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Health workers at Mambasa hospital in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo work tirelessly to administer the Ebola vaccine to new patients. (Photo by Garry Walsh) Photo used under CC BY

Deadliest Ebola outbreak in history averted in Congo

Eastern Congo marked an official end to the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, which killed 2,280 people over nearly two years, as armed rebels and community mistrust undermined the promise of new vaccines.

Associated Press

Yemen will “fall off a cliff” without aid, UN warns

The U.N. has warned that without massive financial support, Yemen will “fall off the cliff,” with millions starving, succumbing to COVID-19 and cholera, and watching their children die due to lack of immunization for killer diseases.

ABC News

Arab, Western states pledge $1.5B worth of aid for Sudan at donor event

Al Jazeera

Health officials believe 20M in US were infected

US government experts believe more than 20 million Americans could have contracted coronavirus – 10 times more than official counts, as cases are now rising in more than half of states and a new warning came of the risk of “apocalyptic” infection in major cities.

Guardian

Mumbai hospital struggles with influx of virus cases

BBC

Africa urges no “obstacles” to virus vaccine

African countries have urged governments around the world to “remove all obstacles” to distribution of successful COVID-19 vaccine, including making all intellectual property and technologies immediately available.

Associated Press

Virus restrictions undermine rights, democracy

Over 500 political and civil society leaders, Nobel laureates and rights groups have warned that some governments are using the pandemic to “tighten their grip on power”, undermining democracy and civil liberties.

Al Jazeera

Gabon votes to decriminalize homosexuality

Gabon’s parliament voted to decriminalize homosexuality, becoming one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa to reverse a law that punishes same sex relationships.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Turkey: EU covering up Greek rights violations

Turkey has slammed Greece and the EU for criticizing Ankara’s handling of the migrant issue on its borders, saying they’re trying to whitewash Athens’ human rights violations.

Anadolu Agency

Supreme Court sides with Trump on speedy deportations of asylum-seekers

CBS News

US policing termed ’state-sanctioned violence’

Police in America’s biggest cities are failing to meet even the most basic international human rights standards governing the use of lethal force, a new study from the University of Chicago has found.

Guardian

Despite returning home Indian migrant workers remain excluded

Deutsche Welle

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Israeli annexation plan gains global criticism

For years, Israel’s detractors have labeled it an apartheid state to describe its rule over Palestinians. Israel has pushed back against the allegations, however, the word is now resurfacing Israel’s political conversation.

Associated Press

Europe’s minorities face bias in virus policing

Policing across Europe during the coronavirus pandemic has exposed “a disturbing pattern of racial bias” linked to wider concerns raised by Black Lives Matter protesters, according to a global rights group.

Al Jazeera

Russia quits UN system protecting foreign aid

Russia has quit a United Nations arrangement that aimed to protect hospitals and humanitarian aid deliveries in Syria from being hit by the warring parties, according to the note sent to aid groups by the U.N.

Reuters

US Supreme Court backs up fast deportations

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that migrants placed in fast-tracked deportation proceedings can‘t appeal negative asylum decisions in federal court, finding that speedy removals don’t violate due process rights.

CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Lagos distributes free phones to students

Smartphone use and internet access has risen rapidly in recent years in Nigeria, yet usage skews towards wealthier people and data is among the most expensive in Africa.

Guardian

Black holes merge with light of a trillion suns

The flare was linked to a known black hole merger detected last year by the gravitational wave observatory, Ligo, which picked up ripples sent out through the fabric of space.

Guardian

World record 440-mile lightning flash confirmed

USA TODAY

GLOBAL HEALTH

COVID-19 antibodies may fade in two months

As the world grapples with the pandemic, a new study suggests that antibodies may fade in as little as two months after infection in people who have recovered from the virus.

Yahoo! News

Vaccinations begin in Africa for COVID-19 trial

Africa’s first participation in a COVID-19 vaccine trial started as nervous volunteers received injections, while officials said the continent of 1.3 billion people cannot be left behind.

ABC News

Virus rates in Rio far exceed official count

The number of people infected by the coronavirus in some of Brazil’s poorest and most vulnerable neighborhoods could be 30 times higher than the officially registered count, according to Brazilian researchers.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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In our post-COVID world, science must be our new frontier

The Hill

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How deforestation helps spread of deadly viruses

The Conversation

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The battle for Asia hegemony

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

NASA names D.C. HQ after Mary Jackson

NASA announced that the agency’s Washington, D.C. headquarter complex will be named after Mary Jackson, who became the first Black woman to work as an engineer at NASA in 1958.

People

Valedictorian hasn’t missed school since pre-K

Ashanti Palmer recently graduated from high school in Mount Vernon, New York, with perfect attendance. The 17-year-old said she hasn’t missed school since pre-K, and intends to keep it going throughout college.

Good Morning America

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

How can boards join drive for racial justice?

Nonprofit boards are discussing whether to make a statement on racial justice. What is a board of directors’ responsibility and opportunity for leadership on racial justice?

Nonprofit Quarterly

Couple forms nonprofit to save drive-in theater

One thing about recessions is that they tend to bring out the entrepreneur in some people. This goes for nonprofits as well as businesses, and in this time of pandemic recovery, what better project than a drive-in theater?

Nonprofit Quarterly

ENVIRONMENT

Planting new forests may threaten biodiversity

Rather than benefiting the environment, large-scale tree planting may do the opposite, two new studies have found. Financial incentives to plant trees can reduce biodiversity with little impact on carbon emissions.

BBC

Extreme Siberian heat wave alarms scientists

The Arctic is feverish and on fire — at least parts of it are. And that’s got scientists worried about what it means for the rest of the world.

Associated Press

Saving a Kenyan forest with beehives

The Ogiek people are fighting to remain in their ancestral home, the endangered Mau Forest. Together with the Ogiek, an NGO has developed ways to use their forest sustainably by setting up modern beehives.

Deutsche Welle

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

US sent $1.4B to deceased virus patients

US has sent over a million stimulus checks worth $1.4 billion to deceased people, according to data released by the Government Accountability Office. The report comes amid economic tensions sparked by the coronavirus.

Forbes

Income-wealth gap is bad news for everyone

The one-two punch of the worst health crisis and economic downturn in decades has increased income and wealth disparity. This has long-term economic implications and threatens the stock market recovery.

Barron’s

Photo of the Day

Protesters calling themselves Grannies for Black Lives made a colorful call for equality at a Black Lives Matter protest at the Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn on Juneteenth — the June 19 celebration of African American liberation. (Photo by spurekar) Photo used under CC BY

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