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A member of the Karen Tribe, the so-called Long Neck Tribe of Thailand, works at a loom. The Kayan village near Mae Rim is a popular tourist destination in the vicinity of the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai. Known for its Long Neck women, the village used to have a steady influx of visitors from around the world. But, without any foreign tourists visiting Thailand, the village is now empty. (Photo by Steve Evans from Citizen of the World) Photo used under CC BY

Long-necked Thai women harmed by COVID travel ban

COVID-19 travel bans have decimated Thailand’s vital tourism industry. Near Mae Rim, a Kayan community famous for women with long necks, waits for foreigners to return.

Deutsche Welle

World’s richest drive climate-heating emissions

Prone to big spending, the richest one percent of the world produced twice as many planet-heating emissions as the poorest half over the last quarter-century, leaving little room in the world’s “carbon budget.”

CBC News

The quest for self-rule in Africa

Deutsche Welle

Poor countries on brink amid COVID, UN warns

The UN under-secretary for humanitarian affairs said that in the world’s most fragile countries starvation was set to double, life expectancy would fall and girls removed from school would never go back as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guardian

Created to prevent war, UN at 75 faces deeply polarized world

NBCNews.com

COVID-19 pandemic accelerates worldwide

The coronavirus pandemic appears to be accelerating worldwide, with new cases soaring last week to a new seven-day high of almost 2 million even as new deaths decreased, WHO statistics have shown.

Al Jazeera

Africa’s COVID-19 response praised globally

While the U.S. surpassed 200,000 virus deaths and the world approaches 1 million, Africa’s surge has been leveling off. It’s 1.4 million cases are far from the horrors predicted.

Associated Press

Anger as HK court keeps ‘discriminatory’ rule

A Hong Kong court’s decision to uphold a compulsory rule for migrant workers to live with their employers drew criticism from labor rights advocates, who said it exposed foreign maids to conditions akin to modern slavery.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

HUMAN RIGHTS

Singapore debates ban on Islamic veil at work

Although minority Muslim women can freely wear the hijab in most settings in Singapore, some professions bar the headscarf – and a recent case has triggered fresh debate on diversity and discrimination in the workplace.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Life of child prisoners in Indonesian jails

Deutsche Welle

Migrant workers speak out from ‘Plastic Sea’

In Almería’s vast farms, migrants pick food destined for UK supermarkets. But these ‘essential workers’ live in shantytowns and lack PPE as COVID-19 cases soar

Guardian

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Mali military leaders steer toward civilian rule

A group chosen by Mali’s military leaders appointed the former defense minister, Ba N’Daou, as president. He is expected to steer the country back to civilian rule in 18 months.

Al Jazeera

China, India to halt troop deployment on border

China and India have agreed to stop deploying more troops to their contested border and avoid any action that might complicate the tense situation there.

Al Jazeera

Iran’s rial hits record low amid US tensions

The Iranian rial fell to a record low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial market a day after the U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration declared all United Nations sanctions on Tehran had been restored.

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

120,000-year-old footprints found in Arabia

Hundreds of fossilized footprints dating back 120,000 years have been discovered in Saudi Arabia, and they might point to the earliest evidence of human movement into the region, according to a new study in Science Advances.

CNN

Archaeologists unearth 27 coffins at pyramid

Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed more than two dozen ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of Cairo, an official says.

Associated Press

Airbus announces hydrogen-powered airplanes

European aerospace giant Airbus released details of three hydrogen-fueled concept planes, saying they could enter service by the year 2035.

CNBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Anti-COVID efforts quash flu season in S. Africa

The COVID has delivered a lot of devastating news over the past few months, but in South Africa, the virtual elimination of the common flu stands out as a rare positive side effect.

CBS News

COVID: US death toll passes 200,000

BBC

Europe scrambles to contain coronavirus cases

Political pressure grows for European governments to tackle the rising number of coronavirus case without resorting to a spring-style lockdown that would hit the continent’s struggling economies.

Associated Press

UK faces growing COVID death rate

Al Jazeera

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Vivekanand Jayakumar):

How technology shapes globalization

The Hill

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Redefining anti-Semitism on Facebook

Al Jazeera

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A BRAC-style commission on tariffs is needed to bolster economy, COVID response

The Hill

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GOOD NEWS

These dads are building desks for students

Dozens of students in Maryland learning from home during the coronavirus pandemic are able to study at their own personal desks thanks to a group of local dads.

Good Morning America

Indian couple run street classes for students

India’s stringent lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 shut schools across the country in late March. Most remain closed as the case number has surged past 5 million, making India second worst-hit after the United States.

Associated Press

10-year-old has raised over 100k for rare pediatric diseases

Yahoo! News

Bill that would make hair discrimination illegal

The organization behind The CROWN Act, which ensures protection against race-based hair discrimination, said the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill ending natural hair discrimination nationwide.

Good Morning America

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Saudis give UN $200M for aid to Yemen

Saudi Arabia has signed a series of deals to provide more than $200 million to United Nations aid agencies operating in Yemen, a war-stricken nation in an aid funding crisis.

CNN

Nonprofit aims to help special needs students disrupted by COVID-19

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Millions of acres burning across S. America

Millions of acres across South America have been devastated by fires due to a combination of drought and multiple fires that authorities say are manmade.

CNN

Brazil‘s Amazon: Fireman ’saving what’s not burnt’

BBC

Scientists see chimps adapt to climate change

Scientists found chimpanzees that experienced more variation between seasons or between years had a larger behavioral repertoire than those that lived in more even climates.

ABC News

Six African heritage sites threatened by climate change

BBC

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Nigeria cuts interest rate to boost economy?

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s surprise interest-rate cut on concerns of a looming recession may be insufficient to boost growth in Africa’s largest economy.

Al Jazeera

COVID-19 compounds debt crisis in Cambodia

Dozens of interviews with indebted villagers and officials revealed how the coronavirus fallout has compounded microfinance debts, with fears growing that countless Cambodians could end up destitute and homeless.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Virus hinders India’s economic growth

India’s central bank has an onerous job when it meets later this month to revive growth after the economy contracted the most among major economies and could post a double-digit contraction in the full year.

Asia Times Online

Photo of the Day

A mural outside Blackfin Ameripub in Washington, D.C., pays tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the revered U.S. Supreme Court justice who died last week. President Donald Trump plans to announce his pick for Ginsburg’s replacement at week’s end, denying Ginsburg’s dying wish that her replacement be named by the president elected in November. (Photo by Elvert Barnes/Mural by Shawn Perkins and Dez Zambrano) Photo used under CC BY

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