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Demonstrator holding a sign with the message “Wake up humans, you’re endangered too” at a protest against climate change and destruction of nature. Climate change now aims to create ‘enormous difficulties’ for nations already burdened by economic challenges and high rates of poverty (Photo by Ivan Radic) Photo used under CC BY

Climate change to deepen the rich-poor global divide

Nearly nine in 10 leading global climate economists think climate change will deepen income inequality between rich and poor countries, with most calling for urgent action to cut planet-warming emissions, a new survey has showed.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Qatari women tell rights group of discrimination

Women in Qatar are living under a system of “deep discrimination” – dependent on men for permission to marry, travel, pursue higher education or make decisions about their own children, according to a new report.

Guardian

UN urges global donors to aid displaced Syrians

The UN urged international donors to pledge up to $10 billion to help Syrians fleeing a decade of civil war in the midst of the pandemic, saying the need for humanitarian support has never been so great. Some 24 million are now in need of basic aid.

Reuters

The ‘forgotten’ migrant crisis at Panama border

BBC

Thousands flee Myanmar airstrikes, crisis

Thai soldiers began sending back people who have fled a series of airstrikes by the military in neighboring Myanmar. But Thai officials denied that the insecurity on the border added a new dimension to an already volatile crisis.

Associated Press

Thailand denies forcing fleeing villagers back to Myanmar

Associated Press

India reverses order turning away Myanmar refugees

BBC

WHO: COVID-19 probably passed from bats

A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that the virus was probably transmitted from bats to humans through another animal, and that a lab leak was “extremely unlikely” as a cause.

Reuters

Wildlife trade likely pathway for COVID-19 in Wuhan

CNN

HUMAN RIGHTS

ISIS attacks in Africa rise steeply in one year

Attacks by Isis in Africa have gone up by a third in the last year. The group has not only become lethally active in Africa, it is also showing signs of a resurgence in the Middle East.

The Independent

Thailand takes steps against modern slavery

Thailand stepped up efforts to tackle modern slavery this week, with a dozen industry associations signing pacts to rid their supply chains of child and forced labor.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Myanmar protesters launch ‘garbage strike’

Trash piled up on the streets of Myanmar’s main city after activists launched a “garbage strike” to oppose military rule as the toll of pro-democracy protesters killed by the security forces since February rose to more than 500.

NBCNews.com

Myanmar protests continue amid reports of killings in Yangon

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Israel to pick Presidential candidate next week

President Reuven Rivlin announced he will begin consultations next week with Israel’s political rivals in hopes of unravelling the country’s post-election deadlock.

Al Jazeera

Haitians fear democracy is slipping away

Haiti emerged from the brutal and dynastic Duvalier dictatorship to democracy 35 years ago. Now, many Haitians fear a return to autocracy as President Jovenel Moise has been steadily amassing power.

Reuters

China formalizes Hong Kong electoral shake-up

China finalized a sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system, drastically curbing democratic representation in the city as authorities seek to ensure “patriots” rule the global financial hub.

NBCNews.com

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Space fans get spots on SpaceX orbital flight

A billionaire’s private SpaceX flight has filled its two remaining seats with a scientist-teacher and a data engineer whose college friend actually won a spot but gave him the prize.

ABC News

AI used to train crisis counselors for teens

The Trevor Project, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing suicides among LGBTQ youth, has turned to artificial language generators to create a hotline worker training simulator to mimic the experience of teens in crisis.

ADWEEK

In photos: The Worm Moon around the world

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Brazil’s COVID reality fueled by misinformation

In the country with the most Covid-19 deaths a day and over 100,000 new daily cases, alarm and anger is growing over the lack of access and the slow pace of vaccinations amid a health care system nearing collapse.

NBCNews.com

Vital to a clean world, scavengers left to plead for vaccine

Associated Press

COVID third wave to overrun Africa’s healthcare

Rising cases of coronavirus in Africa threaten to overrun fragile healthcare systems and test the continent’s much-touted resilience to the disease, according to the World Health Organization’s regional office for the continent.

Guardian

Turkish doctors climb mountains to vaccinate people

Deutsche Welle

Fearing lost wages, India’s poor shun vaccine

As a second wave of COVID-19 cases sweeps India, some poor city workers are shunning vaccination because they fear losing a day’s pay to get the jab, or possible side effects that could force them to skip work for longer.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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GOOD NEWS

Woman turns backyard into a food pantry

Desiree’ LaMarr-Murphy has been on a mission making sure families have enough food during the pandemic. The line starts outside her Pennsylvania home several hours before Murphy’s Giving Market opens every Tuesday.

ABC 7

‘Virtual rangers’ help S. African animal reserve

The animals that roam South Africa’s Balule Nature Reserve have a new ally in the battle to keep them safe from poachers - camera phones that stream images of their activities to thousands of “virtual rangers” worldwide.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Man gives out $4K in doughnut shop gift cards

A man bought $4,000 worth of gift cards from the Dunkin’ in Beavercreek, Ohio, to help people after this difficult year.

WHIO TV 7

A change making chocolatier

Axel-Emmanuel Gbaou is one of the few black chocolate makers in Ivory Coast. Now he is starting a ‘chocolate revolution’ with women in the cocoa-rich country

CNN

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Billionaire pledges $500M gift to city of Detroit

In an act of extreme philanthropy believed to be unprecedented anywhere in America, billionaire Dan Gilbert and his Gilbert Family Foundation and Rocket Community Fund pledged $500 million to the City of Detroit.

Hour Detroit

Artist‘s painting raises millions for charities

The world‘s largest painting, which was created by British artist, Sacha Jafri, has been sold for $62 million to raise funds for children’s charities.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

UK road plans ignore Paris climate pact goals

Prominent scientists and lawyers have said the UK government’s decision to ignore the Paris climate agreement when deciding on major infrastructure projects undermines its presidency of UN climate talks this year.

Guardian

Economists agree on climate change action

A growing number of climate economists say “immediate and drastic action” is needed to tackle climate change, according to a survey of 738 economists from around the world surveyed by NYU’s Institute for Policy Integrity.

Al Jazeera

The people under threat from a melting glacier

BBC

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Amazon organizers allege year of retaliation

The number of charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board accusing Amazon of interfering with workers’ right to organize more than tripled during the pandemic.

NBCNews.com

China pressures brands to deny abuse reports

China stepped up pressure on brands to reject reports of abuses in Xinjiang, telling companies that are targeted by Beijing to look closely and pointing to a statement by one that it found no forced labor.

NBCNews.com

Photo of the Day

A family at a Syrian refugee camp in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The UK has slashed its funding of its Syrian refugee program despite direct appeals from the UN that the plight of refugees has grown worse than ever during Syria’s 10-year civil war. (Photo by Levi Clancy) Photo used under CC BY

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