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Severe food shortages in Yemen have led to widespread malnutrition, making people - especially children - even more vulnerable to the cholera running through the population. (Photo by CDC Global) Photo used under CC BY

Cholera, hunger spread in war-torn Yemen

Yemen’s health, water and sanitation systems are collapsing after two years of war between government forces and the rebel Houthi movement. The conflict and a blockade have triggered a humanitarian disaster, leaving 70 percent of the population in need of aid.

BBC

Filth spreads Yemen’s deadly cholera outbreak

AOL News

Kremlin tells US to cut diplomatic staff in row

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has told the U.S. to cut the number of its diplomats in Russia, responding to anti-Russian sanctions endorsed by the U.S. Senate. Moscow accused the U.S. of hiding behind “exceptionalism.”

Deutsche Welle

North Korea successfully launches another ICBM

North Korea has fired another intercontinental ballistic missile, the U.S. Department of Defense says. The missile traveled roughly 620 miles — from the country’s northern province of Jagang to the Sea of Japan, where it finally splashed into the waters off Japan’s west coast.

NPR

Missile lands within Japan’s economic zone

NBCNews.com

Controversy behind ousting of Pakistan PM

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s removal from power may have shocked many Pakistanis, but they are adept at handling such chaos. Since 1947, when the country won independence, Pakistan has had 18 civilian prime ministers. All have been forced out prematurely.

BBC

How a Microsoft font took down a prime minister

Gizmodo

Is Venezuela becoming a dictatorship?

True to his threat, Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, will proceed with an election this weekend that will start the process for convening a constituent assembly to consider changing the country’s constitution. His adversaries oppose the move as a power grab.

Bloomberg

Venezuela could be the first sovereign oil producer to ‘fully fail’ after contentious vote, analyst warns

CNBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Tribal council orders ‘revenge rape’ in Pakistan

It began with a gruesome crime: a 12-year-old girl was raped by a teenage boy. Then a tribal council ordered a revenge rape. Two days after the girl was raped, her brother sexually violated a 16-year-old girl, the sister of the first rapist.

NPR

Head of village council among 24 arrested in connection with rape

Al Jazeera

Turkey frees journalists held for 9 months

Seven out of 17 newspaper staffers were released after being accused of having ties to terrorist organizations.

The Atlantic

Iraq troops’ abuses draw few US complaints

Extrajudicial killings of suspected ISIS members at the hands of Iraqi security forces in Mosul are no secret. But US troops embedded with Iraqi forces have reported only a handful of possible human rights violations, none as serious as what human rights groups say have taken place.

BuzzFeed News

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Self-defeating approach to peace in Myanmar

A big chill settled over Myanmar’s already frigid peace process when a planned meeting of ethnic Shan political parties, armed groups and civil society organizations in Chiang Mai, Thailand, was cancelled on orders of the Royal Thai Army.

Asia Times Online

Trump replaces White House chief of staff

President Trump is replacing White House chief of staff Reince Priebus with Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. Priebus’ dismissal capped a tumultuous six months marked by staff turmoil and political reversals that Trump often blamed on his chief of staff.

USA TODAY

Wife leaving Scaramucci over ‘naked ambition’

New York Post

Republican bid to gut Obamacare crashes

A U.S. Senate led by Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans dealt the president a harsh blow, failing to move ahead with a major campaign promise to dismantle Obamacare as they fell one vote short of passing health care legislation.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Japan battles population decline with robots

Japan is facing a population collapse that threatens its very existence. The world’s third-largest economy is looking to buttress its diminishing human population with a growing population of robots.

CBS News

Robot device improves gait in kids with palsy

ScienceDaily

Musk’s AI warnings meet Zuckerberg’s optimism

Two of Silicon Valley’s most influential visionaries, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, this week engaged in a public spat over the future of artificial intelligence and whether the government should take the wheel to counter the threat this emerging technology might pose to mankind.

TechNewsWorld

Scientists see galaxies from dawn of cosmos

Astronomers have discovered 23 young galaxies, seen as they were 800 million years after the Big Bang.

ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

FDA aims to move smokers toward e-cigarettes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration aims to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes while exploring measures to move smokers toward e-cigarettes, in a major regulatory shift that sent traditional cigarette company stocks plunging.

NBCNews.com

$300M raised to replace US sexual health funds

An effort to help global sexual health charities losing support under the Trump administration has reached a new milestone: $300 million in fundraising. The “She Decides” initiative — the brainchild of one Dutch official — kicked off earlier this year, and announced $190 million in funding as of early March.

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Dresden’s welcome cafes for refugees

Each week, refugees and Germans gather at cafes in Dresden, Germany. The cafes provide safe spaces for refugees from around the globe to mingle with the locals and practice their language skills.

Al Jazeera

Marine dog is given a tearful hero’s farewell

Hundreds of people in Michigan came together to say a tear-filled final goodbye to a cancer-stricken dog who served three tours in Afghanistan with the U.S. Marines.

ABC News

Mom gives hundred gallons of breast milk

A mother with a rare condition that she produces more breast milk than the average woman has donated more than 600 gallons of it in order to help hundreds of other parents feed their babies.

Daily Mail

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Questions to help develop year-end messaging

Although successful year-end campaigns are driven by a strategic combination of factors, one above all others is both critical and often the most challenging to execute: messaging.

Philanthropy News Digest

Trump’s trans ban tweet spurs backlash

After President Trump tweeted yesterday that transgender service members were no longer accepted or allowed in the U.S military, the widening movement to show that #Transrightsarehumanrights caught fire.

Nonprofit Quarterly

Jeff Bezos could redefine philanthropy

“I think his activities to date suggest he looks at some of his business investments as opportunities to advance social change,” said Jane Wales, CEO of the Global Philanthropy Forum.

Business Insider

ENVIRONMENT

Heavier rainfall will increase water pollution

If climate change continues to progress, increased precipitation could mean detrimental outcomes for water quality in the United States, a major new study warns.

National Geographic

Robotic eel finds sources of water pollution

Engadget

Can businesses override WH on environment?

Three businesses, of varying sizes and industries, share why they feel that the business community can set a precedent – and even outweigh the decisions of the Oval Office.

Forbes

BUSINESS

Coast to coast, eclipse business is booming

Communities across a swath of the U.S. are preparing for an influx of people eager to witness the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. Communities on the eclipse‘s path, which will stretch from Oregon to South Carolina, aren’t sure what to expect.

CBS News

Brexit can create a rise in UK megafarms

Smaller farms may be squeezed out if farmers switch to vast, intensive facilities due to the pressures the industry faces from leaving the EU, say farmers and campaigners,

Guardian

Photo of the Day

Nawaz Sharif, shown with former UK Development Secretary Justine Greening, stepped down as prime minister of Pakistan after the nation’s Supreme Court ruled that he had violated election rules. (Photo by UK Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

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