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Protesters wave a banner during the Climate Change Camp at Heathrow Airport in London. Despite the pandemic, global carbon dioxide levels have now reached the dangerous milestone of being 50% higher than when the industrial age began – and the average rate of increase is faster than ever. (Photo by Andrew) Photo used under CC BY

UN: Nations must slash CO2 levels to avert ruin

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere hit 419 parts per million this year. To meet the goals of the Paris climate accords, a United Nations Environment Program report says countries need to cut their global emissions by 7.6% every year for the next decade.

Guardian

Climate change could push temperatures at the Tokyo Olympics into the ‘danger-zone’ for athletes, report warns

CNN

Uyghurs being deported from Muslim countries

More than a dozen accounts detail the alleged detention and deportation of Uyghurs at China’s request in three major Arab countries: Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

CNN

Pandemic has left millions unable to afford electricity

The economic toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has left more than 25 million people in Africa and Asia unable to afford electricity, threatening a global goal to provide power to everyone by 2030.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

WHO aims to get more COVID data from China

A top WHO official has said they cannot compel China to divulge more data on the origins of COVID, although it will propose studies needed to take understanding of where the virus emerged to the “next level.”

Al Jazeera

COVID deaths in rural India are underreported

The second wave of COVID-19 ravaged India as hospitals and then crematoriums ran out of space. Now experts believe that the number of deaths in rural India is much higher than official statistics.

BBC

Women falling behind in India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive

Thomson Reuters Foundation

‘Black fungus’ new scare in India as second COVID wave ebbs

Al Jazeera

Iranian Kurds in Iraq hopelessly seek asylum

Tens of thousands of Iranian Kurds live in dire conditions in the Kurdish region of Iraq as they await UN help or opportunities to transfer to a third country.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Ugandan court frees dozens of gay men on bail

A court in Uganda granted bail to 39 people, most of them gay men, jailed after what police said was a raid on a same-sex wedding that violated COVID rules, but which a rights group described as a round-up at an LGBTQ+ shelter.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Indian high court calls for sweeping reforms to respect LGBTQ rights

CNN

Activists gather to defy Hong Kong vigil ban

Hundreds of people gathered near a Hong Kong park this week despite a ban on an annual candlelight vigil to remember China’s deadly crackdown in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

Associated Press

Journalists who fled Myanmar find refuge

Three journalists from military-ruled Myanmar who were convicted of illegal entry after they fled to Thailand have been sent to a third country where they are safe

The Independent

Myanmar: The mysterious deaths of the NLD party officials

BBC

African women fight to end genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation has revived under COVID, but activists are pushing hard to save girls at risk.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Syria likely used chemical weapons 17 times

The head of the international chemical weapons watchdog has investigated 77 allegations against Syria and has concluded that in 17 cases, chemical weapons were likely or definitely used.

Associated Press

Violence eclipses upcoming elections in Mexico

With campaigning finished as Mexico’s midterm elections approach, many hope the bloodshed is over in what experts have described as one of the bloodiest election seasons in recent history.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Why astronauts are printing organs in space

With a global shortage of organs suitable for transplant into critically ill patients, some researchers are looking at 3D printing of living tissue as a solution – but to do it they might need to go into orbit.

BBC

Nigeria blocks Twitter on tenuous grounds

Nigeria said that it had indefinitely suspended Twitter’s activities, two days after the social media giant removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists.

Reuters

GLOBAL HEALTH

China reports first human case of rare bird flu

China reported the world’s first human infection of the H10N3 bird flu strain this week but said the risk of it spreading widely among people was low.

CBS News

Japan gives more than 1M vaccines to Taiwan

Tokyo is donating more than 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccines to Taiwan, Japan’s foreign minister announced this week, as Taipei struggles to secure jabs, accusing China of interference.

Asia Times Online

Denmark trial uses virtual reality game to boost COVID vaccinations

Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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Deforestation hampering Pakistan’s climate policy

Asia Times Online

Column (Jonathan Gornall):

Renaming COVID-19 variants will help fight racism

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

FDA approves new Alzheimer’s drug

The FDA has approved a new Alzheimer‘s drug, for the first time since 2003, notwithstanding warnings that the treatment hasn’t been shown to help slow the progression of the disease.

NBCNews.com

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Google pledges $4M for LGBTQ+ recovery

Google has announced commitments totaling $4 million in support of building an inclusive and equitable COVID-19 recovery for the LGBTQ+ community.

Philanthropy News Digest

Governors offer incentive to return to work

As some states end their participation in federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits, others are offering extra cash incentives to get people back to work.

Good Morning America

Teen gets college scholarship, donates savings to help other students in need

Good Morning America

Rhode Island sends 200K COVID tests to India

Care New England’s COVID-19 Crisis Relief Effort and the Rhode Island Department of Health have sent 200K COVID tests to India, along with protective equipment, ventilators, medications and other medical supplies.

Associated Press

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Cost of food rises at fastest pace in over 10 yrs

Global food prices have jumped at their fastest monthly rate in over a decade, according to the United Nations.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Deforestation, less rain hits Brazilian farmers

Forest losses in the southern Amazon are driving up to $1 billion in lost farm income a year - a warning for broader areas as deforestation surges, researchers say.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Arctic sea ice thinning twice as fast as thought

Sea ice across much of the Arctic is thinning twice as fast as previously thought, researchers have found. Less ice means more global heating, a vicious cycle that also leaves the region open to new oil extraction

Guardian

UN: World’s soils ‘under great pressure’

The world’s soils, which provide 95% of humanity’s food, are “under great pressure,” according to a UN report on soil pollution.

Guardian

Climate activists sue Italy over failure to act

Environment campaigners in Italy are suing the government for failing to sufficiently tackle the climate crisis in what is the first legal action of its kind in the country.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

A bride and her maid of honor in the Mukono district of Uganda take a moment to pause for a photo without their masks while observing social distancing. More restrictions are to be reinforced in Uganda to curb the spread of a second wave of amid a sharp rise in cases. (Photo by Esther Banyenzaki Kalanzi) Photo used under CC BY

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