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Could G20 summit usher in new globalization order?

This weekend’s G20 summit in Hamburg comes at a time of upheaval in the global economy, as national interests gain the upper hand in some regions. Deutsche Welle asks if the summit may signal the start of a new trading order.

Deutsche Welle

Trump and Putin ‘will bond over disdain for fake news’ during G20 meeting, sources say

The Independent

Does photo prove Earhart survived last flight?

A photograph discovered in the U.S. National Archives may add weight to the theory that Amelia Earhart survived a landing in the Marshall Islands and was taken captive by the Japanese.

USA TODAY

Special section:

Preview of ‘Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence’

The History Channel

US lacks good options on volatile N. Korea

North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile that could one day carry nuclear warheads to the U.S. has revived talk of military intervention in the reclusive state. There is no option for military intervention in North Korea that would not cost civilian lives.

Guardian

US says it will use military force ‘if we must’

BBC

What’s behind India-China border stand-off?

For four weeks, India and China have been involved in a stand-off along part of their 2,174-mile shared border. The two nations fought a war over the border in 1962, and disputes remain unresolved in several areas, causing tensions to rise from time to time.

BBC

Planned execution stirs mental illness debate

A man who evidently killed a hospital security guard and sheriff’s deputy in the grips of a delusional disorder is scheduled to be executed for those murders this week. A coalition of groups is calling for a reprieve based on his mental state.

NBCNews.com

Qatar-Gulf crisis: All the latest updates

The latest news after some of the Gulf states and Egypt cut ties with Qatar and imposed a land, sea and air blockade.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Myanmar gags messengers of its wars

The detention of three journalists covering the country’s ethnic conflicts coincides with rising reports of gross military abuses in conflict areas

Asia Times Online

Turkey detains 12 human rights activists in raid

ABC News

First Roma culture center opens in Berlin

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture, the first of its kind for Europe’s 12 million Roma, was launched in June at the German foreign ministry in Berlin, Germany, and will have a permanent space in Berlin in the fall.

Al Jazeera

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

44 states won’t comply with vote fraud panel

Forty-four states and the District of Columbia are mounting a bipartisan rebellion against President Trump’s commission on vote fraud by declining to release any requested data or by providing only limited information to the panel.

NBCNews.com

Why Spicer turns to Skype seats at briefings

Five months after his introduction of “Skype seats” in the White House briefings, Spicer is pronouncing the experiment to allow reporters across the country to ask their questions through the video phone service an unqualified success. Here’s what USA Today learned by analyzing those questions and their sources.

USA TODAY

Five changes GOP might make to healthcare bill

Senate Republican leaders are laboring to secure 51 votes for an ObamaCare replacement bill after being forced to delay the legislation until after the Fourth of July recess.

The Hill

Pressure on McConnell to deliver Obamacare repeal

The Hill

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Our faces reveal whether we’re rich or poor

A study by social psychologists shows that people can reliably tell if someone is richer or poorer than average just by looking at a neutral face without any expression. This is due to visibility of the positions of muscles that become etched in the face over time as a result of repeated life experiences.

ScienceDaily

Neanderthals, modern humans mated early

For almost a century, Neanderthals were considered the ancestors of modern humans. But in a plot twist in the unfolding mystery of how Neanderthals were related to modern humans, it seems that members of our lineage were among the ancestors of Neanderthals.

Science

GLOBAL HEALTH

Vaccination curbing ER visits for shingles

Emergency room visits for shingles fell in the past decade for people aged 60 and older but rose for most younger age groups. The decrease among older people may be due to more of them getting the shingles vaccine, U.S. researchers suggest.

Bangor Daily News

Haiti could stem cholera epidemic by 2018

Haiti could stem its seven-year-long cholera epidemic by the end of 2018 as the number of reported cases has dropped sharply, government and United Nations officials said.

Reuters

Infant mortality rates show racial disparities

It’s a well-known fact that in the U.S. a person’s race vastly affects his or her health outcome. But this phenomenon isn’t about genetics. It’s related to socioeconomic status and health care access. Sadly, race is a determining factor in whether a person receives basic medical care, and the disparity affects a person’s health even in the first few days of life.

Yahoo! News

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GOOD NEWS

Man marries preschool sweetheart

Nearly 20 years ago, a 3-year-old Matt Grodsky stood up in front of his entire preschool class, declaring that he would one day marry classmate Laura Scheel. And then on December 30, 2016, he did.

Today

Child survives 7-story fall

Local authorities and neighbors are amazed after a 5-year-old boy not only survived a fall from a seventh-floor window but got up and walked away.

MSN News

6-year-old boy becomes a paleontologist

A 6-year-old North Carolina boy fulfilled his dream of becoming a paleontologist amid his battle with terminal cancer. Riley Voss, of Raleigh, was invited by scientists at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science to learn more about dinosaurs and fossils in their lab.

MSN News

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

St. David’s Foundation awards $33 million

The St. David’s Foundation in Austin, Texas, has announced grants totaling more than $33 million to healthcare and human services organizations in central Texas.

Philanthropy News Digest

Beyoncé announces clean water initiative

Together with UNICEF and through her BeyGOOD Foundation, global entertainment powerhouse Beyonce is taking a major step towards improving water conditions in Burundi through a brand new initiative titled BEYGOOD4Burundi.

Yahoo! News

ENVIRONMENT

Cruise air quality worse than in polluted cities

Levels of pollution on some cruise ships‘ decks are worse than in the world’s most polluted cities, an investigation by Channel 4 Dispatches has found.

Yahoo! News

Why going on a cruise should come with a health warning

Telegraph.co.uk

Federal court orders EPA to limit methane

A federal appeals court in Washington has ruled that the head of the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped his authority by trying to delay implementing a new rule requiring oil and gas companies to monitor and reduce methane leaks.

NBCNews.com

Britain to control EU fishing in its waters

Britain will withdraw from an agreement that allows some other European countries to fish between six and 12 miles from its coast in a move to “take back control” of fishing policy, Environment Secretary Michael Gove said.

Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

Fed policymakers at odds on inflation shortfall

Federal Reserve policymakers were increasingly split on the outlook for inflation and how it might affect the future pace of interest rate rises, according to the minutes of the Fed’s last policy meeting.

Reuters

Motorcycle industry is dying

As aging riders hang up their leathers, Harley-Davidson and Honda pin their hopes on smaller, affordable bikes for a new generation.

Bloomberg

China’s ‘Drone King’ makes ‘young, rich’ list

China’s “Drone King”, Wang Tao, is the only Asian to break into the top 10 list of self-made billionaires under 40. The top 10 comprise senior execs from Internet and technology companies, including Facebook, Uber, Snapchat, Airbnb and, of course, Wang’s DJI.

Asia Times Online

Photo of the Day

Britons protest Conservative Party rule at a #NotOneDayMore demonstration and rally at London’s Parliament Square. (Photo by Garry Knight) Photo used under CC BY

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