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Michael Keating, the special representative of the UN secretary-general for Somalia, tours the livestock market during a working visit to Beletweyne, Somalia, in January 2017. (Photo by UN Photo/Ahmed Qeys) Photo used under CC BY

Somali pastoralists watch drought claim livestock

Somalia has consistently produced one of the largest refugee and internally displaced populations in the world, due to a combination of conflict, environmental degradation, drought and famine. With over half of the country’s population experiencing food and water shortages, the Somali president declared the ongoing humanitarian crisis a “national disaster.”

Newsdeeply

20 million people in 4 countries desperately need food assistance

CNN

Senate GOP health bill slashes Medicaid funds

Senate Republican leaders have released a draft of their long-awaited ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill ahead of a high-stakes vote expected next week. The measure includes deep cuts to Medicaid and fundamentally reshapes that program.

The Hill

Senate health bill met with protests, mixed reactions

ABC News

Arab states demand Qatar shutter Al Jazeera

Four Arab states have sent Qatar a list of 13 demands it must meet if it wants them to lift their blockade, news agencies report. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are asking the Gulf state to shut down its broadcaster, Al Jazeera.

BBC

N. Korea tests rocket engine, possibly for ICBM

North Korea has carried out another test of a rocket engine that could be part of its program to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile, a U.S. official says.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Rights courts convicts Italy of torture at summit

Europe’s human rights court found Italy guilty of torture over a raid in which riot police kicked, punched and hit dozens of protesters who had gathered inside a school building during a meeting of world leaders in Genoa in 2001.

Reuters

For Trump, a selective focus on human rights

CNN

Rights violations, refugee deaths ignored

As people around the globe marked World Refugee Day this week, the all-too-familiar news came that at least 120 people had drowned off the coast of Libya. Their deaths bring the total number of people who have died while attempting to cross the central Mediterranean to more than 1,800 since the start of the year.

Newsweek

Rights court backs Russian gay activists

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled in favor of three Russian gay activists challenging Russia’s so-called “gay propaganda” law. Three leading Russian gay rights activists brought their case before the court after they were fined for holding placards between 2009 and 2012 which encouraged the acceptance of homosexuality.

Deutsche Welle

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Indians to outnumber Chinese around 2024

India’s population could surpass that of China around 2024, two years later than previously estimated, and is projected to touch 1.5 billion in 2030, according to a UN forecast.

Times of India

UK protestors demand May’s resignation

Hundreds of protesters marched from west London to Parliament, calling for Theresa May to resign over her handling of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The demonstration came as the queen delivered the 2017 Queen‘s Speech, which Conservative sources say could be May’s first and last as prime minister.

The Independent

Young Saudis peg hopes to new crown prince

Saudi Arabia, a close ally of the United States, is not known for surprises. But in a sudden shift in power, the 31-year-old son of the 81-year-old Saudi king has moved one step closer to the throne. King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud promoted Mohammed bin Salman, his youngest son, to crown prince.

NPR

Succession shakeup empowers young reformer

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Select memories can be erased, study suggests

Different types of memories stored in the same neuron of a marine snail Aplysia can be selectively erased, according to a study. The findings suggest it may be possible to develop drugs to delete memories that trigger anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder without affecting other important memories.

ScienceDaily

Apple’s AirPods are winning over consumers

The AirPod wireless earphones were launched with a generous heaping of hyperbole last year, raising some doubts among critics. One survey reports 98 percent of AirPod buyers have been satisfied with their purchase, many even saying they liked the earphones more than they thought they would.

The Verge

IPhone 8 release date, specs and price; Apple ‘undecided’ on fingerprint tech

The Inquirer

GLOBAL HEALTH

Most sexually active teens use contraceptives

American teens’ sex habits and contraceptive use haven’t changed much over the past decade, according to a new report from the National Survey of Family Growth, which is administered by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CNN

Brain training can delay dementia

Scientists think there may be a few things you can do to keep dementia at bay: train your brain, keep your blood pressure under control and stay active.

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Brit boys don skirts to protest shorts ban

Some borrowed from girlfriends, others from sisters. A few went the extra mile and shaved their legs. An estimated 30 boys arrived for lessons, heads held high, in fetching tartan-patterned skirts. The hottest June days since 1976 had led to a bare-legged revolution at a secondary school in Exeter, England.

Guardian

Video shows US aid worker rescuing Iraqi child

Newly released video shows an American aid worker racing into gunfire to save a little girl in Iraq. The dangerous rescue was carried out by David Eubank, who runs the humanitarian group, Free Burma Rangers. He spent the last nine months with Iraqi forces who are attacking the ISIS stronghold of Mosul.

CBS News

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

What nonprofits can learn from Uber

Nonprofits are fond of citing “founder syndrome” for some of their most intense internal disputes and breakdowns. But, in this new leadership environment, maybe we should consider what other factors might be at play.

Nonprofit Quarterly

What you must know about MS Office Nonprofit

Microsoft Office 365 Nonprofit allows you to have the full capabilities and secure environment of installed software along with the collaborative, anywhere, anytime availability of the cloud.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Rotting garbage will light 80,000 Aussie homes

Australia’s poor recycling track record has an upside. Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd., the nation’s largest garbage company, has the potential to extract enough gas from rotting rubbish to produce electricity for as many as 80,000 homes.

Bloomberg

DOE head downplays CO2’s climate role

Energy Secretary Rick Perry said carbon dioxide is not the primary driver of climate change, stirring the global warming debate ahead of his appearance on Capitol Hill this week.

Science

Climate threatens Ethiopian coffee industry

Up to 60 percent of Ethiopia’s coffee production area could become unsuitable for coffee farming before the end of the century, says a new study. Moving coffee production to higher ground plus forest conservation and restoration could substantially increase the area suitable for coffee growing in Ethiopia, the study adds.

allAfrica.com

BUSINESS

Amazon, Whole Foods could transform grocery

Even before Amazon said it was buying Whole Foods, the grocery industry was scrambling to adapt to changing habits. Now the deal will likely quicken those efforts.

Associated Press

Lyft’s new shuttle service a lot like a city bus

Stefan Heck posted a joke about Silicon Valley’s self-absorbed mission to disrupt the world, even where it may not need disrupting: Every 2 or 3 weeks, a tech guy accidentally invents the city bus. Heck may have been referring to the Lyft Shuttle, which is undergoing beta testing in San Francisco and Chicago.

Newsweek

Photo of the Day

The charred remains after the tragic fire at the Grenfell Tower, west London. Eleven residential high-rise buildings in eight local authority areas have been found to be covered in combustible cladding following safety tests. Tests are being carried out on about 600 high rises across England. Cladding is thought to have contributed to the rapid spread of fire at Grenfell Tower, in which at least 79 people are believed to have died. (Photo by ChiralJon) Photo used under CC BY

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