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Members of the Philippine National Police Maritime Group prepare to move after completing a direct-action training scenario as part of the Joint Interagency Task Force West exercise in 2014 in Puerto Princesa, Philippines. U.S. Army Special Forces have taught PNP officers to support counter drug efforts. (Photo by U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal) Photo used under CC BY

Bloody drug war, siege mark Duterte’s first year

Rodrigo Duterte‘s presidency has upended national norms, tilted regional politics, and thrust the Philippines into the international spotlight. More than 7,000 people, mostly poor slum-dwellers, have been killed in Duterte’s brutal war on drugs. And a siege led by ISIS-linked militants has seen a declaration of martial law — a phrase never far from Duterte’s lips.

Time

Snipers, bombs, mortars - Philippine troops battle Islamists

Reuters

Hawking: Trump stance could damage Earth

Stephen Hawking says that US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement could lead to irreversible climate change. Hawking said the action could put Earth onto a path that turns it into a hothouse planet like Venus. His main concern during his latest interview was the future of our species.

BBC

Merkel urges G-20 to seek `win-win’ policy for all

Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germany’s partners in the Group of 20 states to avoid deeper divisions in economic policy as these may become irreconcilable, and to seek inclusive “win-win” solutions that benefit all.

Bloomberg

Hamburg prepares protest space at summit

Deutsche Welle

UN: Famine in Somalia averted, for now

A senior United Nations official says famine has been averted in Somalia for now. He warns food shortages still loom and could result in a catastrophic situation if international support wanes. Famine continues to stalk Somalians.

Voice of America

In South Sudan, 2 million people remain on brink of starvation

Al Jazeera

Suicide attacker kills at least 20 in Damascus

A suicide bomber blew himself up in central Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 20 people, according to the Syrian foreign ministry. Dozens more were injured, including children, the ministry said in a letter to the UN Security Council, according to state media.

CNN

Trump smacks down CNN in ‘juvenile’ tweet

President Donald Trump escalated his war of words with the media, sending out an early morning tweet on Sunday that appeared to show him attacking CNN — a frequent target of the president’s ire — in a wrestling-style move.

CNBC

Kasich: Trump’s tweets bring Republicans and Democrats together

Mediaite

HUMAN RIGHTS

Activists alarmed over Trump’s DOJ pick

Civil rights and LGBT activists say they are concerned about President Donald Trump‘s nomination Thursday of Eric Dreiband to head the Justice Department’s civil rights division because of his work defending major corporations and others against discrimination lawsuits.

CNN

Human rights suffer under Duterte rule

Packed prisons are overflowing, a rising extremist insurgency has triggered martial law in part of the country, and extrajudicial killings have left at least 7,000 people dead in a brutal “drug war.”

MSN

Sudan defends human rights record

Sudan insisted that it respected media and religious freedoms after the United States said it was “very concerned” about Khartoum’s human rights record.

Yahoo! News

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Germany approves same-sex marriage

Homosexual couples in Germany will now be able to marry and adopt children under a new law passed by parliament. The move brings Germany into line with several other European countries.

Deutsche Welle

Map:

Sexual orientation laws around the world

The Independent

Mexico: Outrage grows over record murder rate

Mexico’s government is facing growing criticism for not doing enough to tackle the national murder rate, which is now at an all time high.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

More millennials are having strokes

A growing body of research indicates strokes among U.S. millennials — ages 18 to 34 — have soared in recent years. But an analysis by Scientific American has revealed significant differences in where these strokes are occurring, depending both on region and whether people live in rural or urban settings.

Scientific American

Do smokers’ lungs heal after they quit?

The good news is that after a person quits smoking, the lungs can heal to a certain extent, said Dr. Norman Edelman, a senior scientific advisor for the American Lung Association and a specialist in pulmonary medicine.

LiveScience

Verizon Wireless disconnects heavy data users

Verizon Wireless said it is disconnecting a small group of customers who use vast amounts of data in rural areas where Verizon relies on roaming agreements with smaller operators.

Ars Technica

GLOBAL HEALTH

How to stop the world’s worst cholera outbreak

As of June 26, the World Health Organization estimates that there have been nearly 219,000 cases and 1,400 deaths since the start of the outbreak in late April. The outbreak is adding to a humanitarian crisis brought on by a civil war that’s lasted more than two years.

NPR

At least 1,500 people killed by cholera in Yemen: WHO

Al Jazeera

Congo declares end to Ebola outbreak

Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga said in a statement that Congo has officially gone 42 days with no new recorded cases of the deadly virus. The health minister says the outbreak killed four of the eight people infected.

Associated Press

Cuts threaten rural hospitals

Nationwide, about 80 rural hospitals have closed since 2010, according to the Chartis Center for Rural Health. Another 673 rural hospitals are in danger of shutting their doors. Many providers worry that the newly proposed health care legislation -- and in particular its proposed cuts to Medicaid -- could push a number of hospitals over the edge.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Celebrities wish boy happy birthday

It all started on Thursday, when a man named Christopher Hope-Smith of Leeds, England tweeted an unusual request: for celebrities to wish his son Ollie, who had recently been bullied at school, a happy birthday.

Today.com

Arcade workers cheer up autistic boy

Going to the arcade usually makes children smile, but employees at a local Dave and Busters recently went out of their way to make that feeling accessible for a little girl and her brother, who has autism.

MSN.com

Man proposes to 2 sisters at once

Will Seaton always knew that when he proposed to his girlfriend of six years, he’d get down on one knee not only for his bride-to-be, but her sister, too.

Today.com

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Bidens launch Biden Cancer Initiative

Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, have announced the launch of the Biden Cancer Initiative, a new venture aimed at ending cancer as we know it.

Philanthropy News Digest

Bezos redefines philanthropy

“I‘m thinking about a philanthropic strategy that is the opposite of how I mostly spend my time -- working on the long term,” Bezos wrote. “For philanthropy, I find I’m drawn to the opposite end of the spectrum: the right now.”

MSN

Jeff Bezos is off to a good start if his goal is to reinvent philanthropy

Quartz Media

Donors give bitcoin and assets to charities

Charitable donations can be more than cash. A growing number of people are giving noncash assets, such as bitcoin, life insurance policies and restricted stock, to their favorite causes.

CNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change set to worsen inequality in US

Climate change is likely to worsen existing inequalities in the US, with the poorest areas of the country poised to lose as much as 20% of their income by the end of the century if greenhouse gases are not significantly reduced.

The Guardian

Link between air pollution and premature death

A study of 60 million Americans over the age of 65 estimates that thousands of people are still dying prematurely each year because they are breathing polluted air.

Environmental News Network

Lawmaker blames wildfire on activists

Insisting that logging could have cleaned up dead, bug-infested trees that are fueling a Utah wildfire, Utah Rep. Mike Noel, a Republican state lawmaker, blamed federal mismanagement and lawsuits by “tree hugger” environmentalists for the blaze that has burned 13 homes and forced 1,500 people to flee.

NBCNews.com

BUSINESS

Time for Tesla to get out of the car business

Tesla started out at this end of the market, selling expensive luxury vehicles to a well-heeled elite. If it stayed with this business, it could conceivably end up with a 20 percent profit margin.

Yahoo Finance

Amazon is bringing back ‘Prime Day’

If you havent heard of Prime Day, it’s Amazon’s biggest sales event of the year. More than 100,000 items are set to be discounted, but the discounts will be available only for Amazon Prime members.

Business Insider

Everything you need to know about Prime Now

Business Insider

Investors see overseas equities outshine U.S.

Even though a steady stream of money has flowed out of U.S. stocks into overseas markets, investors expect European and emerging market equities to rise further, supported by expectations for economic growth and accommodative central bank policies.

Reuters

Photo of the Day

A malnourished child sits on his mother’s lap at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, in March. Somalia is experiencing a severe drought and was on the brink of famine. An influx of aid has saved Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen and northeast Nigeria from famine conditions, but tens of thousands of people in the region remain hungry. (Photo by AMISOM Photo/Tobin Jones) Photo used under CC BY

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