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Inside the aftermath of the 2020 Beirut explosions. The city home to nearly 2.5 million now houses 300,000 internally displaced persons as a result of the deadly blast which rocked the city earlier this week. (Photo by Freimut Bahlo) Photo used under CC BY

World leaders gather by video to pledge aid to Beirut

French President Emmanuel Macron will bring together world leaders via video to pledge aid to help Lebanon rebuild after the devastating explosion that ripped through its capital, Beirut.

CNN

Satellite imagery shows scale of destruction after explosion at Beirut port

NBCNews.com

Lebanese plan new protests over Beirut blast

Lebanese protesters enraged by official negligence blamed for the enormous explosion in the capital Beirut have vowed to rally again after a night of demonstrations that saw protesters storm several ministries.

Al Jazeera

US coronavirus cases hit 5M; 100K dead in Brazil

The U.S. has set a record for COVID-19 cases, with more than five million people now infected. In Brazil, COVID-19 deaths have surpassed 100,000 five months after the first reported case.

Al Jazeera

Africa’s elderly left behind in fight against the novel coronavirus

Deutsche Welle

New coronavirus model predicts 86% increase in U.S. death toll

Forbes

India reports 2M virus cases amid health strike

As India hit another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic, crossing 2 million cases and more than 41,000 deaths, community health volunteers went on strike complaining they were ill-equipped to respond to the wave.

TIME

How does a COVID-19 pandemic come to an end?

BBC

Faith leaders unite, warn of Uighur ‘genocide’

Rowan Williams, the former archbishop of Canterbury, is among more than 70 faith leaders publicly declaring that the Uighurs are facing “one of the most egregious human tragedies since the Holocaust.”

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN warns of Lebanon humanitarian crisis

UN agencies have warned of a humanitarian crisis in Lebanon after the devastating blast in Beirut. Lebanon was already suffering a major economic downturn before the explosion, which left 300,000 residents homeless.

BBC

Families in Beirut seek news of missing loved ones

BBC

Garment workers’ rights in danger due to virus

Some of Europe’s biggest retailers are failing to stop COVID-19 being used as a pretext for union busting, rights activists have said. As a result, millions of garment workers in some of the poorest parts of Asia have lost their jobs.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Survivors of Beirut explosion share their stories

Survivors of the Beirut explosion recount feeling the blast, its horrific aftermath. At least 135 people have died and over 5,000 have been injured from the blast, which was felt nearly 150 miles away in Cyprus.

ABC News

U.S. supports right of Lebanese to peaceful protest, urges political reforms

Reuters

Philippines cracks down on dissent amid virus

The Philippines became the Southeast Asian country with the highest number of coronavirus cases the same week it reimposed strict lockdown measures to try to curb its surging outbreak and a new anti-terror legislation.

CBS News

Hiroshima bombing raising new questions

The dawn of the nuclear age began with a blinding, flesh-melting blast directly above the Japanese city of Hiroshima. At the time, the morality and legality of those nuclear attacks were hardly the subject of public debate.

NPR

Ceasefire offers opportunity for eastern Ukraine

Ukraine wants to build on a lull in fighting in the eastern Donbass region to push for a lasting peace settlement at a new round of four-way talks with Russia, France and Germany, President Zelenskiy has said.

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NASA to change ‘harmful’ space nicknames

NASA is joining the social justice movement by changing unofficial and potentially contentious names used by the scientific community for distant cosmic objects and systems such as planets, galaxies and nebulae.

Guardian

Seabird poop is worth millions, say scientists

New research has revealed that the waste produced by seabirds - that’s right, the poop of seagulls, pelicans, and penguins - could be worth nearly half a billion dollars annually.

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Asymptomatic virus carriers just as contagious

As debates over when and how to safely reopen schools and businesses rage, a South Korean study confirms what many health experts had feared, that virus carriers who don’t exhibit symptoms are capable of spreading the virus.

Forbes

Hispanic kids more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19

Guardian

Russia’s race for virus vaccine raises concerns

Russia boasts that it’s about to become the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, with mass vaccinations planned as early as October, scientists worldwide are sounding the alarm.

Associated Press

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GOOD NEWS

Nigerian boy captivates world with his ballet

Gracefully spinning among a group of dancers, 11-year-old Anthony Mmesoma Madu stands out in poise beyond his years. His parents wanted him to become a priest. Instead, he has captivated millions with his ballet.

Reuters

4-year-old becomes mom’s motivating personal trainer

Good Morning America

Man opens sanctuary for abused farm animals

Since its inception in 2017, Little Bear Sanctuary has rescued over 150 animals. The no-kill, no-cage sanctuary is a place where abused animals and those rescued from slaughter can live out their lives in peace.

Today

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Bill Gates donates $150M to virus research

As COVID-19 continues to spread in developing countries, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $150 million to the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer to provide up to 100 million vaccine doses to poorer nations.

Forbes

West Palm Beach organization helping foster kids become thriving adults

WPTV

Sisters start charity to help the homeless

Two teenage sisters from Dallas saw a need on the streets in downtown Dallas; homeless people going hungry. They wanted to be part of a solution.

NBC DFW

ENVIRONMENT

Australia’s sheep left without shearers

Australia faces a shortage of shearers for its 68 million sheep and looming animal welfare issues as hundreds of New Zealand shearers are barred from making their annual or are unwilling to do so because of the pandemic.

Guardian

South Korea floods displace thousands

At least 30 people have died, and 12 remain missing after 46 days of heavy rains in South Korea, with the country’s longest monsoon in seven years causing more flooding, landslides and evacuations.

Al Jazeera

Virus severely restricts Antarctic science

The British Antarctic Survey is scaling back its research in the polar south because of coronavirus. Only essential teams will head back to the continent, virtually all science in the deep field has been postponed for a year.

BBC

Pandemic reveals ‘green apartheid’ in S. Africa

It took the new coronavirus to reveal a green apartheid lurking in South Africa’s cities as parks shut, lockdown kept millions home and only the lucky few had a garden for sanctuary.

Reuters

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Women of Zanzibar farming for sea sponge

In the coastal town of Jambiani, Zanzibar, women own and run their own sponge farms following a yearlong training set up by local conservation nonprofit marinecultures, earning up to five times more than seaweed farmers.

HuffPost

‘Everything is gone.’ Flooding in China ruins farmers and risks rising food prices

CNN

Virus causes financial pain across the globe

Some endured pay cuts or had their hours slashed. Others were furloughed temporarily — without pay. Many just feel seized by fear that their job could vanish. These are the people caught in the grip of a pandemic.

Associated Press

Photo of the Day

Flooded banks of the island of Don Khon in the muddy water of the Mekong, with submerged wooden stilt houses, a pirogue, a leaning Arecaceae, and a boy rowing in a repurposed blue refrigerator used as raft, in Si Phan Don, Laos. (Photo by Basile Morin) Photo used under CC BY

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