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Retaliating for U.S. sanctions imposed because of Russia’s meddling in U.S. elections Russian President President Vladimir Putin has ordered 755 members of the U.S. diplomatic staff to leave Russia. It is thought to be the largest expulsion of diplomats from any country in modern history. (Photo by Paul L. Dineen) Photo used under CC BY

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Most US diplomats expelled from Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that 755 staff must leave U.S. diplomatic missions, in retaliation for new U.S. sanctions against Moscow. The U.S. said the move was a “regrettable and uncalled-for act.”

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BBC

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Trump will sign legislation approved almost unanimously in Senate

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CNBC

Philippines cops accused of dumping victims

Fishermen in the Philippines have revealed that they have been dumping bodies of drug suspects, killed as part of the country’s so-called war on drugs, on the orders of the police.

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Al Jazeera

US sanctions Maduro over dictatorial moves

The Treasury Department slapped sanctions on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, sending a clear signal of the Trump administration’s opposition to his regime.

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Several nations oppose Venezuela election

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NPR

Trump fires Scaramucci in upheaval

U.S. President Donald Trump fired his communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, over an obscene tirade, just over a week after naming him to the job, in the latest staff upheaval to hit the Republican’s six-month-old administration.

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Reuters

ISIS attacks the Iraqi Embassy in Kabul

Afghan official say they killed three militants who attacked the Iraqi Embassy in Kabul, an operation that highlights the precarious security situation in the Afghan capital 16 years after the U.S.-led invasion.

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The Atlantic

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN struggles to deliver humanitarian aid

The UN has delivered aid to only a few hard-to-reach areas in Syria and not a single besieged location this month.

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Al Jazeera

Saudi Arabia using Canadian trucks

The Canadian government is investigating reports that Saudi Arabia is using armoured vehicles made in Canada against own civilians.

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Guardian

LGBTQ asylum seekers face prejudice

While Germany‘s parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage in June and last weekend saw one of the world’s biggest gay pride parades in Berlin, prejudice against the LGBTQ community persists.

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GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Rwandans head to the polls to vote

On 4 August 2017, Rwandans head to the polls to elect a president. They will choose between Frank Habineza, Philippe Mpayimana and the incumbent Paul Kagame.

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Thousands to be evacuated from Lebanon

Under a deal between Hezbollah and Syrian opposition groups, 9,000 fighters and their relatives will return to Syria.

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Al Jazeera

Trump donates his second-quarter salary

President Trump has donated his second-quarter salary to the U.S. Department of Education, which will use the donation to help fund a summer camp focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – so-called STEM skills – at the department.

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USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA to chase solar eclipse using jets

A team led by Amir Caspi of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., will follow the darkness of the eclipse across the United States in two of NASA’s research jets.

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CBC News

Living computers made with RNA circuits

Scientists have demonstrated how living cells can be induced to carry out computations in the manner of tiny robots or computers.

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ScienceDaily

Japan battles population decline with robots

Japan is facing a population collapse that threatens its very existence. The world’s third-largest economy is looking to buttress its diminishing human population with a growing population of robots.

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Robot device improves gait in kids with palsy

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ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

Cholera, hunger spread in war-torn Yemen

Yemen’s health, water and sanitation systems are collapsing after two years of war between government forces and the rebel Houthi movement. The conflict and a blockade have triggered a humanitarian disaster, leaving 70 percent of the population in need of aid.

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BBC

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Filth spreads Yemen’s deadly cholera outbreak

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AOL News

Gender equality affects women’s cognition

Women’s cognitive functioning past middle age may be affected by the degree of gender equality in the country they live in, according to new findings.

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ScienceDaily

How do refugee teens build resilience?

“In the West, we tend to think of resilience as inner psychological strength,” says Catherine Panter-Brick, an anthropologist at Yale University. “In the Middle East, resilience is more of a collective and social strength.”

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GOOD NEWS

Dresden’s welcome cafes for refugees

Each week, refugees and Germans gather at cafes in Dresden, Germany. The cafes provide safe spaces for refugees from around the globe to mingle with the locals and practice their language skills.

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Al Jazeera

Marine dog is given a tearful hero’s farewell

Hundreds of people in Michigan came together to say a tear-filled final goodbye to a cancer-stricken dog who served three tours in Afghanistan with the U.S. Marines.

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ABC News

Mom gives hundred gallons of breast milk

A mother with a rare condition that she produces more breast milk than the average woman has donated more than 600 gallons of it in order to help hundreds of other parents feed their babies.

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Daily Mail

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Questions to help develop year-end messaging

Although successful year-end campaigns are driven by a strategic combination of factors, one above all others is both critical and often the most challenging to execute: messaging.

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Philanthropy News Digest

Trump’s trans ban tweet spurs backlash

After President Trump tweeted yesterday that transgender service members were no longer accepted or allowed in the U.S military, the widening movement to show that #Transrightsarehumanrights caught fire.

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Nonprofit Quarterly

Jeff Bezos could redefine philanthropy

“I think his activities to date suggest he looks at some of his business investments as opportunities to advance social change,” said Jane Wales, CEO of the Global Philanthropy Forum.

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Business Insider

ENVIRONMENT

The upside of rotting carcasses

Large animals dying en masse are crucial to the the Serengeti—and they aren’t the only ones. African wildebeests that die en masse on the Mara River in Kenya and Tanzania not only feed scavengers, but also release key nutrients directly into the river.

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Smithsonian Magazine

Earth to warm 2 degrees Celsius

One study used statistical analysis to show that there is a 95% chance that Earth will warm more than 2 degrees at century‘s end, and a 1% chance that it’s below 1.5 C.

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CNN

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Two degrees of warming already baked in

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ScienceDaily

World’s water quality might be in trouble

Because climate change will lead to more rain in some places, water quality around the world will decline, according to a Stanford University study published in Science.

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Popular Science

BUSINESS

Coast to coast, eclipse business is booming

Communities across a swath of the U.S. are preparing for an influx of people eager to witness the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. Communities on the eclipse‘s path, which will stretch from Oregon to South Carolina, aren’t sure what to expect.

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CBS News

Political drama is hitting the dollar hard

Is Trump necessarily “bad” for the dollar, that global symbol of U.S. economic might? Probably no more than he is “good” for stocks.

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Bloomberg

Brexit can create a rise in UK megafarms

Smaller farms may be squeezed out if farmers switch to vast, intensive facilities due to the pressures the industry faces from leaving the EU, say farmers and campaigners,

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Guardian

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Shot July 17, 2017, in Toronto. (Photo by Matt Wiebe) Photo used under CC BY

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