The Daily Source: Quality News from Around the Internet

This edition was published on 11/17/16 at 7:35 p.m. [ Go to the front page ]

Home

About us

Our Team

Volunteer

Ways to help

Opinion

Stephen Hawking is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and director of research at the Center for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. The photo was shot Aug. 26, 2012, in Cambridge, England. (Photo by Kosala Bandara) Photo used under CC BY

Email_icon

Hawking: Humanity needs new home

Celebrated theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking has warned that humanity will not survive another 1,000 years on Earth unless the human race finds another planet to live on. Hawking painted a grave picture of the future.

Email_icon

The Independent

Symbol_story

Scientists discover potentially habitable planet

Email_icon

Daily Caller

Baghdad, Kurds at odds over control of Mosul

Clear divisions have emerged between Iraqi and Kurdish leaders over territorial control after the recapture of Mosul, even though the battle for ISIL’s last stronghold in Iraq is far from over as it enters its second month.

Email_icon

Al Jazeera

Symbol_slideshow

A view of urban warfare in Mosul

Email_icon

Time

Why are nations leaving world criminal court?

The International Criminal Court came under fire again when Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte became the latest leader to say he’s considering leaving the “useless” tribunal; hours earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was withdrawing his nation from ICC.

Email_icon

USA TODAY

Crop yield gets big boost with modified genes

Researchers have bumped up crop productivity by as much as 20 percent by increasing the expression of genes that result in more efficient use of light in photosynthesis. Their work could help address the world’s future food needs.

Email_icon

ScienceDaily

Nigeria’s Chibok girls: How many got free?

Nigeria’s war with Boko Haram has been synonymous with the militant group’s highest-profile abductees. Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 girls from a school in April 2014. Some have escaped; most have not.

Email_icon

Newsweek

73 killed in tanker explosion in Mozambique

A fuel tanker exploded in northern Mozambique as residents gathered around to buy fuel from the driver, killing 73 people and injuring 110 others, Mozambican media reported.

Email_icon

FOX News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Offensive traps 275,000 Syrians in Aleppo

A renewed offensive by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad to recapture Aleppo has trapped around 275,000 Syrians in the middle of warring factions with no food or medicine since July. Russia offered to halt its airstrikes to allow rebels, and therefore civilians, to leave Aleppo, but rebel forces have refused to budge.

Email_icon

Australia to resettle refugees in US

Australia will transfer hundreds of refugees currently held in offshore detention centers to the United States in a landmark “one-off” deal.

Email_icon

CNN

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

US intelligence chief James Clapper resigns

James Clapper, the U.S.’ top intelligence official, has submitted his letter of resignation, ensuring that President-elect Donald Trump will have the option to build his own network of intel leaders. The resignation was expected.

Email_icon

The Hill

Leaders who might benefit from Trump’s rise

The U.S. foreign-policy establishment had a collective meltdown at the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency, but now that he has won, not everyone is gearing up for World War Trump.

Email_icon

The Atlantic

India, Japan sign nuke deal - a risky business?

The leaders of the two countries have signed a civilian nuclear cooperation, allowing exports of crucial Japanese technology to fuel India‘s growing economy. But concerns remain about India’s non-proliferation status.

Email_icon

How Trump’s tax plan may influence returns

If Trump were to enact everything he has proposed, a taxpayer who makes between $48,000 to $83,000 a year would save about $1,000; people in the top 0.01% would receive $1 million in annual tax savings.

Email_icon

USA TODAY

Catalan separatists protest legal challenges

Thousands of Catalan separatists protest against government’s legal challenges Demonstration in Barcelona aimed at Spain’s leaders who want to take Catalan politicians to court for holding unofficial referendum on independence

Email_icon

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Tech is transforming the developing world

Innovation and technology can change people’s lives for the better in the developing world, where poverty is high and quality of life poor.

Email_icon

The Next Web

Trauma alters brains of boys, girls differently

Traumatic stress affects the brains of adolescent boys and girls differently, according to a new brain-scanning study. Among youth with post-traumatic stress disorder, the study found structural differences between the sexes in one part of the insult.

Email_icon

ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

The lingering shadow of Ebola outbreak

The Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, which killed more than 3,580 people in 18 months, left behind a legacy of psychological suffering which is little discussed and under-supported. The nation has only 21 mental health nurses and one elderly psychiatrist for a population of more than 6 million.

Email_icon

Al Jazeera

Symbol_story

What will now become of Obamacare?

Email_icon

NBCNews.com

AIDS To Zika: Trump health, humanitarian aid

No one knows what the Trump administration has planned for U.S. foreign aid programs and other global initiatives that fight poverty and disease. But the president-elect has commented on a number of global issues. Here’s what he has said in speeches and interviews.

Email_icon

NPR

BUSINESS

Alaska Airlines touts ‘forest-powered’ flight

Alaska Airlines made history flying the first commercial flight using the world’s first renewable, alternative jet fuel made from forest residuals -- what remains after managed forests are harvested.

Email_icon

Aviation Tribune

Co-ops’ role in making vegan shopping easier

Co-ops are responding to the rapid increase in the number of people following the vegan lifestyle by expanding their product range, imposing clearer labelling and certifying their items as free from animal testing. This World Vegan Day, Dominika Piasecka explores how co-ops support their vegan customers.

Email_icon

Co-operative News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Site edited by: Jameson O'Neal, Pallavi Sukhia, Lukas Dregne, Nisha Dubey and Catherine Lux.

GOOD NEWS

Library of Things movement spreading

The Library of Things movement is emerging in communities around the world. These spaces give people access to a huge spectrum of items, from board games, party supplies and tennis rackets to saws, kitchen appliances, turntables, clothing and tents, without the burden of ownership.

Email_icon

Shareable

Symbol_story

Lending library offers shopping alternative

Email_icon

Lego signs on to anti-hate campaign

The “Stop Funding Hate” campaign, which urges British companies not to advertise in a number of the country’s tabloids in the run-up to Christmas, has gathered momentum after Danish toymaker Lego said it would end “promotional activity” with the Daily Mail.

Email_icon

The Hindu

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Trump aims to start trade reform on Day 1

President-elect Donald Trump will begin the process of reshaping America’s trade policy on Day 1 of his administration, according to a memo drafted by his transition team obtained by CNN. His plan includes renegotiating or withdrawing from NAFTA.

Email_icon

CNN

Exponential thinking: A revolutionary mindset?

If you take 30 steps linearly, you will walk 30 meters; if you take 30 doubling steps, you will have traveled 26 times around the globe. That’s exponential thinking, a concept Singularity University aims to translate from product development to global development.

Email_icon

Devex

NGOs AND NPOs

Egypt approves ‘repressive’ NGO bill

Egypt’s parliament has approved a bill to regulate non-governmental organizations in a move human rights groups say effectively bans their work. Egyptian rights activists say they are facing the worst crackdown in their history.

Email_icon

Reuters

Trump win might push more onto state NPOs

What does a Donald Trump administration mean for the nonprofit sector? The answer to that question likely will crystallize in the coming months as transition teams put together the first GOP White House in eight years after the real estate magnate won the presidency.

Email_icon

NonProfit Times

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Buddhists face backlash for aiding Muslims

Soe Aung works for an international aid agency in his hometown of Sittwe, Myanmar. It’s a good job, but the Buddhist isn’t eager to discuss it outside his close circle of friends and family. That’s because his agency helps Rohingya Muslims.

Email_icon

IRIN

US aid for women’s sexual health under threat

Hundreds of millions of dollars in US aid that helps prevent child and maternal deaths and reduces unintended pregnancies worldwide could be at risk under a Donald Trump administration, campaigners and thinktanks have warned.

Email_icon

Guardian

Chan wants Trump’s help ending disease

Priscilla Chan is in the early stages of trying to figure out how to rid the world of disease before the turn of the next century. She’s hoping she can get Donald Trump on board.

Email_icon

CNBC

ENVIRONMENT

US rule limits gas ‘flaring’ at drilling sites

With two months left in President Barack Obama’s term, his administration issued a rule intended to clamp down on oil companies that burn off natural gas on public lands. A new Republican administration could reconsider the rule or even scrap it.

Email_icon

ABC News

Ban: Climate change action ‘unstoppable’

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said action on climate change has become “unstoppable” and he expressed hopes that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will drop plans to quit a global accord aimed at weaning the world off fossil fuels.

Email_icon

Al Jazeera

Symbol_video

2016 apt to be hottest year ever, NASA says

Email_icon

LiveScience

Photo of the Day

A shot of a rainy day through streaked glass. Uploaded on Nov. 6, 2016. (Photo by Claudia Dea) Photo used under CC BY

Email_icon

DailySource Most Popular

Most viewed

Most recent

Connect with Us

Nonprofitdonate

Or enter Amazon via the box below and they will donate 4-7% of all purchases you make in the next 24 hours to us.

Amazon.com Widgets

Take a Quick Tour

Tour

The Daily Quote

Email Newsletters

Browse Past Content

Scroll through recent items from your favorite sections:

Columns and Op-ed

The Daily Quote

Photo of the Day

Browse past editions

Makehomepage

Ways to Help

Spread the word

Other ways

Copyright © 2006-2018 The Daily Source. All rights reserved. Terms of Service

Website monitoring for The Daily Source provided for free by Nimsoft