The Daily Source: Quality News from Around the Internet

Home

About us

Our Team

Opinion

Santiago, Chile, is a world away from Hong Kong, but the two cities share a crisis: Ordinary working people can’t afford to live there anymore. (Photo by JM Garrido) Photo used under CC BY

Hong Kong, Santiago share housing crisis

No two cities could be more different than Santiago, Chile, and Hong Kong. It is hard to find any common political theme. But they have something significant in common: Ordinary people cannot afford housing.

Asia Times Online

Housing crisis: Are cities unaffordable?

BBC

US, China ‘close to finalizing’ parts of trade deal

US and Chinese trade officials are “close to finalizing” some parts of an agreement after high-level telephone discussions.

South China Morning Post

China trade agreement crucial to avoiding the next Cold War, says GOP senator

CNBC

Trump has kept 5,400 kids from parents at border

U.S. immigration authorities separated more than 1,500 children from their parents at the Mexico border early in the Trump administration, the American Civil Liberties Union said, bringing the number of children separated since July 2017 to over 5,400.

NBCNews.com

BBC uncovers Africa’s ‘sex for grades’ scandal

A BBC investigation sent undercover reporters, posing as students, to meet with lecturers at prominent universities in Nigeria and Ghana. There is footage of the lecturers sexually harassing, propositioning, blackmailing them.

NPR

21 anti-government protesters killed in Iraq

At least 21 people have been killed in Iraq as anti-government protests resumed after a three-week hiatus. Iraqi police fired rubber bullets and volleys of tear gas canisters to disperse thousands of protesters.

Al Jazeera

Bolivia’s opposition questions vote outcome

Bolivian President Evo Morales declared victory in elections whose disputed results have triggered riots, a general strike and opposition accusations that the leftist leader is trying to steal a fourth term in office.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Bangladesh’s textile industry going green?

The world’s second-largest garment exporter, Bangladesh, is trying to introduce greener alternatives in textile production. The attempt could help the country secure its position in the international market.

Deutsche Welle

Inside a Bangladesh garment factory

CBS News

Deadly unrest reflects Ethiopia’s discontent

Ehtiopia is grappling with unrest after a quarrel between premier Abiy Ahmed and media mogul and former ally Jawar Mohammed. The fresh unrest could pose a new challenge to the country hit by ethnically-tinged conflicts.

Deutsche Welle

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Qatar government approves minimum wage law

Qatar’s government has said it adopted a new minimum wage law and will scrap mandatory exit visas for all workers, part of a broad labor reform program ahead of its hosting of the 2022 World Cup.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Kurds accuse Turkey of violating ceasefire

Kurdish-led forces in north-east Syria have accused Turkish troops and allied Syrian rebels of violating a ceasefire deal that ended a two-week offensive.

BBC

Rights organizations claim Turkey “forcibly” deported refugees to Syria

France 24

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

AI helps doctors spot brain hemorrhages faster

UC Berkeley and UCSF researchers have created an algorithm that detects brain hemorrhages with accuracy better than two out of four radiologists in a test. The key was the algorithm’s finely-detailed training data.

Engadget

Could TikTok threaten national security?

U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle warn that TikTok, the viral short video app, could pose a national security risk, and are calling on regulators and intelligence agencies to investigate TikTok’s ties to China.

CNN

Teens may be losing sleep over social media

NPR

Oxford bans clapping for being ‘anxiety trigger’

The student union at Oxford University have voted out clapping to help calm those whose anxiety may be triggered by the loud noise of clapping. It has been replaced by Jazz hands, the British Sign Language for applause.

Telegraph.co.uk

GLOBAL HEALTH

First polio case found in Zambia since 1995

Zambia has reported its first local case of polio since 1995, in a 2-year-old boy paralyzed by a virus derived from the vaccine. The case was detected on the border with Congo, which has reported 37 cases of polio.

U.S. News & World Report

Two out of three kinds of poliovirus eradicated worldwide, WHO says

YouTube

Ghost viruses and Taliban in way of wiping out polio

NPR

Young India fueling future of stem cell therapy

With the number of stem cell donors in India remaining sub-par, many youngsters, NGOs, and medical professionals are working on raising awareness and getting people to sign up to save lives.

YourStory

Yemen could lose 6M children to malnutrition

Health officials in Aslam, in Yemen’s Abs district, warn that more than six million children could be at risk of malnutrition if the war in the Arab world’s poorest country continues.

Al Jazeera

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, Ashley Nawn, Rachel Barrus, Sanaz Ariya and Catherine Lux.

GOOD NEWS

California man strives to save honeybees

The staggering decline of honey bee colonies has alarmed experts across the United States, but an unconventional apiculturist in California thinks he has found a way to save them - in log hives high above ground.

Al Jazeera

Meet the inspiring 10-year-old devoted to recycling

TODAY

Store clerk returns $7K left in coat pocket

Jennifer Kimes, a sales clerk at Plato’s closet in Indiana, found a roll of hundred dollar bills totaling $7,000, contacted the jacket’s owner and arranged to return the money to him.

MSNBC

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

JK Rowling: Don’t volunteer at orphanages

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has called on students around the world not to volunteer at orphanages, pointing to emerging evidence that “orphanage tourism” drives family separation and child trafficking.

Guardian

Calendar lets you donate to good causes daily

In the spirit of the holiday season, Advent of Change, a nonprofit has launched an alternative advent calendar where the treat you receive every day is to help other people.

Metro.co.uk

ENVIRONMENT

Sea urchin population soars 10,000% in 5 years

Millions of purple sea urchins that have already chomped their way through California are spreading north to Oregon, sending the delicate marine ecosystem off the shore into disarray, starving critical species to death.

Guardian

US air quality getting worse, killing thousands

After improving for the better part of a decade, air quality in the U.S. is worsening and could be associated with nearly 10,000 premature deaths and billions of dollars in damages, according to a new analysis.

CNN

New beetle gets named after Greta Thunberg

A newly-discovered species of beetle has been named after young climate activist Greta Thunberg. Nelloptodes gretae bears little resemblance to its namesake - it is less than 1mm long, and has no wings or eyes.

BBC

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

African slum map exposes urban poverty scale

Urban scientists launched the first digital map of Africa’s sprawl of slums to expose the true scale of urban poverty and bring services to millions of people.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Chile protests show poor economic growth

Chile is in the grip of violent demonstrations about the entire economic system. The grievances include the rising cost of higher education, healthcare, transportation, as well as the small pensions of retirees.

Quartz

Photo of the Day

Children outside a mobile health clinic in Sadah, Yemen, in April 2013. In the bomb-wrecked Yemeni towns of Sadah and Taiz, the fighting has made it dangerous for families to go to health centers to get children vaccinated, for expecting mothers to get check ups or for children to be treated for malnutrition and other illnesses. (Photo by Julien Harneis) Photo used under CC BY

DailySource Most Popular

Features

About us

Ways to help

Other