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Young girls collecting water from a pump in Nigeria. At least 2.3 million children and youth are going hungry in northeastern Nigeria, of which hundreds of thousands are under the age of 5, as Nigerian security forces continue a more than decade-long war against Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province. (Photo by Jeremy Weate) Photo used under CC BY

2.3M children fight hunger as farmers flee Nigerian war

At least 2.3 million children and youth are going hungry in northeastern Nigeria where escalating violence from a decade-long war has forced farmers to flee their fields and put the region on the brink of critical food shortages, humanitarian groups have warned.

Al Jazeera

China quietly scraps birth control penalties

China has quietly scrapped most, if not all, its draconian birth control penalties as authorities reverse policy recourse to tackle a looming demographic crisis. The changes follow the earlier easing of family planning restrictions.

Asia Times Online

Rohingya forced to rebuild camps amid floods

The process of rebuilding has begun once again for Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh after a week of heavy rains displaced tens of thousands of refugees and killed at least six Rohingya.

Guardian

Major climate changes inevitable, irreversible

Human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, with some of the changes now inevitable and “irreversible,” climate scientists have warned, bringing widespread extreme weather.

Guardian

Once-in-50-year heat waves will happen every decade

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Data sparks fear for Brazil’s forest fire season

Severe drought and early data are raising concerns that this forest fire season in Brazil will see the same high levels of destruction recorded in the past two years, despite efforts to tamp down the blazes.

Associated Press

Thousands flee in Greece as wildfires strike

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Mexican acid attack survivors unite for change

Survivors of acid attacks are banding together and raising their voices in Mexico despite the country’s high rates of violence, which often targets women, and staggering levels of impunity.

Associated Press

Tunisia democracy promises stall amid unrest

Halfway into Tunisia’s 30-day “state of exception” announced by President Kais Saied, he has yet to lay out a road map or appoint a government. Despite naming several ministers to replace those in the sacked administration.

FRANCE24

Tunisian activists say they will keep up pressure on president

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Bodies found in river separating Tigray, Sudan

Two bodies have been found floating down the river separating Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region from Sudan, refugees and a local physician said. They urged Sudanese authorities and the U.N. to help in search efforts.

Associated Press

Hungary hides sales of LGBTQ-themed books

Hungary ordered shops this week to sell children’s books seen as promoting homosexuality in “closed wrapping.”

Reuters

Children fleeing violence spikes in Mozambique

Growing numbers of children have been forced to flee fighting in Mozambique, according to a report released this week. The report shows a 40% increase in the number of unaccompanied children arriving at refugee camps.

Deutsche Welle

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Diplomatic dispute hurts migrants in Lithuania

The number of migrants entering Lithuania via Belarus has surged, causing migrants to fall victim to an escalating diplomatic dispute between the two countries.

Deutsche Welle

Two charged in Myanmar’s UN envoy death plot

US prosecutors said they had charged two Myanmar citizens with plotting to attack the country’s UN ambassador an outspoken supporter of the democracy movement who has refused junta orders to quit.

Asia Times Online

Special section:

Know their names: Children killed since the Myanmar coup

Al Jazeera

Tanzania opposition leader case postponed

Tanzanian riot police have detained a number of protesting supporters of arrested opposition leader Freeman Mbowe, his party has said, as a “terrorism” case against him was postponed.

Al Jazeera

Journalists in Venezuela try to deliver news

Media in Venezuela, like in other countries, have been struggling to stay afloat. They face mounting pressures from a government trying to control the flow of news, including fines over criticism of officials.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mars rover comes up empty in 1st try at rocks

NASA’s newest Mars rover came up empty in its first attempt to pick up a rock sample to eventually be brought back to Earth.

Associated Press

Supernova captured in detail for the first time

The earliest moments of a supernova – the cataclysmic explosion of a massive star – have been observed in detail, in a development that could help us better understand what happens to stars when they die.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Kenyan women deliver in bush with grave risks

Pregnant women in Haroresa village in Kenya deliver not in hospitals, but in the bush. Incessant lobbying has yielded nothing, so expectant women find a spot in the wild and give birth with the help of midwives.

All Africa

US ranks last for health care in affluent nations

The US once again ranked last in access to health care, equity and outcomes among high-income countries, despite spending a far greater share of its economy on health care, a new report released has found.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Mattel created dolls honoring frontline workers

Mattel is honoring frontline workers continued bravery throughout the COVID pandemic with dolls modeled on real-life doctors and nurses.

TIME

93-year-old dance student keeps pace with Miami Zumba teacher

Yahoo! News

Teen’s invention can protect homes from wildfires

YouTube

Singer’s voice comforts cancer patients

Amanda Visconti tunes her acoustic guitar and warms up her vocals, as the 25-year-old singer-songwriter prepares for her audience at Miami Cancer Institute, as a member of the Art in Medicine program.

Microsoft News

7-year-old inspires others with motivational videos

ABC News

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Foundation commits $20M to Africa COVID aid

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a commitment of $20 million in immediate, flexible funding to Africa CDC in support of COVID-19 response efforts.

Philanthropy News Digest

Teen collects thousands of cans, bottles to fund students’ college tuition

Good Morning America

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

India’s domestic workers lose jobs to COVID

For the first time in their lives, richer Indians had to do their own housework. And even when lockdowns have been lifted, they have not reverted to the old ways, their dependence on domestic workers reduced.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Poor countries struggle with climate impact

Low-income countries are struggling to protect themselves against climate change, officials and experts have told the BBC.

BBC

Engineers extract drinking water from thin air

A Spanish company has devised a system to extract drinking water from air to supply arid regions where people are in desperate need.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Saudi Arabia: Wind farm begins production

Saudi Arabia’s first wind farm has been connected to the grid and began producing carbon-free electricity, local media reported.

Al Jazeera

Europe battles wildfires, scorching heat waves

A summer of record-setting heat in southern Europe has set off devastating wildfires that have torn through forests, homes and destroyed infrastructure from Turkey to Spain.

CNN

Greek firefighter killed, 20 injured amid fires

Guardian

Photo of the Day

A child soldier in Afghanistan. In 2020, the situation of children in armed conflict was marked by a sustained high number of grave violations. The United Nations verified 26,425 grave violations, of which 23,946 were committed in 2020 and 2,479 were committed earlier but verified only in 2020. The highest number of violations was the recruitment and use of 8,521 children. (Photo by Robin Kirk) Photo used under CC BY

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