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People across the world expressed their sympathies for Lebanon through vigils and donations at a time when the Lebanese government resigned, creating more political uncertainty in the already vulnerable country. (Photo by Behnam Tofighi) Photo used under CC BY

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Abandoned by government, Lebanese help each other

Following the deadly Beirut blast which left around a quarter million people homeless, Lebanese have stepped up to help each other. Some have let friends and family stay with them. Others are taking to social media to host people free of charge.

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Associated Press

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Lebanese children ‘haunted’ by Beirut blast

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World must not play politics with Lebanon’s pain

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Reuters

An era of peril, doubt for Black mental health

The burden of being Black and dealing with major insults and microagressions has become heavier due to new crises disproportionately affecting the Black community.

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U.S. News & World Report

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11% of US adults considered suicide in June

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The Insider

Virus draws comparisons to deadly 1918 influenza

COVID-19 is as deadly as the 1918 Spanish flu and the death toll could even be worse if world leaders and public health officials fail to adequately contain it, researchers warned, adding that the outbreak in New York was at least 70% as bad as the one in 1918.

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CNBC

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Attempts to get virus herd immunity would lead to massive death tolls, experts warn

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CNN

ISIS sells fake PPE online to finance terrorism

Terror groups based in the Middle East are targeting American first responders in an online scam. The groups are allegedly trying to raise money by offering bogus PPE at a time of mass shortages amid the pandemic.

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CBS News

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Afghanistan frees final 400 Taliban convicts in the name of peace

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Bolivia’s politics threatens hospitals, patients

Bolivia’s political crisis is adding to the burden on its health care system, which was already grappling with the novel coronavirus as it continues to spread across one of Latin America’s poorest countries.

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Associated Press

Jailed protesters in Belarus endure torture

Belarus’s main opposition figure, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, has called for an end to violence against protesters. Freed detainees have given details of beatings during days in custody that suggested “widespread torture”.

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BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

S. Sudan death toll rises; UN sends in forces

The death toll in South Sudan’s Warrap State has risen to 148 following fighting this past weekend during a disarmament exercise, a local official has said, and the U.N. has deployed forces to maintain calm in the region.

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Reuters

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Remote learning struggles for students learning English

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NBC News

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

US recruits scientists abroad for vaccine trials

The Trump administration’s coronavirus vaccine project is recruiting scientists in South Africa and Latin America to help test possible vaccines in U.S. backed clinical trials, pledging to ease their access to any successful products.

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Reuters

Google stops providing user data to Hong Kong

Google is no longer providing user data requested by authorities in Hong Kong. The company suspended its cooperation with Hong Kong authorities on user data requests when Beijing enacted a new national security law.

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Fortune

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Women in science may suffer career damage

Early research shows the pandemic is hitting female scientists especially hard as more people are forced to work from home. And women perform a disproportionate amount of familial duties, such as caring for children.

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Scientific American

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‘We’re losing an entire generation of scientists.’ COVID-19’s economic toll hits Latin America hard

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Science

Should we conserve parasites? Apparently, yes

A group of researchers are ringing a warning bell, calling parasites vital for the survival of species that, as odd as it may seem, actually depend on them.

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Wired

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A scientist found a tongue-eating parasite in the mouth of a fish

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CNN

Robots go their own way deep in the ocean

At the moment marine surveying is done by teams who go out on boats, collect the data and bring it back for analysis. Scientists are working on adding AI to the field which can shorten the process and limit the risks.

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BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

US scientists eye controversial vaccine trials

US scientists have begun to manufacture a strain of COVID-19 that could be used in human challenge trials, a controversial study in which healthy volunteers would be vaccinated and then intentionally infected with the virus.

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Al Jazeera

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COVID makes birth more lonely for women in Peru

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Associated Press

Vietnam to buy Russian COVID-19 vaccine

Vietnam has registered to buy a Russian COVID-19 vaccine, state television reported, as it fights a new outbreak after going several months with no local cases.

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Reuters

Spain is losing 2nd round in virus fight

The deployment of a military emergency brigade to set up a field hospital in the city of Zaragoza is a grim reminder that Spain is far from claiming victory over the virus that overwhelmed the country in March and April.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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The ‘developing’ world takes the lead

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Equal access to tech can reduce poverty and increase diversity

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The Hill

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I was Obama’s Ebola tsar. U.S. healthcare workers are dying at a shameful rate

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Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Universities scrub names of racist leaders

The Black Lives Matter movement has spurred institutions worldwide to announce that they will change or review the names of campus buildings, programs and memorials dedicated to figures who had discriminatory beliefs.

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Nature

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Hospital celebrates newborns with adorable baby shark photoshoot

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Good Morning America

Global ‘relay team’ reunites dog with owners

Pip the dachshund separated from his owners by COVID-19 has finally made it home to Sydney, Australia. It’s been a worldwide, months long trip around the world made possible by the kindness of strangers.

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Good Morning America

Artists use their skills to fight the pandemic

How an artist, a toy-maker, and a college student use their creative skills to fight the coronavirus pandemic from across the world.

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NPR

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Nonprofit fosters change through video games

In 2006, Drew Crecente’s daughter was killed by an ex-boyfriend. Shortly after her death, Crecente started a nonprofit organization focused on preventing abusive behavior among teenagers through video games.

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Hollywood Reporter

St. Louis nonprofit helps low-income women

Many women in St. Louis struggle to make ends meet. Rung for Women, a local nonprofit, plans to help women gain financial stability by offering financial literacy, health and wellness and career counseling.

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ENVIRONMENT

China’s stunning Red Beach is mesmerizing

Panjin, located in China’s Liaoning province, a six-hour drive from Beijing, is home to the stunning Red Beach. The region is situated in one of the biggest wetlands in the world, which turns a beautiful red color every fall.

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Travel + Leisure

Air pollution is much worse than we thought

It would be worth freeing ourselves from fossil fuels even if global warming didn’t exist. Especially now that clean energy has gotten so cheap, the air quality benefits alone are enough to pay for the energy transition.

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Vox

60,000 flamingos flock to Southern France

An estimated 50,000 adults and 12,000 baby flamingos flocked to salty marshes in southern France, making this year’s migration possibly the biggest ever recorded.

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Smithsonian Magazine

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Is Africa a victim of bias by investors?

African leaders are flagging “unjustifiably” high borrowing rates charged by global investors. International organizations such as the IMF and the World Bank are equally complicit in perpetrating the bias, experts say.

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Thailand’s indigenous seafarers threatened

Economic development and marine conservation efforts in Thailand are forcing nomadic seafaring tribes off the land and out of the sea.

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U.S. News & World Report

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Local line of solidarity during 2020 mass protests in Minsk, Belarus. (Photo by Homoatrox) Photo used under CC BY

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