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Because children generally do not become severely ill with COVID, there has been less research as to its effects on them. A new study has linked severe instances of COVID in children with longer term, persistent effects such as fatigue, sleep disturbances and sensory problems. (Photo by https://www.vperemen.com) Photo used under CC BY

Children with COVID risk long-term health issues

Children who are hospitalized with coronavirus may be at risk of persistent fatigue and other symptoms of long COVID, according to researchers who examined the health of patients months after they were discharged.

Guardian

India nears 200K COVID deaths, army steps in

India’s COVID death toll is nearing the bleak milestone of 200,000 with another 2,771 fatalities reported while its armed forces have pledged urgent medical aid to help battle the staggering spike in infections.

Al Jazeera

Vaccines appear effective against India COVID variant

Deutsche Welle

HRW: Israel committing crimes against humanity

In what it calls its most comprehensive report to date on Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of committing the crime of apartheid.

NPR

Syrian refugees wary of voting in next election

The Syrian government has reached out to millions of refugees to vote in its May presidential elections, but many refuse to register, fearing reprisals.

Al Jazeera

Islamic State group still a threat in Afghanistan

Militants of the Islamic State group have been driven back into the mountains of Afghanistan by bombing raids and a fierce ground campaign, but there are concerns that the U.S. withdrawal will allow them the space to return.

Associated Press

Afghans detail alleged killings by Australian military

NPR

Chad protesters clash, demand civilian rule

At least two people were killed and 27 wounded in street clashes in Chad between protesters demanding a return to civilian rule and security forces, prompting key ally France to condemn the crackdown.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

HK immigration bill raises alarm over ‘exit bans’

Hong Kong’s legislature passed a controversial immigration bill, which lawyers, diplomats and right groups fear will give authorities unlimited powers to prevent residents and others from entering or leaving the Chinese-ruled city.

Reuters

Afghans detail killings by Australian military

Urged by advocacy groups, Afghan victims‘ relatives are coming forward to tell their stories in hopes of seeking justice as the Australian government launches investigations into troops’ suspected killings of Afghans.

NPR

Examining the police shootings of Black Americans and how leadership plays a role

PBS NewsHour

Spanish coast guard finds 17 migrants dead

Spain‘s coast guard has found 17 dead migrants on a boat off the Canary Islands, the country’s local emergency services announced. Three survivors were transferred by military helicopter to a hospital on Tenerife.

Deutsche Welle

Human smugglers bypass Texas border patrol

NPR

Iran faces mass backlash over jail sentence

An Iranian-British woman long-held in Tehran has been sentenced to another year in prison, drawing immediate criticism from Britain in the high-profile case that has prompted international condemnation of Iran.

Associated Press

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Kenya debates lowering age of consent to 16

While some point to the number of teenage boys jailed for consensual sex, others fear gender equality gains could be lost.

Guardian

Brazil’s new jails without guns and violence

Brazil’s APAC recovery centers focus on rehabilitation and understanding, instead of weapons and violence. An EU project hopes the idea will catch on around the world.

Deutsche Welle

Chad’s rebels ‘ready’ for ceasefire and talks

Rebels in northern Chad are ready to observe a ceasefire and to discuss a political settlement after the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby. The air force has since bombarded rebel positions, the military and rebels said.

Al Jazeera

Why asylum seekers on either side of the southern border still face an uncertain future

PBS NewsHour

Pakistan blows hot, cold on peace with India

Pakistan is blowing hot and cold on normalizing trade relations with India, an early setback to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s officially ballyhooed shift from a geostrategic to geo-economic foreign policy orientation.

Asia Times Online

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Climate change has shifted the Earth’s axis

Climate change is likely the cause of a recent shift in the Earth’s axis of rotation, a new study suggests. Melting glaciers redistributed enough water to cause the North and South Poles to move eastward since the mid-1990s.

USA TODAY

Commuters could power cities of the future

CNN

India‘s removal of tweets critical of COVID-19 response deemed ’dangerous’

Thomson Reuters Foundation

GLOBAL HEALTH

Medical students in India feel betrayed

There are 541 medical colleges in India with 36,000 post-graduate medical students, and according to doctors’ unions constitute the majority at any government hospitals — they are the bulwark of the India’s COVID response.

Associated Press

India’s virus surge follows crowded events

India is enduring its darkest chapter yet, with mass funeral pyres, burials and a collapse of the health system compounded by shortages of oxygen, ventilators, and hospital beds.

Associated Press

Sanctions-battered Iran hits worst COVID wave

Economic pressure, coupled with the growing uncertainty over when vaccines will be widely available in the country, have many simply giving up on social distancing, considering it an unaffordable luxury.

Al Jazeera

Sierra Leone: ‘COVID-19 will go, we need to focus on malaria’

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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Wild animal suffering is the new frontier of animal welfare

Vox

Column (Don Mclain Gill):

Inconsistencies of India-US health cooperation

Asia Times Online

Column (Stephen Buranyi):

The world is desperate for more COVID vaccines – patents shouldn’t get in the way

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Camel brings books to kids in Pakistan

A school principal in Pakistan has found a creative way to deliver new ideas to children in the country’s poorest province — all with the help of a reliable camel.

Deutsche Welle

Kabul school helping kids with special needs

More than 17% of Afghan children have a mild, moderate or severe disability, but stigma and resistance from schools to accept them means most have not been able to receive an education, according to the Asia Foundation.

Guardian

Woman fosters 80+ infants over 34 years

A 78-year-old woman was recently highlighted by a local news station for her ongoing efforts to help babies in foster care, a mission of hers that began decades ago.

People

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Texas nonprofit aims to save elderly dogs

A new nonprofit is stepping up to save elderly dogs who have trouble getting adopted from shelters across Texas. Their goal is to shower them with happiness during their final years.

Fox 7 Austin

New efforts to boost diversity in engineering

The GE Foundation has announced a $100 million commitment to establish a global college-readiness initiative aimed at increasing the diversity of young people in engineering.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Protecting nature lowers risk of armed conflict

This comes as a coalition of countries pushes to conserve global biodiversity by protecting at least 30% of land and oceans by 2030, ahead of a key United Nations conference in Kunming, China, set to take place in October.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Glaciers melting twice as fast than 20 yrs ago

Between 2000 and 2019, glaciers lost 267 gigatonnes (Gt) of ice per year, equivalent to 21% of sea-level rise, reveals a paper published in Nature.

Guardian

Climate change threatens Iraq’s Bedouins

The summers have become too hot to bear in their traditional, rudimentary tents made of animal fur, pushing many to find reprieve in nearby villages and towns, where they rent farming land for their livestock to feed on.

Al Jazeera

Climate geoengineering poses dilemmas

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges humanity has ever faced. Many experts now say drastic times call for drastic measures, arguing that climate geoengineering should be part of the solution.

CBS News

Rewilding Argentina: A journey to help nature heal

Al Jazeera

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Nearly 30M in Sahel will need aid this year

A record 29 million people will need humanitarian assistance in the Sahel and the Lake Chad basin in 2021 amid a deepening crisis, a report by the UN office for humanitarian affairs (Unocha) has estimated.

Guardian

Nigerian community relies on trade by barter

In Akpabuyo community in Cross River State, Nigeria, people pay for what they need with what they have, instead of using coins and banknotes. They say it’s a part of their culture that they want to preserve.

BBC

Saudis ban Lebanese goods due to smuggling

Saudi Arabia will ban Lebanese fruits and vegetables entering the kingdom or passing through it because those shipments have been increasingly used to smuggle drugs, the official news agency has reported.

Associated Press

Photo of the Day

An image of Lake Chad, a historically large but shrinking lake in West Africa. The lake provides water to over 68 million people living in its surrounding countries: Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria. Since the 1960s, the lake has shrunk by 90% due to climate change. (Photo by Peter Prokosch)

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