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Feed My Starving Children distribution partner in Thailand. The number of people who lack enough to eat has risen for the third year in a row as the population increases, after a decade when real progress was made. (Photo by Feed My Starving Children (FMSC)) Photo used under CC BY

Hunger rising in tandem with world population

More than 820 million people worldwide are still going hungry, according to a UN report that says reaching the target of zero hunger by 2030 is “an immense challenge.”

Guardian

UN: Climate crisis partly to blame for world hunger increase

Energy Live News

Attackers beat Hong Kong protesters in subway

Media in Hong Kong have released video footage showing masked assailants attacking commuters in a subway station. For a seventh weekend, thousands demanded more autonomy from China.

Deutsche Welle

Hong Kong police criticized over failure to stop attacks on protesters

Reuters

Organized crime in SE Asia thriving on drugs, trafficking

Transnational organized crime is expanding “aggressively” in Southeast Asia and beyond, and criminal networks have been raking in tens of billions of dollars annually through drugs, counterfeit goods, and human and wildlife trafficking, among other activities.

Al Jazeera

4M in eastern Indian state may lose citizenship

Residents of Assam must submit paperwork — birth certificates, high school diplomas and other documents — to prove their citizenship. But literacy rates are low, many people find it difficult to provide those documents.

NPR

PNG calls to close Manus Island processing

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is facing new calls to remove all refugees from Manus Island as political leaders from Papua New Guinea call for the “full closure” of the asylum seeker process on the island.

Sydney Morning Herald

Bangladesh to move Rohingya to island soon

The first Rohingya refugees could be relocated to an island in the next few months under controversial plans drawn up by the Bangladesh government, the country’s state minister of foreign affairs has said.

Guardian

Photos: The Plight of the Rohingya

U.S. News & World Report

HUMAN RIGHTS

Bolivia declares gender killings national priority

Bolivia, which has one of South America’s highest rates of women being killed because of their gender, has declared femicide a national priority and will step up efforts to tackle growing violence, a top official has said.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

India introduces revised transgender rights bill

India’s government presented a revised version of its transgender rights bill to parliament after criticism from the country’s vibrant transgender community, who said sections of an earlier version would violate their rights.

Reuters

Two women lawyers who fought against LGBTQ laws in India just came out as a couple

Metro.co.uk

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Israel razes Palestinian homes in West Bank

Israel has begun demolishing a cluster of Palestinian homes it says were built illegally too close to the separation barrier in the occupied West Bank. Residents view this as Israel’s attempt to grab West Bank land.

BBC

Israel begins demolishing Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem

The Independent

A world history crash course: Conflict in Israel and Palestine

YouTube

Cambodia, China ink secret naval port deal?

Chinese armed forces will be allowed 30 years of exclusive access to a Cambodian naval base on the Gulf of Thailand, giving Beijing a new southern flank on the South China Sea, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Asia Times Online

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

India launches its second mission to the moon

India has successfully launched its second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2 from Sriharikota space station, a week after it halted the scheduled blast-off due to a technical snag.

BBC

Europe space agency to join new race to the moon

Telegraph.co.uk

Cuttlefish ink, a promising cancer treatment?

Researchers have found that cuttlefish ink, a black suspension sprayed by cuttlefish to deter predators, contains nanoparticles that strongly inhibit the growth of cancerous tumors in mice.

Phys.org

GLOBAL HEALTH

10% of Sierra Leone have mental health issues

Sierra Leone witnessed a decade-long civil war and the worst Ebola outbreak, leaving thousands traumatized. The WHO estimates that 10 percent of the country’s population of seven million now has mental health problems.

Al Jazeera

Nigeria health startups win investor interest

Health-focused startups have been low-profile players in Nigeria’s burgeoning tech ecosystem over the past decade—but that’s starting to change, as healthcare startups increasingly attract investor interest and money.

Quartz

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GOOD NEWS

Lullaby singers bring hope to Ebola frontline

In Congo’s Ebola treatment centers, a survivor of Ebola, now immune to the disease, is on hand to offer solace and encouragement to patients. Their presence is so soothing that they are called “lullaby singers.”

Telegraph.co.uk

Woman creates dog hospice for dying dogs

Nicola Harrison runs the Grey Muzzle Canine Hospice Project from her home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, where she provides end of life care for abandoned and terminally ill dogs who have less than six months to live.

Sunny Skyz

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

NGO removes 40T trash from ‘Garbage Patch’

Ocean Voyages Institute, a nonprofit, removed more than 40 tons of fishing nets and plastics on its a 25-day clean up mission from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Sunnyskyz

Groups push data-driven action in S. Sudan

In South Sudan, where the gap between demand for aid and resources is wide, aid groups are pushing for an evidence-based response, that would use data and information to make decisions in a more calculated way.

Devex

ENVIRONMENT

Argentina plans jaguar reintroduction project

Plans for the groundbreaking Jaguar Reintroduction Project at Iberá National Park in Argentina are underway. This is the first attempt to repopulate the big cats into an area where they were once hunted into extinction.

NBCNews.com

Climate change sparks worldwide legal crisis

Climate action lawsuits against governments and corporations have spread across 28 countries, according to a new study, which reveals that more than 1,300 climate-related legal actions have been brought since 1990.

Guardian

Activists debate legal rights for ecosystems

Mother Jones

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Delivery apps using tips to pay workers’ wages

Delivery apps like DoorDash are using tips to make up the worker’s base pay. This is a common practice in U.S. where employers pay workers less than the minimum wage and rely on tips to make up the payments they owe.

The Verge

Goodwill head who makes $164K fired disabled workers after minimum wage hike

CBS News

Zimbabwe workers threaten strike over wages

Zimbabwe’s public workers said they would go on strike if the government failed to increase their wages to at least $475 per month for the lowest paid employee, as resurgent inflation doubled to 175.66 percent in June.

Reuters

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A girl balances her wares on her head in a suburb of Susan’s Bay community, Freetown, Sierra Leone, in December 2014. (Photo by UNMEER/Martine Perret) Photo used under CC BY

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