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A Somali boy attending school at the Hawa Abdi Center for Internally Displaced Somalis in the Afgooye Corridor, Somalia. UNESCO warned that the world is off track to meet its goal of making a high-quality primary and secondary school education accessible to all girls and boys by 2030. (Photo by United Nations) Photo used under CC BY

UN says world could miss universal education goals

If current trends continue, 225 million children will still be out of school by 2030, UNESCO warns. In 2015, world leaders set 2030 as the deadline for achieving free access to quality education for girls and boys.

Al Jazeera

World leaders have ‘a lot to answer for’ over damning figures on education

Guardian

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Venezuela’s teachers and students skip school for survival

NPR

Yemen cholera cases rise, pass 2018 figures

In the first six months of 2019, Yemen has seen more suspected cholera cases than in the whole of 2018, according to Save the Children, which has identified 439,812 cases so far, with some 203,000 children among those affected.

Al Jazeera

Antarctica ice-sheet melt to fuel sea-level rise

A new study has found that, due to instability in Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier, there would soon come a point when it was impossible to stop it flowing into the sea and rapidly accelerating sea-level rise.

ThinkProgress

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Climate drives Central Americans north

NBCNews.com

Somali aid community grapples with chronic drought

Devex

WHO warns conflict, neglect spreading disease

The head of the WHO has called the world’s second worst Ebola outbreak a “global wake-up call” to the escalating risk of disease outbreaks spreading from conflict areas neglected by the international community.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Mexico steps up raids on migrant-smugglers

Mexican officials have captured more than 200 migrants hidden in trucks, including dozens spotted by a large X-ray scanner huddled in secret compartments, as the country steps up a crackdown under U.S. pressure.

Reuters

Crime kills more people than armed conflicts

Far more people are killed in homicides around the world than in conflict zones, a sweeping UN study has found. The rates of women being killed due to domestic violence is on the rise.

Deutsche Welle

Outrage over ‘femicides’ draws hundreds to the streets of Paris

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DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Afghanistan talks agree ‘roadmap to peace’

A landmark peace conference between the Taliban and influential Afghans, including government officials, has agreed a “roadmap for peace” that could hasten the end of the 18-year war in Afghanistan.

BBC

Life under Taliban in Afghanistan

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Taliban fighters double as reporters to wage Afghan digital war

Reuters

Indian people and economy suffer from heat

The failure of past governments to create enough jobs has left India vulnerable to climate change effects, analysts say.

Al Jazeera

Who will help the world’s 41m displaced

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Instagram introduces anti-bullying features

Instagram is rolling out new features, some of which rely on AI, to help combat cyberbullying, as the social media company and its parent, Facebook Inc., work to quell criticism related to harassment on their platforms.

FOX News

Apollo 11 mission infected earth with germs?

A mistake made during the Apollo 11 moon landing mission exactly 50 years ago this month could have brought lunar germs to the Earth, astronauts have revealed.

The Independent

Apollo 11’s greatest hits and misses: A short reader’s guide

Space Review

GLOBAL HEALTH

Mental health, a victim of Hong Kong’s crisis?

Four deaths, an increase in patients suffering depression, and police seeking counseling― experts warn Hong Kong is facing a mental health crisis. Even people not involved in the protests are vulnerable.

South China Morning Post

Malaria surges back in crisis-hit Venezuela

Malaria is rapidly spreading in El Tucuco, as in the rest of Venezuela, a country that could once boast of being the first to eradicate the disease in 1961. The reason: Fumigation missions by the government stopped.

Medical Xpress

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GOOD NEWS

UK gets its first female Muslim football referee

Once a refugee, Jawahir Roble’s love of football was forged on the streets of war-torn Mogadishu. Now she is training and inspiring young female footballers in the UK, as the first female Muslim referee in British football.

Guardian

Oldest person in US celebrates 114th birthday

A special birthday celebration was held in Harlem for the oldest living person in the United States. Surrounded by family and wearing a crown, Alelia Murphy celebrated her 114th birthday.

CBS News

California eagles defy odds, take in baby hawk

An avid eagle-watcher in Redding, California spotted a red-tailed hawk chick in a nest, coexisting with two eagle parents that would normally turn it into dinner, and two adoptive eagle siblings.

MSN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

DiCaprio creating new environmental NGO?

Leonardo DiCaprio is joining with billionaire investors and philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth to create a new nonprofit environmental powerhouse to tackle climate change and loss of biodiversity.

Page Six

Rockefeller Foundation announces climate initiative

Philanthropy News Digest

GM donates $2.7M after auctioning Corvette

General Motors auctioned its last C7 Corvette for a cool $2.7 million and donated the proceeds to a New York charity that builds mortgage-free smart homes for catastrophically injured service members.

Autonews

ENVIRONMENT

France plans to tax air travel in climate push

France plans to introduce a tax on passenger flights from 2020 to make aviation contribute to tackling climate change, the government has announced.

Climate Change News

Abuse threatens endangered Santorini donkey

The Greek island of Santorini’s donkeys are a star tourist attraction. They are also highly endangered and, despite newly passed laws, severely abused. Now, a damning report on their treatment is intensifying calls for change.

Deutsche Welle

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Japan’s working moms face child care crisis

The government of conservative Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has spent years encouraging women to join the workforce. When they do, they are faced with shortage of day care facilities, no flexibility in work hours.

CNN

Japanese politician brings baby to assembly sparking debate

Refinery29

Chinese fake cosmetics hurt Kenya brands

Kenya’s anti-counterfeiting officials are struggling to police an influx of counterfeit premium cosmetics from China, which have flooded the country’s market and are hurting Kenyan producers.

Al Jazeera

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A young Afghan girl observes as a coalition aircraft provides aerial security during a village clearing operation to hinder Taliban influence in the area, in northern Khakrez District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan in May 2011. (Photo by Sgt. Daniel P. Shook) Photo used under CC BY

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