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A boy at flooded Gabura Union using a crate to navigate a route along which he used to ride his bicycle. Close to 12 million Bangladeshi children live in and around river systems that are at increased risk of producing life-threatening floods. Another 4.5 million children live in coastal areas regularly struck by powerful cyclones. A further 3 million children live inland, where farming communities suffer increasing periods of drought. (Photo by Moneer ul Islam/Oxfam) Photo used under CC BY

Climate change imperils over 19M Bangladeshi kids

More than 19 million children in Bangladesh are most vulnerable to the disastrous consequences of climate change, warned UNICEF in a new report. Over five million of them are under the age of five.

Down To Earth

Homes and people swept away in Iran floods

BBC

Indian campaigners rely on underpaid workers

Labor rights advocates in India say political parties are building their campaigns on the back of cheap casual labor - tens of thousands of home workers toiling to meet soaring demand for party merchandise.

Reuters

UN urges fiscal overhaul to fight climate, poverty

A UN-led report warns that a comprehensive overhaul of the world’s financial system is needed if governments are to honor commitments to combat climate change and eradicate poverty by 2030.

UN News

Aid groups struggle to fight Ebola in Congo

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has become difficult to contain. Many locals distrust health authorities trying to combat the epidemic, which poses a significant challenge for their work.

Deutsche Welle

Male refugees to Europe face sexual violence

Male refugees and migrants, who make up the bulk of those crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, commonly experience sexual violence along the way, a study by the Women’s Refugee Commission has found.

Quartz

US resettling record low numbers of refugees

NPR

Libya at risk of descending back into civil war

Forces loyal to the UN-backed government in western Libya repelled a rival leader’s attempt to seize the capital, Tripoli, raising fears of renewed civil war in the oil-rich nation.

CBS News

HUMAN RIGHTS

New detentions among LGBTQ in Azerbaijan

Several LGBTQ Azerbaijanis have been arrested in Baku in what activists call another coordinated raid on the community, after a wave of arrests in 2017 which the European Court of Human Rights is now inquiring.

Eurasianet.org

Saudi Arabia launches arrests over rights support

BBC

Russian police detain man suspected of painting offensive Putin graffiti

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Kids in low-income families face hunger, shame

Children in low-income families are going hungry and experiencing feelings of shame and social exclusion due to lack of money and food, according to new research.

The Independent

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Migrant ship denied safe port by Italy and Malta

A humanitarian aid ship carrying 64 rescued migrants was stranded in the Mediterranean Sea as Italy and Malta refused it safe harbor. This standoff can only be resolved if some EU members agree to accept the asylum seekers.

Guardian

Hungarian PM Orban launches campaign with anti-migrant plan

Associated Press

Taliban fighters storm Afghan border district

At least 50 Afghan troops were killed or wounded near Turkmenistan after being stormed by about 500 Taliban fighters. This, even as leaders hold peace talks with the U.S. with the aim to end the now 18-year conflict.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Biodegradable wood could cut future heat costs

Scientists have added a polymer called polyethylene glycol (PEG) to transparent wood to give it the ability to absorb and release heat — and it could make heating and cooling future homes far less costly.

Futurism

20 minutes of nature can reduce stress levels

A new study says, 20 to 30 minutes walking, sitting, completing a physical activity outside or interacting with nature — can reduce health issues such as chronic stress, blood pressure, cholesterol, heart disease and weight.

New York Post

Exercise makes you happier than money, say researchers from Yale and Oxford Universities

CNA Lifestyle

GLOBAL HEALTH

World is at risk from mosquito-borne diseases

A billion more people will be newly exposed to mosquito-borne diseases like dengue fever as global warming hits its stride over the next 60 years, according to US researchers.

The New Daily

Spanish cannabis contaminated by fecal matter

Cannabis resin sold on the streets of Madrid is contaminated with dangerous levels of fecal matter and has traces of E-coli, a study says.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Female firm eases period poverty in Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, sanitary products are heavily taxed. At US$0.35 for a packet, demand for Fathima Rifka’s product, which goes by the name Sinidu meaning soft, is growing.

Channel NewsAsia

Nurse adopts infant who didn’t have visitors

An infant with neonatal abstinence syndrome as a result of her birth mother using drugs like heroin and cocaine during pregnancy, was adopted by Liz Smith, a nurse who found that the baby didn’t have visitors for five months.

MSN

13-year-old buys his single mother a car

Krystal Preston, a single mom from Nevada said she was in “complete shock” after her 13-year-old son William Rabillo gifted her a car that he bought after mowing lawns.

MSN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Rapper sells mansion, will donate proceeds

Rapper 50 Cent sold his Connecticut estate for $3 million. He will now reportedly donate it all to his G-Unity Foundation that provides grants to nonprofits focusing on improving quality of life in poverty-stricken areas.

Yahoo! News

Gates and Bezos to fund Alzheimer’s research

E-tail mogul Jeff Bezos and his estranged wife MacKenzie added $15 million to the $35 million Bill Gates had helped put together for the diagnostics work being done by the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation.

Endpoints News

ENVIRONMENT

Green groups to sue Shell over fossil fuel use

Environmentalist and human rights groups have said that they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels.

CNBC

Antarctica could go green as a result of climate

Man-made climate change could turn Antarctica green, with plants colonizing the land as ice sheets shrink, scientists warn. The level of carbon dioxide could lead to conditions comparable to three million years ago.

The Independent

Antarctica: Aerial photos reveal impact of climate change

TIME

ECONOMIC EQUITY

JP Morgan chief calls socialism ‘a disaster’

Jamie Dimon, the world’s most powerful banker has attacked socialism, saying it produces “stagnation, corruption and often worse.” He was paid $31 million last year and is said to be worth $1.3 billion.

Guardian

Target raises its minimum wage to $13 an hour

Target, one of United State’s largest private employers, says it is increasing its minimum hourly wage by a dollar to $13 in June for all current and new employees as part of its goal to hit $15 an hour by the end of 2020.

CNBC

Photo of the Day

A child attending school smiles while listening to local elders speak about security and education in Garmsir district, Afghanistan in March 2012. Afghanistan’s education system has been devastated by more than three decades of sustained conflict. An estimated 3.7 million children are out-of-school in Afghanistan – 60 percent of them are girls, according to UNICEF. (Photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder) Photo used under CC BY

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