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A nurse at the Chiparawe Clinic, Marondera, Zimbabwe, administers an HIV test. The United Nations says that HIV-related deaths have dropped 33 percent since 2010, although the Middle East and eastern Europe have seen infections levels rise. (Photo by UK Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

The United Nations has said HIV-related deaths dropped 33 percent since 2010, but warned that more funding is needed to control the spread of the disease. The Middle East and eastern Europe have seen infection levels rise.

Deutsche Welle

Indian activists launch helpline for hate victims

United Against Hate, a group of activists in India, has launched a helpline for the mostly Muslim victims of hate crimes and mob attacks in the country. The helpline aims to document such cases and provide legal aid to victims.

Al Jazeera

Flood death toll exceeds 100 across south Asia

More than 100 people have been killed by devastating floods and landslides across parts of south Asia. Heavy monsoon rains over the past week have left many dead in Nepal and Bangladesh, and submerged areas of India.

Guardian

Poor infrastructure worsens India water crisis

National Geographic

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Satellite data shows shrinking reservoirs that may spark major water crisis globally

Geospatial World

Dengue fever kills 456 as Philippines on alert

Health authorities in the Philippines have declared a “national dengue alert” after a spike in cases of the viral disease which has left more than 450 people dead since January, an increase of 85 percent over last year.

CNN

In US, congresswomen denounce Trump attack

Four Democratic congresswomen of color targeted by Donald Trump in a racist attack have accused the U.S. president of following an “agenda of white nationalists” and urged Americans to reject his divisive rhetoric.

Guardian

US House to vote on condemning Trump attacks

NBCNews.com

HUMAN RIGHTS

Media watchdogs slam Pakistan’s censorship

Media rights watchdogs have condemned the suspension of Pakistani television news channels for airing an opposition leader’s press conference, calling the move indicative of “disturbing dictatorial tendencies.”

Al Jazeera

Burkino Faso attempts to tighten press freedom

Guardian

NY bans discrimination against natural hair

New York governor Andrew Cuomo signed off on a legislation to make his state one of the few in the country to ban race-based hair discrimination. Earlier this month, California became the first state to pass a similar ban.

The Hill

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

37 countries defend China over Xinjiang policy

37 countries, including Saudi Arabia, Syria, and North Korea have signed a letter backing China’s treatment of Uighurs in the Xinjiang region, days after 22 UN nations demanded China stop detaining the Muslim minority.

Business Insider

China Muslims: Xinjiang schools used to separate children from families

BBC

Czech and Slovak protesters shake up politics

Thirty years after the Velvet Revolution, Czechs and Slovaks are once again using mass street protests to shake up the political landscape. This time, to defend liberal democracy rather than overthrow it.

Politico

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Americans support NASA, not a return to moon

According to a poll, 52 percent of Americans think space exploration should focus on monitoring Earth’s environmental changes, while only 8 percent of them say a manned moon mission should be NASA’s top priority.

Yahoo! News

NASA wants to grow peppers in space

New York Post

Buzz Aldrin speaks at the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Event

YouTube

Chinese facial recognition app helps sort trash

Alipay, the mobile payment arm of Chinese fintech giant Ant Financial, has a new mini-app that uses the same image-sorting artificial intelligence that’s behind facial recognition and adapts it to trash.

Quartz

GLOBAL HEALTH

WHO declares Sri Lanka to be free of measles

Sri Lanka has defied the global trend in the battle against measles, with the country declared free of the highly infectious disease by the World Health Organization.

CNN

Pakistan polio cases surge to 4 times in 2019

Pakistan is seeing a surge in polio cases with numbers so far this year nearly four times the 2018 total, as health officials have admitted vaccination rates have been falsely recorded in the past.

Telegraph.co.uk

20M children miss out on life-saving vaccines

Yahoo! News

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GOOD NEWS

NGO that helped 14K families marks 50 years

In 1969, a lone employee paid by Catholic Charities led dozens of volunteers determining primarily food-related needs. The result was Respond Now, and 50 years later, they’ve served over 14,000 families.

MSN

Man who was once a foster kid adopts 3 boys

Barry Farmer didn’t have the easiest childhood, but it was an experience that made him who he is today – a dad to three boys.

MSN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

P&G donates $529K to US women soccer team

Procter & Gamble announced it’s donating $529,000 to the U.S. women’s soccer team, becoming the first USWNT sponsor to publicly support the four-time Women’s World Cup champions’ fight for equal pay.

FOX News

Could $5B help wipe out hunger in Africa?

Rich donor countries need to rip off the bandage of food aid and invest in agriculture and local food manufacturing instead so that African countries can become self-sufficient.

Guardian

Better life for world’s poorest, not children

Guardian

Private investors protect vast forests in US

Private investors have backed what supporters say is one of the largest conservation acquisitions ever in the eastern United States, offering a promising new model to protect land traditionally heavily dependent on coal mining.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

July on course to be the hottest month ever

Record temperatures across much of the world over the past two weeks could make July the hottest month ever measured on Earth, according to climate scientists.

Guardian

Nitrogen from sewage, fertilizers killing corals

A new study has revealed that the problem of coral bleaching is not just due to a warming planet, but also a planet that is simultaneously being enriched with reactive nitrogen from multiple sources like sewage and fertilizers.

Phys.org

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Zimbabwe’s inflation rate soars to 175%

Zimbabwe has gone from deflation to triple-digit inflation of 175.7 percent in less than three years. Prices of food, clothing, furniture and health care rose more than 200 percent year over year.

Bloomberg

Turkey, China seek stronger economic ties

Turkey and China have expanded ties, but their relationship is marked by continued distrust and competition. The two sides are expanding economic cooperation but fundamental political differences remain.

Deutsche Welle

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A young girl at a Sunday market in Hotan, a major oasis town in southwestern Xinjiang, China in September 2010. The town is exclusively populated by Uighurs. (Photo by Preston Rhea) Photo used under CC BY

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