- Massive monsoon rains in India, Nepal and Bangladesh in late August killed 1,400 people, closed over 20,000 schools and wiped out crops and livestock for poor farmers in South Asia. (“South Asia Floods Kill 1,200 and Shut 1.8 Million Children out of School,” The Guardian, Aug. 31, 2017; “As Flood Waters Rise, Is Urban Sprawl as Much to Blame as Climate Change?” The Guardian, Sept. 3, 2017)
- The Guardian newspaper reports that the wealthy elite of oil-rich Azerbaijan ran a covert $3 billion operation to influence European journalists and politicians, with accounts of money laundering through a network of secretive British companies. (“UK at Centre of Secret $3Bn Azerbaijani Money Laundering and Lobbying Scheme,” The Guardian, Sept. 4, 2017; “Azerbaijan Revelations Spark ‘Great Concern’ at Council of Europe,” The Guardian, Sept. 5, 2017)
- Federal prosecutors in Michigan have for the first time prosecuted a case involving female genital mutilation or (FGM) in the American courts. (“Michigan FGM Case Could Test Bounds of Religious Liberty,”Christian Science Monitor, July 17, 2017)
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