Japan orders over a million to evacuate amid torrential rains
Al Jazeera
Authorities in Japan have issued evacuation orders for more than one million people in southern parts of the country hit by heavy rains, a year after deadly floods killed more than 200 people.
Small landslides were already being reported in parts of the affected area, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Libya migrants: UN says attack could be war crime
BBC World News
An attack which killed more than 44 migrants at a detention centre outside the Libyan capital could constitute a war crime, a UN official said.
At least 130 people were injured in the attack, which the Libyan government blamed on an air strike by forces loyal to a warlord, General Khalifa Haftar.
Gen Haftar's forces accuse the government side of shelling the centre.
US News
Appeals court: Trump can’t use Pentagon cash for border wall
AP News
SAN DIEGO (AP) — An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a freeze on Pentagon money to build a border wall with Mexico, casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s ability to make good on a signature campaign promise before the 2020 election.
Amazon’s former HQ2 location is doing just fine without Amazon
Vox News
Looking at the real estate market in Long Island City right now, you’d never know the Queens neighborhood is just a few months post breakup with one of the most valuable tech companies in the world.
Science/ Environment News
Science News
Two stricter laws on vaccine exemptions and a school admission policy, enacted from 2014 to 2016, were associated with a decrease in the rate of kindergartners who were behind on required vaccinations for nine diseases including measles, mumps, pertussis and chicken pox