DailySource: Quality News from Around the Internet

This edition was published on 01/19/18 at 11:59 p.m. [ Go to the front page ]

Home

About us

Our Team

Volunteer

Ways to help

Opinion

Many in Nepal believe that menstruating women are impure and can bring bad luck to a household. In addition to being forced from their homes, women on their periods are banned from social gatherings. (Photo by Jana Reifegerste) Photo used under CC BY

Email_icon

Why Nepal’s ‘menstruation huts’ are still killing women

In remote parts of Nepal, government and aid workers have walked door to door for a decade to advocate against chauupadi, an ancient Hindu ritual where women are banished from their homes during menstruation.

Email_icon

Al Jazeera

Sexual harassment and assault rampant at UN

Fifteen current and former female United Nations staffers, who remained anonymous, said they had experienced harassment or assault in the past five years. Seven of the women said they had reported the offenses, which ranged from verbal harassment to rape.

Email_icon

Huffington Post

Symbol_story

UN staff allege sexual assaults go unpunished

Email_icon

Guardian

Trade deal triggered health crisis in Mexico

When Mexico signed NAFTA, the free trade agreement with the US and Canada, it triggered the insidious rise of obesity and malnutrition. At a stroke, Mexico became a tariff-free dumping ground for soft drinks and junk food imported from the U.S.

Email_icon

Guardian

Cape Town could be the first city without water

Surrounded by beautiful stretches of ocean, it’s hard to believe Cape Town could become the first major city in the world to run out of water. Ominously named “day zero,” April 21 – is when the taps will be turned off.

Email_icon

CBS News

‘Bleeding eye fever’ virus grips Africa, kills four

Three people died in South Sudan in December and a girl has now died in Uganda, sparking fears of a major epidemic.

Email_icon

The Sun

Symbol_video

‘Bleeding eye fever’ sparks fears of epidemic

Email_icon

Daily Star

Uganda to resume executions after 19 years

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said he will sign the first death warrants in nearly two decades to create fear among criminals in the East African country, vowing to “hang a few.”

Email_icon

ABC News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Haitians from US flow into Canada as fears rise

Since last May, thousands of Haitian immigrants have been steadily pouring into Canada, mostly on foot at the Quebec border, in an attempt to flee aggressive anti-immigration policies by the Trump administration.

Email_icon

NPR

Symbol_video

Graham slams ‘irrational’ WH outliers on immigration

Email_icon

CNN

Russia refuses to give refugee status to Syrians

The perception that it’s difficult for Syrians to get refugee status in Russia is untrue. It is actually impossible according to the head of the Civic Assistance Committee, a Moscow-based NGO assisting refugees.

Email_icon

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

EU chief says Britain can still stay with

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker maintained the offer for Britain to remain in the EU even after both sides have entered the second phase of Brexit negotiations.

Email_icon

PBS NewsHour

Pakistan heads toward more political chaos

Pakistan’s top political parties have joined hands to topple the government, holding a major demonstration in Lahore city. But apart from their opposition against ousted PM Nawaz Sharif, they have nothing in common.

Email_icon

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

21 states sue to keep net neutrality

A group of 21 U.S. state attorneys general filed suit to challenge the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to do away with net neutrality on Tuesday while Democrats said they needed just one more vote in the Senate to repeal the FCC ruling.

Email_icon

CNBC

China, Europe test storm satellite technology

China and Europe are jointly testing new technology that could help satellites peer through clouds and analyze storms. Current satellite systems are unable to gather the temperature and humidity data needed to accurately monitor storms.

Email_icon

Volcano in Papua New Guinea unpredictable

People in Papua New Guinea are being warned that an eruption of a volcano in the South Pacific nation could also cause a local tsunami. The volcano on Kadovar Island has been erupting for more than a week, forcing 700 people to leave that island and 3,000 to be evacuated from nearby Biem Island.

Email_icon

ABC News

GLOBAL HEALTH

Early blood test for 8 types of cancer advances

Scientists are reporting progress on a blood test to detect many types of cancer at an early stage, including some of the most deadly ones that lack screening tools now.

Email_icon

CBS News

Ghana: Blood shortage is putting lives at risk

The blood bank facility in the capital Kampala is reported to be practically empty, with only about 100 units of blood available, rather than the thousand-plus units required every day.

Email_icon

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation

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, Catherine Lux, Nisha Dubey, Pallavi Sukhia, Conrad Hain and Lukas Dregne.

GOOD NEWS

Blood donors save toddler’s life

For most of her short life, 3-year-old Skye Savren-McCormick has been fighting cancer. Now, the toddler is recovering today thanks to her doctors — and 71 strangers.

Email_icon

Today

MO politician donates organ; saves wife

Missouri State Representative J. Eggleston was in surgery all day in order to help a complete stranger, and to secure an organ donation for his wife, Cathie in a ‘kidney swap’.

Email_icon

msn.com

NONPROFIT AND PHILANTHROPY

Funding for human rights on the rise

Foundation funding in support of global human rights initiatives increased 44 percent over five years from 2011 to 2015, a data analysis from Foundation Center and the Human Rights Funders Network finds.

Email_icon

Philanthropy News Digest

Obama Foundation million-dollar donors jump

Jumbo-dollar Obama Foundation fundraising jumped in the last quarter of 2017, according to a list of donors posted with the founders of Twitter and LinkedIn among those now giving or pledging more than $1 million

Email_icon

Chicago Sun-Times

ENVIRONMENT

Global warming: 2017 was second-warmest

Data from leading international weather agencies shows the record-breaking trend toward a warmer planet is continuing. The findings uphold scientists’ understanding of human-caused climate change.

Email_icon

Symbol_story

2017 sees warmest ocean on record: Chinese institute

Email_icon

Hindustan Times

EU aims to make plastic packaging recyclable

The EU executive unveiled plans on Tuesday to make all plastic packaging in the bloc recyclable by 2030. Europeans produce 25 million tons of plastic waste annually, but less than 30 percent is recycled.

Email_icon

BUSINESS AND TRADE

US jobless claims plunge to 45-year low

U.S. filings for unemployment benefits plummeted to the lowest level in almost 45 years in a sign the job market will tighten further in 2018, Labor Department figures showed Thursday.

Email_icon

Bloomberg

Symbol_video

Labor shortage means longer hours but more cash for workers

Email_icon

USA TODAY

Drought-hit Kenyans trade way out of poverty

A rural entrepreneurship program run by a nonprofit is helping women in Kenya’s dry northern areas beat extreme poverty and adapt to climate change. The organization provides two years of business and life-skills training.

Email_icon

Voice of America

Photo of the Day

Construction workers in Bangladesh (Photo by Md. Taymuer Reza Ratul) Photo used under CC BY

Email_icon

DailySource Most Popular

Most viewed

Most shared

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

DailySource Archives

Scroll through recent items from your favorite sections:

Columns and Op-ed

The Daily Quote

Photo of the Day

Email this edition

Makehomepage

Ways to Help

Spread the word

Other ways

Copyright © 2006-2018 DailySource. All rights reserved. Terms of Service

Website monitoring for DailySource provided for free by Nimsoft