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Women work at Deliqual Components in Chennai, India. Indian workers are losing protections after the nation’s shutdown. (Photo by Sundaramoorthy Thimmarayan/ILO Asia-Pacific) Photo used under CC BY

Indian workers facing lower pay, longer hours

Workers in India are set to face longer days and lower pay in a “race to the bottom,” academics and activists said, as six states plan to suspend labor laws to help industry recover from the coronavirus lockdown.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Drop in smog to bring heat, heavier monsoons

Lack of haze has made skies bluer in India, but with more sunlight reaching the Earth’s surface, Indians will experience more heat and rain.

Guardian

‘Major’ mental health crisis looming globally, says UN

The coronavirus outbreak risks sparking a major global mental health crisis, the United Nations is warning, calling for urgent action to address the psychological suffering brought on by the pandemic.

Asia Times Online

Senegal engineering students fight coronavirus

Al Jazeera

Tanzania overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases

The US embassy in Tanzania announced that hospitals in the region are overwhelmed and patients may face life-threatening delays for medical care, at a time when the government is not releasing data on new cases.

BBC

China attempts to prevent second virus wave

CBS News

FBI: China hacking imperils COVID-19 research

Organizations conducting research into COVID-19 may be targeted by computer hackers linked to the Chinese government, according to the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security.

Guardian

Trump calls Dr. Fauci’s warning on lifting restrictions unacceptable

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Migrants in Italy to get work permits

Thousands of undocumented migrants will be able to apply to temporarily stay and work in Italy under an amnesty announced as the country unveiled a stimulus package to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus.

Al Jazeera

Occupied West Bank famers, shepherds face loss of livelihoods

Al Jazeera

Privacy concerns among S. Korea’s LGBTQ

The South Korean government is now trying to track down anyone who visited establishments in the neighborhood, sparking fears that the country’s system of contact tracing could lead to people being outed.

Time

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Thousands want to be exposed to COVID-19

More than 16,000 people -- most of them young adults -- who have signaled their support for a controversial method of speeding up the development of a vaccine by intentionally infecting dozens of volunteers.

CNN

The curse and blessings of artificial intelligence

Are we facing a golden digital age or will robots run the world? We need to establish ethical standards in dealing with artificial intelligence.

Deutsche Welle

Balloons help improve Mozambique’s internet

4G balloons floating over northern Mozambique are to provide the violence-prone region with stable internet connections, according to Google’s parent company, Alphabet.

ABC News

Facebook apologizes for Sri Lanka unrest

Facebook has apologized for its role in the deadly communal unrest that shook Sri Lanka two years ago after an investigation found that hate speech and rumors spread on the platform may have led to violence against Muslims.

Asia Times Online

GLOBAL HEALTH

Schoolchildren’s mental health is suffering

Nightmares. Tantrums. Regressions. Grief. Violent outbursts. Exaggerated fear of strangers. Even suicidal thoughts. The mental health of young children is suffering as the weeks of lockdown drag on.

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Group helps elderly villagers in Spain

A group of migrants, former addicts and ex-prisoners have formed a collective which grows and delivers food to isolated villagers.

Guardian

Volunteers deliver masks to every household

Volunteers went door-to-door delivering masks to every household in Melrose, Massachusetts after mayor’s appeal for help.

CNN

Kindergarten teacher and artist create chalk obstacle course for kids

CBS News

Students send food waste to food banks

A group of students has come together to link farmers who have been forced to throw away food because of the coronavirus pandemic, to food banks across the U.S.

NowThis

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

African nonprofit helps halt coronavirus

An initiative by local African tailors provides free face masks to some of the world’s poorest communities in several African nations in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus.

Positive News

Man donates iPads to help elderly patients connect with families

CBS News

Comedian is feeding thousands of frontline healthcare workers

Good Morning America

ENVIRONMENT

India struggles to keep cool during lockdown

With little access to air conditioners or parks during the coronavirus lockdown, India’s poor - from farmers to slum-dwellers - could face deadly heat waves this summer, climate and disaster management experts warn.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Making wastewater drinkable

Deutsche Welle

Solar pumps for Indian farmers

Indian farmers are being encouraged to make the change from diesel to solar power for their water pumps. They cost more to buy, but in the long term help increase harvests.

Deutsche Welle

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Ghana a model for containing COVID-19

At a time when wealthier countries like Singapore and South Korea are capturing global attention for their proactive stance in combating the pandemic, Ghana is emerging as a model for developing nations.

Ozy

Egypt seeks $9B in pandemic aid from IMF

Egypt is seeking more than $5 billion from the International Monetary Fund under a stand-by arrangement and $4 billion from other institutions as its economy struggles amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Al Jazeera

Midwives in Africa face fear amid coronavirus

Many midwives do not have access to resources like clean water and soap needed to protect themselves from Covid-19. Social distancing is also difficult when proximity with patients and their newborns as part of the job.

CNN

Photo of the Day

New York Army National Guard Pfc. Paul Velez loads bags of food in the trunk of a vehicle at the Feeding Westchester mobile food pantry in Elmsford, N.Y., April 17, 2020. National Guard members and Feeding Westchester have processed and distributed more than 2.5 million pounds of food to surrounding communities since the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Pietrantoni/New York National Guard) Photo used under CC BY

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