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Hurricane Laura churns towards the Texas and Louisiana coasts on the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Harvey. The hurricane is a category 4 storm and is expected to cause catastrophic flooding, damage to nearby communities. (Photo by Jan Buchholtz) Photo used under CC BY

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Powerful Hurricane Laura lashes through Gulf Coast

Hundreds of thousands of people were told to evacuate immediately as Hurricane Laura threatens to wreak havoc along the US Gulf Coast with winds of more than 110 mph when it makes landfall. Some have warned the hurricane could directly hit Houston.

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Hurricane Laura hits Louisiana

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BBC

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Flash floods ravage vulnerable Afghanistan

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CBS News

Lebanon marks 100 years in turmoil, despair

Lebanon’s latest ordeal, the Beirut port explosion that killed some 180 people, injured 6,000 and devastated a swathe of the city, has triggered new reflection on its troubled history and deepened worry for the future.

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Reuters

COVID-19 consequences are long-lasting, deadly

The coronavirus is a “tornado with a long tail” and rising infections among young people could spread to more vulnerable older people and cause an uptick in deaths, the WHO’s top official has warned.

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Associated Press

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Coronavirus detected inside Gaza for 1st time, leading to lockdown

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CBC News

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Virus mandates on health care facilities get pushback

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Associated Press

Latin America protests pandemic & recession

Covid-19’s impact in Latin America is igniting protests in several countries, as the economic fallout from the pandemic aggravates existing social tensions from Buenos Aires and Panama City to remote parts of Brazil and Bolivia.

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CNN

Local aid workers exposed in virus pandemic

The coronavirus is exposing an uncomfortable inequality in the billion-dollar system that delivers life-saving aid for countries in crisis: Most money that flows from donors goes to international aid groups instead of local ones.

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ABC News

DRC poised to declare itself measles free

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared the end of a 25-month outbreak of measles, a highly contagious viral disease, that claimed the lives of more than 7,000 children aged under five.

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Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Venezuelan migrants return to cold welcome

As COVID threatened to overwhelm Venezuela’s crumbling health system, Maduro began blaming those returning for a case count the government says has reached almost 42,000.

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Reuters

Wage abuse hurts Qatar’s migrant workers

Al Jazeera published a report on how the coronavirus shutdown affected Qatar’s migrant workers. It spoke to hundreds of workers employed by private companies and found that most were in a “no work, no pay” situation.

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Al Jazeera

Blacks in Kenosha speak on police violence

The shaken residents of Kenosha woke up to warm sunshine but a tense atmosphere after events spiraled suddenly into fatal violence the night before when armed, white agitators appeared on the streets.

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Guardian

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Led by NBA, athletes highlight racial justice

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Associated Press

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Sudan, Ethiopia vow to resolve dam dispute

Ethiopia and Sudan have said they would make every effort to reach a deal on a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile River that has caused a bitter dispute between Addis Ababa and Cairo over water supplies.

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Al Jazeera

Mali junta says it has freed ousted president

Coup leaders in Mali have released ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from detention, a junta official said.

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CBC News

Belarusian authorities crank up the pressure

Authorities in Belarus steadily cranked up the pressure on protesters pushing for the resignation of the country’s leader, jailing several opposition activists, and ordering dozens of demonstrators to appear in court.

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Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Face masks likely protect wearer & others

Studies on the new coronavirus and other germs show wearing a mask helps stop infected people from spreading disease to others. Evidence also suggests that masks may offer some protection for the people wearing them.

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Associated Press

Facebook blocks Thai access to critical group

Facebook has blocked Thai access to a million-member group discussing the monarchy, after Thai officials threatened legal action. The firm has said it was preparing its own legal action to respond to the pressure from Bangkok.

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BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Pakistan wins fragile success against COVID

With a population of 220 million, a ramshackle health and hygiene infrastructure and densely packed urban neighborhoods, Pakistan was considered by many to be a prime candidate to see the worst of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Al Jazeera

US virus cases fall as masks gain favor

The number of Americans newly diagnosed with COVID-19 is falling — a development experts say most likely reflects more mask-wearing but also insufficient testing — even as the disease continues to claim nearly 1,000 lives daily.

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Associated Press

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Tun Khin):

The world cannot forget the Rohingya

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Al Jazeera

Column (Jayme Lemke):

The importance of economic freedom to women’s right to vote

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The Hill

Column (Moulid Hujale):

If you felt cooped up in lockdown, think of refugees confined indefinitely in camps

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Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Parachutist makes world’s first solar skydive

A parachutist completed the world’s first jump from a solar-powered aircraft after the plane soared to a height of nearly 5,000 ft over western Switzerland, Swiss organizers said.

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CBC News

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Mountaineer Viridiana Álvarez Chávez breaks Guinness World Record

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CNN

Teacher makes clear masks for hard of hearing

A Louisiana educator is working hard to limit the restrictions mask-wearing poses for children who are hearing impaired. Her solution: create masks with clear, vinyl windows right above the chin.

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Good Morning America

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Toddler bakes over 1,000 cookies for frontline pandemic essential workers

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Good Morning America

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Banksy funds rescue boat in Mediterranean

The British street artist Banksy has financed a boat to rescue refugees attempting to reach Europe from north Africa. The vessel has already rescued 89 people in distress, including 14 women and four children.

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Guardian

New Jersey’s ‘baby bond’ aimed at inequality

New Jersey proposed the first-ever program to give children born in the state an $1,000 “baby bond” that they will receive at 18 as the state addresses inequalities that have become more apparent amid COVID-19.

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Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Dead dolphins found after Mauritius oil spill

At least 17 dead dolphins have been found on the seashore in Mauritius, more than a month after a huge oil spill by a Japanese ship. The deaths have been caused either by the spill or the decision to sink the ship’s stem.

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BBC

HK’s terracotta tile army tries to rescue coral

In 2018, a super-typhoon destroyed 80% of the corals in Hoi Ha Wan bay off the Sai Kung peninsula in Hong Kong. In the city’s strongest storm since records began, winds reached 155mph and battered the reefs.

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Guardian

60% of Antarctica’s ice shelves at risk

Antarctica’s ice shelves, floating extensions of the ice sheet, help slow the flow of ice into the ocean. But if these shelves fracture and then collapse, the flow of melting glaciers into the oceans accelerates.

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Guardian

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Ethiopia’s child workers at risk amid COVID

The pandemic has left such informal sector workers, often children, more vulnerable as their income drops even as work exposes them to COVID-19, said academics.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Demand for food aid soars in US amid job loss

A recent census bureau survey found 12% of U.S. households did not have enough food sometimes or often during the previous week – compared to 9% before the pandemic.

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Guardian

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Homeless man seen selling flowers in downtown São Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Wilfredor) Photo used under CC BY

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