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California counties sue over climate change

Three California communities are suing 37 of the world’s largest oil, gas and coal companies for knowingly contributing to climate change. The communities are now seeking relief from the costs of climate change, which include rising sea levels and carbon dioxide pollution.

The Independent

Environmental rules waived for border wall

The Department of Homeland Security announced it will use its authority to bypass environmental laws and other regulations to “ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads” near the U.S.-Mexico border south of San Diego.

NPR

U.S. eases environment laws for border

Reuters

US sanctions Maduro over dictatorial moves

The Treasury Department slapped sanctions on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, sending a clear signal of the Trump administration’s opposition to his regime.

CNNMoney

Trump fires Scaramucci in upheaval

U.S. President Donald Trump fired his communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, over an obscene tirade, just over a week after naming him to the job, in the latest staff upheaval to hit the Republican’s six-month-old administration.

Reuters

Suicide bombing at Afghan mosque kills 50

The death toll from a suicide attack at a minority Shia mosque in the western Afghan province of Herat has soared to 50, the provincial governor’s spokesman has reported.

Al Jazeera

ISIS attacks the Iraqi Embassy in Kabul

The Atlantic

Dark Web markets boom after FBI busts

Trade on several of the dark web’s illegal markets has boomed since two major players were shut by the authorities last month. The U.S. and Dutch authorities forced AlphaBay and Hansa offline to prevent the sale of drugs, weapons and malware.

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN struggles to deliver humanitarian aid

The UN has delivered aid to only a few hard-to-reach areas in Syria and not a single besieged location this month.

Al Jazeera

Saudi Arabia using Canadian trucks

The Canadian government is investigating reports that Saudi Arabia is using armoured vehicles made in Canada against own civilians.

Guardian

LGBTQ asylum seekers face prejudice

While Germany‘s parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage in June and last weekend saw one of the world’s biggest gay pride parades in Berlin, prejudice against the LGBTQ community persists.

NBCNews.com

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Rwandans head to the polls to vote

On 4 August 2017, Rwandans head to the polls to elect a president. They will choose between Frank Habineza, Philippe Mpayimana and the incumbent Paul Kagame.

allAfrica.com

Thousands to be evacuated from Lebanon

Under a deal between Hezbollah and Syrian opposition groups, 9,000 fighters and their relatives will return to Syria.

Al Jazeera

Jordan repeals law protecting rapists

The repeal of a Jordanian law that allowed a rapist to escape prison by marrying his victim was bittersweet news for a Jordanian woman whose daughter was assaulted when she was just 13 years old.

NBCNews.com

‘Historic day’ as Jordan repeals rape law

Al Jazeera

Turkey coup trial: Almost 500 in court

Almost 500 people arrested after last year’s failed coup in Turkey have appeared in court accused of taking part in the plot.

BBC

Nearly 500 suspects on trial in Turkey

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Why bitcoin is under increasing scrutiny

Cryptocurrencies are still more investments than way to pay, but their mainstream acceptability continues to grow, proper regulation will follow.

Guardian

Living computers made with RNA circuits

Scientists have demonstrated how living cells can be induced to carry out computations in the manner of tiny robots or computers.

ScienceDaily

Cell phones bring power to off-grid Africa

Fenix International, a San Francisco startup making solar-power systems for people with no access to electricity grids, is expanding in Africa through a partnership with the continent’s largest wireless carrier.

Bloomberg

GLOBAL HEALTH

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

Gender equality affects women’s cognition

Women’s cognitive functioning past middle age may be affected by the degree of gender equality in the country they live in, according to new findings.

ScienceDaily

How do refugee teens build resilience?

“In the West, we tend to think of resilience as inner psychological strength,” says Catherine Panter-Brick, an anthropologist at Yale University. “In the Middle East, resilience is more of a collective and social strength.”

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Tunisia sets an Arab model for curbing domestic violence

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Francisco Toro):

The last hope for Venezuela is a frightening one

The New Republic

Column (David Bossie):

David: The dirty little secret that is haunting Democrats

FOX News

Column (Jimmy Tobias):

These cities are putting our fractious federal government to shame

The Nation

Column (Sonali Kolhatkar):

NRA playing a deadly game in labeling the left as violent

Truthdig

Column (David A. Graham):

Both explanations for Trump’s meddling in Russia investigation portend disaster

The Atlantic

Column (Neal Starkman):

To prevent nuclear war, impeach Trump

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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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

The upside of rotting carcasses

Large animals dying en masse are crucial to the the Serengeti—and they aren’t the only ones. African wildebeests that die en masse on the Mara River in Kenya and Tanzania not only feed scavengers, but also release key nutrients directly into the river.

Smithsonian Magazine

Earth to warm 2 degrees Celsius

One study used statistical analysis to show that there is a 95% chance that Earth will warm more than 2 degrees at century‘s end, and a 1% chance that it’s below 1.5 C.

CNN

Two degrees of warming already baked in

ScienceDaily

World’s water quality might be in trouble

Because climate change will lead to more rain in some places, water quality around the world will decline, according to a Stanford University study published in Science.

Popular Science

BUSINESS

Political drama is hitting the dollar hard

Is Trump necessarily “bad” for the dollar, that global symbol of U.S. economic might? Probably no more than he is “good” for stocks.

Bloomberg

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

The Maldivian army last month locked down the country’s Parliament after the opposition vowed to move ahead with a vote against a key ally of President Abdulla Yameen. Soldiers in riot gear dragged elected members of Parliament out of the compound. Politicians defied the ban, fighting off riot police and scaling walls to enter the Parliament compound. (Photo by Dying Regime) Photo used under CC BY

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