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Members of a local Salvadoran water committee do a capacity test of a water tank that supplies at least 1,600 families in Concepción de Ataco, Ahuachapán, El Salvador. Experts warn that El Salvador’s water supply will be depleted within 80 years unless radical action is taken. (Photo by Adam Keough) Photo used under CC BY

Climate, pollution deplete El Salvador water supply

Climate change, pollution and commercial exploitation will deplete El Salvador’s limited water supply within 80 years unless radical action is taken, experts says, a situation that is forcing many to leave the country.

Guardian

Dry weather, disease destroying Ghana’s cocoa plantations

Deutsche Welle

Environmental activist killings surge in Guatemala

Al Jazeera

UN reports allies killing more Afghan civilians

Pro-government forces, including NATO allies, killed more civilians in Afghanistan in the first half of 2019 than insurgents did, UN figures show. It is the first time in the 18-year conflict that this has occurred.

BBC

Syria’s war: Idlib’s hospitals under attack, at least 14 killed

Al Jazeera

Journalist arrest spikes safety fear in Tanzania

Tanzanian police have arrested a prominent investigative journalist and say they are investigating his citizenship amid increasing concerns about the safety of reporters in the East African country.

Guardian

Scientists to develop human-animal hybrids

Human-animal hybrids will be developed in embryos in Japan after the government approved controversial stem-cell research that may lead to growing organs for transplant. But opponents warn scientists are playing God.

The Independent

HUMAN RIGHTS

China claims inmates have left Xinjiang camps

Amid allegations of abuse and involuntary detention, a top Chinese official has alleged that authorities in Xinjiang have released most detainees held in internment camps but refused to say how many of them remained.

CNN

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China’s hidden camps: What’s happened to the vanished Uyghurs of Xinjiang?

BBC

Mongolian winters killing cattle, changing lives

Mongolia’s harsh winters, sped up by climate change, is claiming the lives of of the nation’s livestock, causing herders to abandon their profession, and is speeding up migration from rural areas to urban centers.

NPR

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Poland will scrap income tax for young people

Poland will scrap income tax for two million young workers in a bid to tempt them back home. 1.7 million people have left Poland in the past 15 years, spurred on by higher wages and opportunities in western Europe.

The Independent

Saudi Arabia bans Congo pilgrims over Ebola

Saudi Arabia has banned entry to travellers coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo over fears Ebola could spread during next month’s Hajj, an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city for Muslims.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

African smoke fertilizing Amazon forest, oceans

A new study has found that smoke from fires in Africa may be the most important source of a key nutrient, phosphorus. It acts as a fertilizer in the Amazon rainforest, Tropical Atlantic and Southern oceans.

Phys.org

Can an algorithm predict infectious diseases?

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science claim they have developed an algorithm to predict the onset of infectious diseases, including to detect tuberculosis.

Jerusalem Post

GLOBAL HEALTH

India struggles with HIV disease, discrimination

With 150,000 deaths annually and almost 60 million affected, HIV is a serious public health concern in India. Misconceptions and stigma attached to the disease often leads to marginalization, discrimination against patients.

Live Mint

New implant could be ‘game changing’ for HIV prevention

Science Mag

Drug-resistant malaria spreads in parts of Asia

More than 80 percent of malaria parasites circulating in Thailand and Vietnam between 2016 and 2018 were resistant to a widely used frontline malaria drug combination, according to studies published in The Lancet.

Healio

Rising temperatures will put 1 billion more people at risk of infectious disease, Morgan Stanley warns

CNBC

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GOOD NEWS

350M trees planted in Ethiopia in a single day

About 350 million trees have been planted in a single day in Ethiopia, according to a government minister. The project aims to tackle the effects of deforestation and climate change in the drought-prone country.

Guardian

EU moves to tackle deforestation caused by chocolate and other products

Guardian

Refugee radio, a lifeline for Paris’s migrants

Founded in 2017 by a refugee from Afghanistan, a Parisian radio station called Stalingrad Connection aims to share experiences of fellow refugees while giving them helpful, practical information.

NPR

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Billionaire donates $100M to research kindness

Banking billionaire Denny Sanford has donated $100 million to UC San Diego for the scientific study of empathy and compassion. Sanford said that the donation was inspired by a private meeting he had with the Dalai Lama.

Lion’s Roar

UAE announces $50M for Palestinian refugees

UAE announced a $50 million contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) including Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Gaza and the West Bank, a statement said.

Middle East Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

India’s tiger population rises 30% in 5 years

The Indian tiger population has increased by 30 percent since 2014, thanks to a conservation push, according to encouraging figures released by the Indian Government.

Telegraph.co.uk

Tiger photos show their power and beauty

National Geographic

India-Nepal agreement to boost transborder conservation of rhinos, tigers

Mongabay

Pacific paradise groaning under 18T of plastic

Henderson Island, uninhabited and a day’s sea crossing from the nearest sign of civilization, is groaning under an estimated 18 tonnes of plastic accumulated over decades at a rate of several thousand pieces of plastic every day.

Guardian

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

China electric cars can benefit mining in Chile

The world’s largest copper exporter, Chile’s Chuquicamata copper mine may see success due to growing demand for electric-vehicle components as China pushes to develop the world’s largest electric vehicle industry.

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong’s protests hurting its business

Hong Kong’s most serious political crisis in more than 20 years is taking its toll on the economy and beginning to shake the confidence of international investors.

CNN

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Kids from Konso, Ethiopia, prepare for a tree planting in October 2010. Ethiopia planted more than 350 million trees in 12 hours on July 29, 2019 in what officials believe is a world-record-setting effort to combat climate change and rapid deforestation. (Photo by TreesForTheFuture) Photo used under CC BY

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