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Global economic growth is expected to fall by 5.2% this year, more than in the past eight decades, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, the number of people living in extreme poverty is expected to skyrocket, reaching 150 million by the end of the year. (Photo by ninachildish) Photo used under CC BY

Up to 150M people globally to fall into extreme poverty

COVID-19 has halted years of progress against global extreme poverty. Up to 150 million people are at risk of living on less than $1.90 a day, by late next year depending on how badly economies shrink during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank has said.

Associated Press

Nearly 3M migrants stranded by COVID-19

Coronavirus border closures and restrictions have stranded nearly 3 million migrants around the world who want to return home but cannot, the U.N. migration agency said adding some had been “warehoused” in unhygienic settings.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Gender-based violence picks up speed in Africa

The United Nations has called it the “shadow pandemic”. Violence, sexual assault, and femicide have all increased in the past months across the African continent and the globe. The reasons for the spike are closely related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Deutsche Welle

Kenya‘s back-alley abortions put women at risk

Deutsche Welle

Women do better at measures to curb virus spread

CNN

2M stillbirths every year, pandemic might worsen toll

Associated Press

Gang war erupts in Rohingya refugee camps

A turf war raging between criminal armed groups in Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh has forced thousands of people to flee and at least eight have been killed in the clashes, police and aid workers have said.

Reuters

Lebanon on edge as time, money run out

Time and money are running out for Lebanon. Foreign reserves have dropped far below what the state deemed “dangerous levels” when it defaulted on its huge debt in March, meaning it cannot afford to keep subsidies for long.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Homeless struggle with impossible choices

The closure of school buildings in response to the coronavirus has been disruptive for many families, but for those living in homeless shelters or hotel rooms, the shuttering of classrooms and cafeterias has been disastrous.

NPR

Indonesians rally against ‘omnibus’ jobs law

Al Jazeera

Rights group denounces anti-LGBTQ violence

Human Rights Watch criticized Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala for failing to stop violence against LGBTQ people in a new report, which also denounced the U.S. for denying these LGBTQ asylum seekers safe haven.

NBC News

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Cypriot ghost town’s beach opens to public

For the first time in 46 years, members of the public were permitted to access the beach of Varosha in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of ethnically divided Cyprus.

Associated Press

Turkey’s currency drops to record low on

Turkey’s currency dropped to a historic low, with the U.S. dollar buying 7.942 lira. The move is the latest in more than two years of consistent depreciation of the Turkish currency.

CNBC

Trump to withdraw troops from Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Taliban group welcomed an announcement by President Donald Trump that he would pull out all U.S. troops from the country by Christmas.

NBCNews.com

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists name parasitic wasp after COVID-19

The naming of new species gives scientists an opportunity to honor people, fictional characters, and even social media platforms. A newly discovered species of parasitoid wasp bears a nod to a global pandemic.

CNET

US Army trials AR goggles for dogs

The U.S. Army has shown off augmented reality goggles for combat dogs, designed to let them receive orders at a distance.

BBC

‘Superhabitable’ planets could be better for life

Earth is the only planet we know of so far to host life, but it may not be the best place for life when compared with “superhabitable” planets, according to a new study.

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Medical ethics in pandemic times

As the global pandemic continues, the tension between providing the best available care for patients and performing trials to determine whether that care is effective risks complicating the medical response.

AXIOS

Masks made compulsory outside in Poland

Wearing masks outside will be compulsory across the whole of Poland and restrictions for schools may have to be tightened, the prime minister said after the country saw another record daily spike in new coronavirus cases.

Reuters

Doctors and nurses battle virus skeptics

For nurse Amelia Montgomery and other doctors and nurses, they must deal with patients and relatives who don’t believe the virus is real, refuse to wear masks and demand treatments like hydroxychloroquine.

Associated Press

Nigerian Irish girls win prize for dementia app

An award-winning app that can help patients with dementia will launch in app stores. Unlike most apps made by professional software developers in a male-dominated tech industry, this one was created by three teenage girls.

NPR

Smoky skies are the new normal. Are they making us sick?

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Jahnavi Curlin):

I’m a contact tracer. Trump’s advice not to fear Covid-19 is dangerous

Vox

Column (Jose Maria Vera):

The lesson from the pandemic? We need to tackle inequality

Al Jazeera

Column (Rebecca Shimoni-Stoli):

Armenia-Azerbaijan violence shows danger of U.S. diplomatic indifference to foreign conflicts

NBCNews.com

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GOOD NEWS

Barbie explains racism in her latest vlog

Barbie’s latest vlog unpacks racism in a two-minute video that is so simple, both children and your racist uncle can understand it.

Mashable

Unlikely soccer star now changing lives

Despite threats and backlash, Karishma Ali was the first woman from her region in Pakistan to have played soccer at a high level. Now, she is focusing her efforts on making a difference to women and girls.

CNN

Amidst global troubles, MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ winners ‘provoke and inspire’

NPR

’Men Working’ sign removed after girl’s plea

10-year-old Vivian Anderson has made a big change in her city by writing a letter to officials requesting more inclusive signage near construction zones.

Good Morning America

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Man uses stimulus check to give away hoagies

A majority of Americans who received a stimulus check used at least a portion of it for food. Carl Schwenk used his stimulus check to purchase hundreds of hoagies for local families in need.

Forbes

Prince William launches Earthshot Prize

Prince William has announced the Earthshot Prize, a joint venture with other royals, celebrities, and foundations. It is a multi- million dollar initiative with one mission: save the world.

CBS News

Chicago baker helps food-insecure kids

At her bakery in Chicago, Maya-Camille Broussard is committed to reducing food insecurity, particularly among children and teens. Broussard, an art teacher and gallerist-turned-baker, was born to help others.

Today

ENVIRONMENT

Sea creatures found dead from oil spill

The true scale of the Wakashio oil spill is only just becoming apparent to the island of Mauritius. Thousands of sea creatures have turned up dead around a small coral atoll five miles South West of the Wakashio wreck.

Forbes

Flooding hits 6M people in East Africa

The number of people hit by seasonal flooding in East Africa has increased more than fivefold in four years, according to UN figures. Nearly six million people have been affected this year with 1.5 million forced from their homes.

BBC

Hurricane Delta closing in on Mexico’s Yucatan

Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a dangerous Category 4 storm while on a course to hammer Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and then continue on to the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week.

Associated Press

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Policy failures leave people vulnerable

Most governments have been failing for decades to implement the health, tax and labor policies that would reduce the gap between rich and poor and make economies more resilient to shocks such as COVID-19.

Al Jazeera

Demand for hair products tied to forced labor

Some Chinese factories supplying thousands of pounds of hair to the American market are under scrutiny by the U.S. government, which is alleging the use of forced labor in the country’s far western region of Xinjiang.

CNN

Water crisis in threatens Mexican farmers

Carrying sticks and stones, thousands of farmers descended on La Boquilla dam in Mexico’s state of Chihuahua to voice their anger over a looming transfer of millions of cubic meters of water to the United States.

Al Jazeera

Photo of the Day

Voters at a polling site in Seoul, Korea stand three feet apart while they wait to vote. Voters also undergo temperature checks, use disinfectant and disposable gloves as part of pandemic safety measures. (Photo by Bonnie Lou) Photo used under CC BY

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