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Forest dwellers protest eviction notices in India

More than 2,500 indigenous people and forest dwellers held a demonstration in the Indian capital, days before the Supreme Court is due to begin a final hearing of their case to evict them from their lands.

Al Jazeera

Morales accused of terrorism and sedition

Bolivia’s interim government has accused former President Evo Morales of terrorism and sedition over his alleged role in fomenting unrest in the country.

BBC

Does HK rights act imperil US-China trade agreement?

Now that Congress has passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, U.S. President Donald Trump faces a tough decision: Will trade talks be jeopardized?

CBN News

After months of unrest, Hong Kong is holding a de facto referendum on protests

CNN

LGBTQ rights undermined in plain sight

Since taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has acted to dismantle federal protections and resources for LGBTQ Americans, particularly those gained under President Barack Obama.

Pro Publica

Cruises aim to help LGBTQ repair relations

South China Morning Post

Thunberg resembles 9th Century miner

Could Greta Thunberg be a time traveler sent from the future to save humanity from the climate crisis? Twitter users think so, after the photograph of a young gold miner resembling the Swedish activist was discovered this week.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Attacks on scholars worldwide raise concern

Attacks on higher-education communities have become a troubling global phenomenon that shows no sign of abating, according to a recently published report.

Nature

China forces LGBTQ into ‘conversion therapy’

Many LGBTQ people in China are being forced to undergo “conversion therapy,” often done by unscrupulous, unlicensed providers in a sector that operates with little oversight by the authorities, rights groups said.

Reuters

Young lives cut short in Iraq’s uprising

Mounting frustration over years of corruption, high unemployment and poor public services, have led men and women to the streets to demand the overhaul of the country’s political system - leading to over 300 deaths so far.

Al Jazeera

Docs on China’s Uighur crackdown leaked

More than 400 pages of leaked documents show how China’s President Xi Jinping fixated on stemming ethnic violence in China by taking a hardline stance against Uighur muslims during a series of secret speeches in 2014.

Forbes

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

New Philippine sea czar leans towards China

The Philippine president named a new coast guard commandant who is widely seen as his new “czar” for the South China Sea - potential putting the military establishment on a back foot regarding their sea tensions with China.

Asia Times Online

Fearing eviction, forest dwellers protest in India

Al Jazeera

India drops plan to let forest officials use force

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China could switch off Philippines’ national grid

China has part-owned the Philippines’ national grid since 2009, leading one senator to question whether China’s “hegemonic ambitions” posed a security threat to the Philippines. The countries have a territory dispute in the South China Sea.

Asia Times Online

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Lab grown mosquitoes take bite out of dengue

They still bite, but new research shows lab-grown mosquitoes are fighting dangerous dengue fever that they normally would spread.

Associated Press

Sepsis early warning tech could save thousands

Researchers found a 24 percent drop in the number of patient deaths who were at risk of sepsis when they used the new digital alert technology at several NHS hospitals in London.

The Telegraph

Bangladesh may be first to cultivate golden rice

Bangladesh appears about to become the first country to approve golden rice for planting. Golden rice was developed in the late 1990s to fight vitamin A deficiency, the leading cause of childhood blindness.

Science Mag

GLOBAL HEALTH

Global flu pandemic threat worries WHO chief

Countries are investing heavily in defense but missing the real enemy – a deadly flu virus, the leader of the WHO has warned.

Telegraph.co.uk

Adolescents not active enough, warns WHO

More than 80 percent of adolescents worldwide are not active enough, putting their health at risk by sitting focused on a screen rather than running about, say WHO researchers.

Guardian

Seychelles has world’s worst heroin problem

Nearly 10 percent (5k-6k people) of the working population in the Seychelles are addicted to heroin, according to the Agency for the Prevention of Drug Abuse and Rehabilitation in the Seychelles.

BBC

Gene-edited cells make progress on disease

Doctors are reporting the first evidence that genetically edited cells could offer a safe way to treat sickle cell disease, a devastating, incurable disorder that afflicts millions of people around the world.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Hussain Abdul-Hussain):

Elections won’t free Iraq from its greatest scourge – Iran

Asia Times Online

Column (Sultan Barakat):

Sri Lanka’s Muslims have reason to fear the new Rajapaksa era

Al Jazeera

Editorial:

We all lose if Donald Trump signs bills related to Hong Kong into law

South China Morning Post

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GOOD NEWS

AIDS Memorial Quilt finds a new home

The AIDS Memorial Quilt was a community endeavor that now encompasses about 50k panels weighing 54 tons. It will move to a permanent home in the Bay Area, marking a new chapter in its nearly 35-year life.

Out Magazine

LGBTQ protections at record highs in US cities

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Good deed done 2 years ago leads to once homeless man turning his life around

MSN

14-year-old college student body president

At the age of 12, Vivian Yee started her academic career at Pierce College in California. At just 14-years-old, Vivian is the president of the Associated Students Organization — the governing body for all 20,000 students.

MSN

Emoji could help stigma around menstruation

The long-awaited period “drop of blood” emoji is finally available on iPhone keyboards in “a real breakthrough” in fighting the stigma around menstruation. Advocates say it’s about time we got this bloody conversation started.

Yahoo! News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Nonprofit bring warmth to families in need

Energy Outreach Colorado relies on donations to provide furnace repairs and replacements to qualifying families. ECO recently received $20,000 from PDC Energy for its Crisis Intervention Program.

MSN

College quarterback helps homeless in Nashville

Today

America’s most generous philanthropists

America‘s 50 most generous philanthropists gave out $14.1 billion in 2018. Collectively, the group’s lifetime giving—a tally of funds distributed by their foundations plus direct gifts—exceeds $173 billion.

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

More trees reduce premature deaths in cities

City dwellers tend to live longer if they are in leafy neighborhoods, according to a study that linked green areas to lower rates of premature death. The research was the largest ever conducted on the subject.

Reuters

First human composting facility in world

Doctors, architects, and funeral directors gathered in a Seattle warehouse to toast the first project site for Recompose, a company that offers composting as a “gentle” and natural alternative to cremation and burial.

ArchPaper

Concerts paused over environmental concerns

Coldplay have put plans to tour their new album on hold, due to concerns over the environmental impact of concerts.

BBC

Diving to save Indonesia’s coral reefs from plastic

BBC

Demand for Chinese meds wipe out donkeys

Half the world’s donkey population could be wiped out in the next five years, as millions are slaughtered for their hides to meet rising demand for a traditional Chinese medicine.

Guardian

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

British hotels fail to protect workers

A report by Walk Free found that three out of four hotels in the UK failed to comply with basic legal measures intended to protect workers from debt bondage and other forms of modern-day slavery.

Guardian

Philippine students turn dog poo into bricks

A group of eighth grade students in the Philippines has found a way to convert poo from stray dogs into a mixture for bricks, aiming to rid city streets of excrement and potentially even lower construction costs.

Reuters

EU aid fails to reach world’s poorest countries

Less than 10 percent of EU aid money reaches the countries where it is most needed, according to a study that found levels of assistance had dropped for the second year running.

Guardian

Uganda bans thousands of charities

More than 12,000 charities have been told they can no longer operate in Uganda as critics raised fears that government regulatory measures effectively amounted to a purge.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

Merchants and buyers encounter each other on boats in Pasar Terapung, the traditional floating market in Banjarmasin, Indonesia, known as the city of a thousand rivers. (Photo by Muhammad Haris) Photo used under CC BY

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