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Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of Turkey’s mainstream opposition, spoke at a rally in Istanbul after walking about 280 miles from Ankara in protest of the ongoing government crackdown under President Recep Erdogan. File photo from June 2016. (Photo by Ziya Koseoglu) Photo used under CC BY

Turkish opposition leader ends march with mass rally

Addressing huge throngs of people at a rally in Istanbul, the leader of Turkey’s opposition, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, issued a thunderous demand for an end to an ongoing government crackdown under President Recep Erdogan.

Time

Huge crowd rallies in Istanbul against Turkey’s post-coup crackdown

Reuters

How N. Korea, other nations view standoff

One reason North Korea is the world’s most dire nuclear hotspot is that among the most important players, even allies and semi-allies have different desires and priorities. Associated Press journalists explain how both Koreas, Japan, China and the U.S. hope it is resolved.

ABC News

US, Russia, Jordan support Syrian ceasefire

A ceasefire deal has gone into effect in three Syrian provinces, with the backing of the U.S., Russia and neighboring Jordan. Trump and Putin agreed to the partial truce in Hamburg.

Deutsche Welle

Ceasefire appears to hold for a day

NPR

Kenyans fear election rigging, civil unrest

Kenyan voters voice concern and distrust about the alleged irregularities in the electoral system, fearing possible unrest.

Deutsche Welle

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Nine beheaded in suspected al-Shabab attack

Al Jazeera

UK liberal doubts Brexit will ever happen

Sir Vince Cable - the UK’s likely next Liberal Democratic leader - says he is “beginning to think Brexit may never happen.” He said “enormous” divisions in the Labor and the Tory parties and a “deteriorating” economy would make people think again.

BBC

Trump shrugs off Russian election meddling

President Trump says he “strongly pressed” Russian President Vladimir Putin twice about Russia’s meddling in the U.S. election — and that it’s now time “to move forward in working constructively with Russia.” He stood by his statement that “Nobody really knows for sure.”

NPR

HUMAN RIGHTS

Amnesty urges leaders to stand up to violations

The head of Amnesty International urged world leaders to stand up to “hyper-nationalist” elected leaders in countries including Turkey, where authorities have detained the local director and chair of the rights group.

Reuters

2,700 migrants removed from ‘illegal camps’

More than 2,700 migrants and refugees were removed from illegal roadside camps in northern Paris. Hundreds of displaced people had established makeshift sleeping arrangements below bridges, and on nearby pavements.

CNN

Humanitarian crisis looms in Iraq

The Islamic State faces defeat. But a humanitarian crisis looms for survivors, many of them children, who are suffering from dehydration and malnutrition in northern Iraq.

USA TODAY

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Tense calm prevails in southwest Syria

A day before a new ceasefire deal takes effect in southwestern Syria, the concerned areas are relatively calm with the exception of sporadic strikes by the Syrian regime, a monitoring group have said.

Al Jazeera

Inside Syria’s war: Arms and resistance

Al Jazeera

Trump urges action on North Korea

Here in Germany for the G20, Trump urged action on North Korea as he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “Something has to be done about it,” Trump argued ominously during the brief public portion of his meeting with Xi.

CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Battery-free cellphone harvests ambient power

Engineers have designed the first battery-free cellphone that can send and receive calls using only a few microwatts of power, which it harvests from ambient radio signals or light. It’s a major step forward in moving beyond chargers, cords and dying phones.

ScienceDaily

Personalized vaccines could help fight cancer

What if curing cancer was as easy as getting an injection? That’s just what a pair of studies published this week in Nature tried to figure out. In a scientific double whammy, both studies found that their vaccines prevented recurrence of the cancers in nearly all their subjects.

Popular Science

GLOBAL HEALTH

Unhappy anniversary, South Sudan

Famine was declared in parts of the country in February and now more than half the population — six million of the country’s 11 million people — are considered by the United Nations to be on the brink of starvation.

NPR

Oral sex spreading unstoppable bacteria

Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhoea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health Organization has said.

BBC

Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea is on the rise

USA TODAY

Cholera outbreak in Yemen continues

Cholera is spreading rapidly across Yemen, where civil war has decimated the public health services needed to contain the outbreak. Nearly 1,600 people have died from the disease in the last two months; an estimated 5,000 are infected every day.

NPR

US giving $638M in aid

ABC News

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GOOD NEWS

Food truck gives young offenders 2nd chance

A food truck called Snowday is selling farm-fresh fare on the streets of New York and putting formerly incarcerated young people back to work. It is the first social justice food truck concept by Drive Change, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit group.

NBCNews.com

Spider-Man brings patient to movie premiere

Shriners Hospitals for Children patient Abigail Westlund received the star treatment on the red carpet at the premiere of “Spider-Man: Homecoming” in downtown Sacramento.

MSN

Man tears up over emotional wedding gift

Normally, a surprise guest at a wedding would be an imposition. But for Dave Patinella, 44, of Long Beach, California, it was nothing short of magical. The surprise guest was Patinella’s late father, who appeared in a long-lost video tracked down by his sister.

Today

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Integrating arts into communities is a win

Creative placemaking — the integration of arts, culture, and community-engaged design — can invigorate post-industrial neighborhoods and be a catalyst for equitable development.

Philanthropy News Digest

McKnight Foundation awards $13.2M

The Minneapolis-based McKnight Foundation has announced second-quarter grants totaling more than $13.2 million. The grants include nearly $1.4 million in support of organizations working to make neighborhoods economically vibrant and expand opportunities for all.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Indian people plant 66 million trees in 12 hours

India broke its own world record by planting 66 million trees in just 12 hours, according to a Government official, in a bid to honor a pledge made at the Paris Climate Change Conference.

ABC News

Bacteria helps break down oil spills

Scientists have identified a new microbe that helped break down the oil released by the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, part of a new study that attempts to reproduce what happened to the oil.

Seeker

BUSINESS

World might face oil supply shortage

The world might be heading for an oil supply shortage following a steep drop in investments and a lack of fresh conventional discoveries, said Saudi Aramco’s chief executive.

Reuters

UK’s business output hits four-year low

The UK economy is slumping as business output falls and consumer spending continues to shrink, according to published data.

Business Insider

Photo of the Day

Hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled Mosul, once Iraq’s second-largest city, since October. But the UN estimates that up to 20,000 civilians may still be trapped there, and warned that some are being used as human shields by ISIS. Iraq’s prime minister has arrived in the city of Mosul to congratulate Iraqi forces on a “great victory” over ISIS. Photo shot March 6, 2017. (Photo by Ashley West) Photo used under CC BY

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