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The tremendous blast that shook Lebanon on Aug. 4, 2020, will be recorded as a major turning point in the country’s history. The blast that killed thousands, caused widespread damage to much of Beirut and only further exacerbated the country’s political instability and mass poverty. (Photo by Mahdi Shojaeian) Photo used under CC BY

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Beirut rescue teams hopeful weeks after massive blasts

Rescue workers in Beirut are delicately exploring the rubble where a specialist team says it detected signs of life — one month after the massive Beirut explosion. The effort began after a sniffer dog signaled that someone might be alive under the debris.

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NPR

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’Praying for miracle’ in Beirut survivor search

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BBC

Afghan government, Taliban begin historic talks

Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban are set to begin their first-ever direct talks toward ending nearly two decades of fighting, after the U.S. signed a deal with the insurgent group to extricate America from its longest war.

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Wall Street Journal

Spikes in virus death toll worrisome in Middle East

The confirmed death toll from COVID-19 passed 50,000 in the Middle East, local health authorities have said. Those numbers still may be an undercount, though, as testing in war-torn nations like Libya and Yemen remains extremely limited.

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Associated Press

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Coronavirus makes life more difficult for Pakistan’s transgender community

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Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine shows promise

A virus vaccine developed and tested in Russia generated neutralizing antibodies in dozens of study subjects, and while the vaccine caused side effects such as fever, those side effects were mostly mild, according to new data.

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CNN

Refugee virus cases spark fears in Lesbos

The first coronavirus case in Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, where nearly 13,000 people are living in a space designed for 3,000, has led to fears that the government will use the pandemic as a pretext to create closed camps.

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Guardian

Syrian fighters generate backlash in Libya

A U.S. report said the presence of thousands of Syrian mercenaries sent by Turkey to Libya to fight on the side of the U.N.-supported government was likely to degrade security and generate backlash from the Libyan public.

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ABC News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Speedo investigates human rights violations

Speedo International will investigate a report of possible human rights violations by its Indian partner Page Industries, which Norway’s wealth fund dropped from its portfolio.

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MSN Money

Vietnam has ways to go in advancing LGBTQ+

Today, queer folk are part of the social fabric of urban life in Vietnam. But progress still needs to be made.

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Vice

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Mexico has world’s most health worker deaths

More health workers have died from the coronavirus in Mexico than any other country on the planet, highlighting the high toll the pandemic was taking on frontline medical staff around the globe.

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Reuters

Drug cartels raise fears with killer drones

Mexico’s deadly drug cartels are among the most feared in the world — they will conduct brazen attacks anywhere — including downtown Mexico City — to kill a target they deem in their way, or just out of revenge.

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Asia Times Online

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Zimbabwe reversing its white farmer policy

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Al Jazeera

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Did India attack China by proxy in Pakistan?

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Asia Times Online

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Apple commits to human rights policy

Apple Inc said it was committed to freedom of information and expression in a document it has published on its humans rights policy - a move which follows increased pressure from the company’s shareholders.

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Reuters

Scientists detect collision of huge black holes

Astronomers say they’ve detected the signal from a violent collision of two black holes that created a new one of a size that has never been seen before.

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NBC News

Chronic stress and COVID-19 might be linked

Some researchers are asking if stress — especially chronic stress — might be another preexisting condition that makes COVID-19 infections worse.

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Vox

GLOBAL HEALTH

South Korean doctors divided over strike

South Korea’s peak medical association called for an end to a doctors strike which has complicated efforts to curb a new wave of coronavirus infections after the government backed down on plans to reform the sector.

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Reuters

COVID vaccinations not expected until mid-2021

A World Health Organization spokeswoman said it does not expect widespread vaccinations against COVID-19 until the middle of next year, stressing the importance of rigorous checks on their effectiveness and safety.

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Reuters

Brazil tops 4 M cases as pandemic slows

Brazil topped four million COVID-19 cases as health ministry officials said infections were beginning to slow in the world’s second worst-hit country.

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Asia Times Online

Columns And Op-Ed

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A commercial ship saved 27 migrants, but now the EU has abandoned it at sea

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Column (Antonia M. Villaruel and Claire M. Fagan):

As nursing goes, so goes public health

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The Hill

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How the Indian state persecutes dissent

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Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Oldest living WWII vet in US is turning 111

The oldest living American to have served in the Second World War is going to turn 111. To help him celebrate, the National World War II Museum is asking people from around the world to send him a birthday greeting.

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Smithsonian Magazine

Happiness Museum opens in Copenhagen

Denmark, currently the second happiest country on earth, is now home to The Happiness Museum, an institution dedicated to the idea of happiness and how it has been perceived and discussed over the centuries.

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Travel + Leisure

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Hand washing stations being made from plastic waste

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A Plus

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Lowe’s partners with nonprofit in grant giving

The nonprofit Local Initiatives Support Corporation, LISC, is giving out grants thanks to home improvement chain Lowe’s, $55 million contribution.

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USA TODAY

Soccer star starts nonprofit for girls of color

Sarah Gorden considers it part of her job to use her platform as a Black athlete in the National Women’s Soccer League to speak on behalf of individuals who may be too exhausted to fight battles.

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Chicago Sun-Times

ENVIRONMENT

Rare turtle species saved from extinction

A turtle species that was once believed to be extinct was rediscovered and now faces little danger of biological extinction, researchers who worked to repair the species announced this month.

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CBS News

Venezuelan oil tanker drawing global concern

The sight of a huge oil tanker that has taken on water and is leaning to one side off a remote stretch of Venezuela’s coast has triggered international calls for action.

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ABC News

Highest-ever carbon leak in the Arctic Circle

Wildfires in the Arctic Circle this summer once again broke records, surpassing last year’s carbon dioxide emissions.

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CBS News

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Virus-idled Indian workers boost water security

Thousands of jobseekers in India have been recruited into a trench-building scheme aiming to boost scarce water supplies by catching rainfall and restore depleting aquifirs.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Nile dam row: US cuts aid to Ethiopia

The U.S. is cutting aid to Ethiopia over a controversial mega dam being built on a tributary of the River Nile.

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BBC

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Protests opposing Venezuelan Bolivarian Revolution in Avenida Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil in May of 2017. (Photo by Wilfredor) Photo used under CC BY

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