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President Donald Trump places a prayer in-between stone blocks of the Western Wall in Jerusalem during his trip abroad. (Photo by Official White House photo by Dan Hansen) Photo used under CC BY

Trump throws his weight around at NATO summit

President Donald Trump engaged in some sharp-elbowed diplomacy when he shoved aside the prime minister of a tiny Balkan country and barge to the front of the pack for a group photo at the NATO summit.

NBCNews.com

Trump scolds NATO, doesn’t commit to defense

NPR

So, what did Trump’s Western Wall note say?

BBC

Protesters torch government building in Brazil

Demonstrations against embattled Brazilian President Michel Temer exploded into scenes of violence across the capital city of Brasilia. Protesters set fire to the Agriculture Ministry, trashed several government buildings and clashed with police.

Bloomberg

FBI Russia investigation looking at Kushner role

The FBI’s criminal probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election is increasingly touching on the multiple roles of senior White House adviser Jared Kushner on the Trump campaign and the Trump transition team.

CNN

Evidence of meddling mounts, but does it add up to obstruction?

NBCNews.com

FBI declines materials to House Oversight

Reuters

US court upholds halt on Trump travel ban

A federal appeals court has refused to lift a temporary block on President Donald Trump‘s revised travel ban. The Virginia-based court said the president’s broad immigration power was “not absolute” and the ban “intended to bar Muslims from this country”.

BBC

Why Europeans love Obama, hate Trump

USA TODAY

Ben Carson calls poverty “a state of mind”

US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson has sparked outrage after describing poverty as a “state of mind.” During a radio interview, Carson suggested people are poor because they learned the “wrong mindset” from their parents.

BBC

HUD budget slashes housing programs

Politico

HUMAN RIGHTS

Fifa workers suffered human rights abuses

The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has admitted there have been human rights abuses of workers involved in the construction of the arena in St Petersburg due to host matches in next year’s World Cup.

The Guardian

US airstrike killed over 100 Iraqi civilians

A Pentagon investigation has found that more than 100 civilians were killed after the U.S. dropped a bomb on a building in Mosul, Iraq, in March.

NBCNews.com

Duterte sparks human rights worries

Should Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte implement nationwide martial law, as recently suggested, many fear an abuse of power as alleged political suppression and rights violations already dog his administration.

Yahoo! News

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Booby-trap blast injures former Greek PM

A former Greek prime minister was injured when a booby-trapped package exploded in his car in central Athens in the worst act of violence targeting politicians in the crisis-hit country for several years. Lucas Papademos did not have life-threatening injuries.

Reuters

Protesters torch government building in Brazil

Bloomberg

US admits Mosul airstrikes killed 100 civilians

The Pentagon has admitted that airstrikes it carried out on a house in western Mosul killed at least 105 civilians in one of the deadliest attacks anywhere in Iraq since the 2003 invasion to oust Saddam Hussein.

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Virtual reality reveals clues about autism

Differences in the brain responses of people with and without autism may reflect differences in the neural mechanisms of joint attention. But they could just as well reflect variation in the behavior of the partner, or in the participants’ sensitivity to other social cues, such as smiles or eyebrow raises, from the partner.

Scientific American

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People remain calm as the world ends, video game study suggests

ScienceDaily

Fitness trackers ‘poor at measuring calories’

Most fitness trackers are good at measuring heart rate but poor at measuring calories burned, a study suggests.

BBC

Marijuana reduces seizures in epileptic kids

In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial — the gold-standard design — a component of marijuana called cannabidiol reduced seizures in children with a rare and devastating form of epilepsy.

Ars Technica

Marijuana Treatment Reduces Severe Epileptic Seizures

Scientific American

GLOBAL HEALTH

Trump’s budget cuts $2.2B from global health

U.S. aid for international family planning would be eliminated. Programs to combat HIV/AIDS would be slashed by 17 percent. Efforts to fight malaria would be chopped by 11 percent. Those are some of the cuts to global health spending called for in President Trump’s proposed budget.

NPR

Summer pregnancy raises gestational diabetes

Researchers have identified a new possible risk factor for gestational diabetes: Being exposed to hot outdoor temperatures in the month before giving birth.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Wisconsin woman stops car thief

Melissa Smith‘s message to a would-be car thief was blunt: “I’m not dealing with this sort of crap today!” The thief was attempting to steal her SUV, but she wasn’t going to let that happen. In fact, she jumped on the vehicle and mounted its hood, refusing to get off until the perpetrator gave up.

CNN

NGO helps rural women become entrepreneurs

Geetanjali Tripathi takes the picture of every customer who comes to her stall, for they are a symbol of her freedom and independence. She is only one of the women who have been encouraged to work become financially independent by Self Help Groups run by an NGO which empowers rural women.

News Minute

Change of heart brings out inner guardian

It used to be that when Ginger Sprouse came across homeless people she would often give them something: her two cents. But about a year ago, Ginger decided to try to change. So she reached out to a homeless man, and her life changed.

CBS News

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Telefundraising finds ways around cellphones

In the face of a steady reduction of individuals using landlines, a move to cellular, and regulations requiring permission and disclosure before making a call, it’s harder than ever for organizational leaders to get their messages across. New strategies are needed.

NonProfit Times

Senate panel faults Wounded Warrior Project

Senator Chuck Grassley has made a preliminary report on his panel’s investigation into the Wounded Warrior Project. WWP became embroiled in a scandal centered on the way money was being spent and accounted for in the organization.

Nonprofit Quarterly

ENVIRONMENT

Tiny shells show global carbon cycle

Experiments with tiny, shelled organisms in the ocean suggest big changes to the global carbon cycle are underway, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.

Environmental News Network

Low US air pollution will boost rainfall in Africa

Falling sulfur dioxide emissions in the United States are expected to substantially increase rainfall in Africa’s semi-arid Sahel, while bringing slightly more rain to much of the US, according to a new study.

ScienceDaily

NOAA forecasts busy hurricane season

The forecast is currently for 11 to 17 storms to form, of which five to nine are expected to become hurricanes, and two to four major hurricanes

Scientific American

Expect a Wild Hurricane Season This Year

LiveScience

BUSINESS

‘Factories’ grow food in dirty Chinese cities

Research on vertical farming reflects the changing mindset of China’s leaders. Runaway growth created the world’s second-biggest economy, yet the catalyzing coal mines and smokestacks filled the environment with poisons and ate up valuable farmland.

Bloomberg

UPS fined $247M for shipping untaxed tobacco

A federal judge ordered United Parcel Service Inc to pay nearly $247 million in damages and penalties for “illegally shipping” large volumes of untaxed cigarettes in New York state and City, a court filing shows.

Reuters

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Schoolchildren, paired off and wearing reflective vests, walk down a street in Hasselt, Belgium. (Photo by Johan Neven) Photo used under CC BY

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