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Young children in Brazil. Children bear the greatest burden of poverty around the world and according to a new report many countries show “extensive” internal levels of inequality. (Photo by Yosef Hadar / World Bank) Photo used under CC BY

Vast inequity between nations; poverty report

A new report shows that 1.3 billion people are multidimensionally poor, which means that poverty is defined not simply by income, but by a number of indicators, including poor health, poor quality of work and the threat of violence.

UN News

For children in poverty, everyday living is uncertain

WESA FM

China intimidating Uighurs in the west

Uighurs living in the U.S. and Europe say that Chinese authorities are going after family members still living in China to suppress activism by Uighur community living abroad.

Deutsche Welle

Climate change-hit countries to see boom in population

Countries experiencing the world’s most rapid population growth over the coming decades will also be on the front lines of climate change, according to UN’s forecasts.

TIME

Hundreds of thousands flee Mali militia attacks

Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes in Mali amid deadly militia attacks on villages in the country’s central region.

The Independent

Migrant apprehensions along border plummet

Apprehensions of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border by the U.S. government decreased dramatically in June, a sign that the months-long surge of Central American families journeying north is stalling.

CBS News

In Juárez, ‘Remain In Mexico’ policy casts asylum-seekers back into uncertainty

NPR

UK acceptance of homosexuality dips

Acceptance of gay relationships in U.K. has dipped for the first time in more than 30 years, researchers said, warning years of rising tolerance could be reaching a plateau.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN will investigate Philippine drug war killings

The UN Human Rights Council has voted to investigate into alleged crimes committed during the Philippine government’s war on drugs. It will focus on reports of extrajudicial killings, arrests and enforced disappearances.

BBC

Cocaine, meth fuels crime and chaos in Fiji

Guardian

Brutal weather impacts Rohingya refugee kids

Flooding and landslides in Rohingya refugee camps has left thousands of children and families in an increasingly dire situation with critical infrastructure damaged or destroyed.

UN News

New approaches to aid climate migrants

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Serb leader calls Srebrenica massacre a ‘myth’

A Bosnian Serb leader, Milorad Dodik, has falsely claimed that the Srebrenica massacre, in which more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed, is a “fabricated myth.”

The Independent

Srebrenica massacre - Explained in under two minutes

BBC

What are the 10 stages of genocide?

Al Jazeera

UK parliament workers being bullied, harassed

There is a “significant problem” in Parliament of MPs bullying and harassing staff, a new report says. The investigating lawyer says, the behavior had “seriously affected the health and welfare of far too many people.”

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Oldest human remains outside Africa found

More than 200,000 years old, skull fragments found in Greece show Homo sapiens reached Europe from Africa much earlier than previously known. The findings may upend theories about migration from the cradle of humankind.

Deutsche Welle

Japanese make historic landing on asteroid

A Japanese spacecraft, the robotic Hayabusa-2, has touched down on a faraway asteroid, where it will collect space rock that may hold clues to how the solar system evolved.

BBC

This weekend, India is launching its first-ever moon lander

Science Alert

GLOBAL HEALTH

DR Congo doctors pioneer Ebola ‘CUBE’

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, doctors at a medical center in North Kivu province are using a new treatment room for Ebola patients called the CUBE, which allows doctors hands-on care and allows family members to visit.

PRI

WHO’s ‘essential tests’ list gets an upgrade

The WHO has published two lists that will help countries prioritize critical health products that should be widely available, accessible, and affordable throughout health systems, especially in low-and middle-income countries.

Forbes

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GOOD NEWS

Monthly feast uniting New Jersey community

Each month people from Hoboken, New Jersey gather to share a meal. It started two years ago as a way to help heal after a tragic shooting, but after finding comfort in food, they decided to keep up the tradition.

MSN

Study finds cockatoo birds love to dance too

Snowball, a sulphur-crested cockatoo, has shown that humans are not the only creatures who love to dance, a study found. Snowball has a diverse repertoire of 14 unique dance moves and loves to bop to a good beat.

Deutsche Welle

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Ivanka’s women’s drive announces $27M grant

A White House initiative spearheaded by Ivanka Trump to help women in developing countries get ahead economically, announced grants of $27 million for 22 countries, mostly in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia.

ABC News

US to slash funds for sex trafficking victims

Guardian

Musician donates big to US animal shelters

To celebrate their ten year anniversary, country singer Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation donated $150,000 to animal shelters across the U.S. Grants were given to shelters in every state in America.

Wide Open Country

ENVIRONMENT

Endangered animals rescued in largest sting

Authorities have rescued thousands of endangered animals and identified nearly 600 suspects in the world’s largest anti-wildlife trafficking sting, officials said.

The Hill

Gulf of Mexico threatened by polluted water

A slow-moving flood of polluted Mississippi River water from 31 states and two Canadian provinces is causing serious damage to Gulf of Mexico species, and a major storm threatens to make it worse.

Huffington Post

All-woman team launches river cleanup expedition in Bangladesh

The Hindu

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Chinese loans put developing world at risk

China is the largest creditor in the world, funding infrastructure projects in the developing world in exchange for access to raw materials. A new study shows that the risk of a new debt crisis is significant.

Spiegel International

Tanzania leader urges women to ‘free ovaries’

President John Magufuli urged Tanzania’s women to “set your ovaries free” and bear more children to help boost the economy into a regional powerhouse, a step critics said would instead worsen inequality and poverty.

Reuters

Photo of the Day

A woman visits a grave in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina in April 2007. This month marks the 24th anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre which saw Serb forces systematically kill more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys in a UN-protected enclave in Srebrenica, Bosnia. According to Radio Free Europe, every year forensic experts find more bodies in the nearly 100 mass graves located so far. (Photo by The Advocacy Project) Photo used under CC BY

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