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Need for food in Nigeria rising as funds shrink

Nigeria is facing “an unprecedented hunger crisis,” and the need for food is rising across west and central Africa while funds are shrinking, the U.N. food agency said.

Associated Press

UN: The Taliban tortured forcibly expelled Afghans

The Taliban have tortured and threatened Afghans forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan because of their identity or personal history, a U.N. report said.

NBCNews.com

Gaza running out of food to save starving kids

Gaza is on the brink of running out of the specialized therapeutic food needed to save the lives of severely malnourished children, United Nations and humanitarian agencies say.

Yahoo! News

Dozens of kids, adults in Gaza have starved to death in July

Associated Press

The story behind the photograph of a starving Gaza baby

BBC

Gaza doctors ‘becoming too weak to treat patients’

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Did Saudi Arabia ban activists from leaving?

Saudi Arabia is banning large numbers of its own citizens from leaving the country in a “cruel” attempt to silence criticism, say human rights activists.

Guardian

Explosion in Syria leaves several dead, injured

Several people have been killed and dozens injured in a huge explosion in Syria, where local TV reports said the blast occurred at an ammunition depot.

MSN

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Thousands flee as Thailand, Cambodia clash

Tens of thousands of people sought refuge as border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia entered a second day, heightening fears of a broader conflict.

Associated Press

People run for cover in Thailand amid clashes with Cambodian forces

Guardian

Thailand favors direct talks to end Cambodia conflict

Reuters

What’s behind the fighting between Thailand and Cambodia

Associated Press

Ukraine urges national unity amid protests

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy urged national unity as demonstrators took to the streets of more than a dozen cities nationwide to protest a controversial bill that critics said will neuter two key anti-corruption agencies.

ABC News

Putin weaponizes Ukrainian protests in bid to undermine Zelensky

Newsweek

BBC goes inside rebel-held city in DR Congo

Six months after M23 rebels took the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo city of Goma, there are signs of a return to normality.

BBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Argentina makes AI child abuse imagery illegal

Creating child abuse imagery with AI is now a crime in Argentina, setting a regional precedent for fighting online child abuse.

Context

GLOBAL HEALTH

Telemedicine aims to reach rural Nigerians

Nigeria’s clinics are overcrowded and short on medical staff and beds. A telemedicine pilot project aims to reach patients in remote regions via satellite connection, in order to provide better medical care.

Deutsche Welle

Meet Nigeria’s human flycatchers risking lives

People are the best option to capture black flies. Black flies, which breed near rivers, are blood-sucking insects that spread the debilitating neglected tropical disease onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness.

Guardian

Hospitals in Syria are struggling after clashes

The main hospital in the southern Syrian city of Sweida is overwhelmed with trauma patients and working without adequate power or water after the local Druze minority clashed with Bedouin and government forces.

Yahoo! News

How do microplastics in our bodies affect us?

Microplastics have even been found inside our bones – but what impact are they having on our health? Here’s everything we know about what they’re doing to our bodies.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

How girls’ basketball is helping teens in Ghana

Basketball allows Rita Lamptey to bring her A game to the court and classroom. The 19-year-old could finish school, a rarity for young women in her Ghanaian fishing community.

Deutsche Welle

Nashville man welcomes newborns with stork

For neighbors and friends with a newborn, Cees Brinkman places a hand-carved wooden stork in their yard, complete with a line of new baby clothes. He’s done this many times over the past 30 years.

News Channel 5 Nashville

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

USAID: No evidence of Hamas theft of Gaza aid

An internal U.S. government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft by the Palestinian militant group Hamas of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies.

France 24

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Saudi Arabia plans to invest $6.4B with Syria

Saudi Arabia has signed investment deals worth $6.4 billion with Syria, marking a significant step in the country’s efforts to re-engage economically with the war-ravaged country and support its reconstruction drive.

Arab News

ENVIRONMENT

Gold wars leave Amazon defenders vulnerable

Illegal gold mining in one of Peru’s most ecologically significant areas has unleashed environmental destruction and gang violence.

Context

Indian slum becomes a hub to reuse materials

Today marks what one NGO has dubbed “Earth Overshoot Day.” So what can we do to try and live within the planet’s limits? DW found some answers in India.

Deutsche Welle

Can you un-bleach coral to reverse damage?

Corals at Ningaloo reef have suffered from mass bleaching as part of what scientists call a “marine heatwave.” The coral harbors a massive amount of biodiversity and protects shores from extreme weather.

BBC

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