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White supremacist rally sparks deadly violence

A car plowed into a crowd of demonstrators following a foiled white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing a 32-year-old woman and injuring 19 others, police said.

ABC News

Video of car slamming into cars, pedestrians

NPR

Virginia governor to white nationalists: ‘Go home ... shame on you’

CNN

DWB decries Libya ‘blockade’ on boat migrants

Doctors Without Borders says “hostility” from Libya has forced it to suspend offshore rescues of boat migrants by its ship, Prudence. Libya has told non-governmental groups to stay away.

Deutsche Welle

S. Africa’s Zuma takes aim at foes who sought ouster

South African President Jacob Zuma indicated that ruling party lawmakers who backed an opposition attempt to oust him should face disciplinary action and said he may consider firing his higher education minister, who has criticized his leadership.

Bloomberg

Venezuela scoffs at Trump’s military threat

The Venezuelan government has warned it will defend itself against any intervention by the “extremist” United States after President Donald Trump raised the prospect of a “military option” in the chaos-ridden country.

Telegraph.co.uk

Latin Americans condemn Trump over threat

BBC

Is US angling to bomb ISIS in Philippines?

Filipino leader Rodrigo Duterte and top US envoy Rex Tillerson’s recent meeting in Manila has sparked speculation of possible American airstrikes on militants lodged in a besieged city.

Asia Times Online

Former Pakistan PM calls for revolution

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called for “a change and revolution” as he ended a four-day procession.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

600,000 Syrians have returned home

A rising number of Syrians who fled are returning to their homes, with more than 600,000 going back in the first seven months of this year, according to the International Organization for Migration.

NPR

US-led anti-Isis campaign in Raqqa failing

Guardian

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Influential Brit calls for second Brexit vote

David Miliband, the Labor Party’s former foreign secretary, warned that Brexit is an “unparalleled act of economic self-harm” and suggested that it is up to MPs of all political colors to fight back against its worst consequences.

Guardian

Post-election unrest kills 11 in Kenya

Kenyan police have killed at least 11 people in a crackdown on protests as anger at the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta erupted in Kisumu and slums surrounding the capital, officials and witnesses said.

Reuters

Report: Trump suspects Bannon behind leaks

President Trump reportedly suspects that his chief strategist Stephen Bannon is behind some White House leaks about fellow staffers, according to a new report by Axios.

The Hill

Myanmar sends troops to Rakhine

Myanmar has sent hundreds of soldiers to beef up security in northwestern Rakhine state after a recent spate of killings, fuelling fears of yet more violence and instability in the troubled region.

Reuters

Refugees living in limbo

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

App improves academic performance

A mobile learning app that uses game elements such as leaderboards and digital badges may have positive effects on student academic performance, engagement, and retention, according to a new study.

ScienceDaily

Study: You can learn new info while sleeping

Previous research has found sleep helps you store memories. But not only are you cataloging old information, you may also be learning new information while you get some shuteye, according to a new small study

Huffington Post

GLOBAL HEALTH

Oxygen cutoff kills scores of children in India

At least 60 children have died over five days at a hospital in eastern India, with local news media reporting that the deaths occurred when a company supplying oxygen cut off supply after a payment dispute.

Al Jazeera

Pigs on track to provide organs for humans

In a scientific first, researchers have created piglets that could possibly one day provide organs for human transplants.

TIME

Affordable care act halved uninsured rate

The number of working-age women without health insurance coverage in the United States has fallen by nearly half since the Affordable Care Act went into effect in 2010, a report from the Commonwealth Fund finds.

Philanthropy News Digest

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (David Goldman):

Missile defense is the solution to the Korean crisis

Asia Times Online

Column (Cynthia Lee):

I’m a woman in computer science. Let me ladysplain the Google memo to you.

Vox

Column (Jonathan Rauch):

Trump can stop leaks if he stops acting like Trump

Time

Column (Hadley Heath Manning):

Google it: Men and women are different, and that’s OK

Washington Examiner

Column (Robert Kuttner):

The Fatal Triangle: Trump, Kelly, Mueller

American Prospect

Column (Robin Wright):

The way out of Trump’s ad-lib war with North Korea

The New Yorker

Column (Daniel Schneider and Pete Sep):

Tax reform done right is key to boosting America’s economy

The Hill

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GOOD NEWS

Dad builds theme park for special-needs kids

Gordon Hartman created Morgan’s Wonderland after seeing his daughter struggle to make friends. The San Antonio amusement park is completely wheelchair-accessible and free for anyone with special needs.

USA TODAY

Zoo uses latest methods to facilitate hookups

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is taking a modern approach to finding the perfect mate for the animals under its care. The zookeepers have gotten matchmaking down to a science.

ABC News

Brave singles gaze into each other’s eyes

CNN

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Planned Parenthood receives $6.5 Million

Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota has announced a $6.5 million gift from an anonymous couple in support of a facilities expansion initiative.

Philanthropy News Digest

Surging stock effects big philanthropy

It’s not surprising that Jeff Bezos has begun to think more about philanthropy given the spectacular rise in his wealth. In 2005, he was worth $4.8 billion; today he’s the third richest person in the world.

Inside Philanthropy

ENVIRONMENT

Salmon farming has harmed environment

Salmon farming has done ‘enormous harm’ to fish stocks and the environment, Jeremy Paxman has warned, as he called for an overhaul of the industry to protect wildlife.

Telegraph.co.uk

‘Sky islands’ showcase evolution in action

The Western Ghats are a mountain chain in southwest India home to spectacular and unique sky islands. But despite being a hotspot of high biodiversity, relatively little is known about them scientifically.

National Geographic

BUSINESS

China warns US over aluminum dispute

China has told the Trump administration to tread carefully in a spat over aluminum exports if it wants to avoid damaging the relationship between the world’s two largest economies.

CNNMoney

Philippine peso falls to fresh 11-year low

Philippine central bank Governor Nestor Espenilla said the peso will trade at “manageable levels” with a flexible exchange rate policy. The currency extended declines.

Bloomberg

Photo of the Day

Shot in Harrisville, New Hampshire. (Photo by Liz West) Photo used under CC BY

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