, called Henderson Island, is considered one of the most remote islands in the world. But now, researchers say it has earned a much more worrisome new title: the world’s most polluted island.

LiveScience

BUSINESS

Tech, car companies deeply intertwined

The line between the technology and automotive industries is blurring. The rise of rideshare companies means transportation is closely tied to your cellphone, while autonomous driving technology is turning your car into a computer.

Bloomberg

Auto sales are slowing, and upheaval is next

The U.S. auto boom that fueled record sales and profits is winding down. Next up: A radical transformation that could threaten the survival of some automakers.

CNNMoney

Ford Motor to shed a tenth of its workforce

Deutsche Welle

Photo of the Day

Merrymakers celebrate Loi Krathong, or Festival of the Lanterns, in Thailand. The festival is held every year on the evening of the full moon of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar. It usually occurs in November. Thais mark the occasion by putting baskets in drifting water. (Photo by Klim Levene) Photo used under CC BY

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