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Boys sell beverages at a roadside in Yemen. UNICEF says roughly half a million Yemeni children are in danger of starving to death. (Photo by Almigdad Mojalli/VOA) Photo used under CC BY

Child labor, marriages up as virus strains Yemen

The U.N. refugee agency said its work in Yemen was near a “potential breaking point” as coronavirus spreads in the country, with rising numbers of families resorting to begging, child labor and marrying of children.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

COVID-19 in Yemen hard to gauge amid war

CBS News

Latin America’s slum dwellers lead virus battle

Highly vulnerable to coronavirus, favela residents across the region are working together to fill gaps in government aid.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Armed attacks harm education in Burkina Faso

Armed groups allied with al-Qaeda or ISIS have burned, looted and destroyed dozens of schools, intimidated students and frightened parents into keeping their children out of school, Human Rights Watch reports.

Al Jazeera

Global pandemic causing unprecedented food crisis

The world faces an “unprecedented” food crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused both severe job losses and major disruptions in food supply chains, the U.N. World Food Program’s Chief Economist warns.

Time

Aid organization says children at risk during pandemic

Deutsche Welle

First wave of pandemic not over, WHO warns

As Brazil and India struggle with surging coronavirus cases, a top health expert is warning that the world is still in the very middle of the outbreak.

Associated Press

Death and denial in Brazil’s Amazon capital

Doctors and psychologists say denial at the grassroots stems from a mixture of misinformation, lack of education, insufficient testing and conflicting messages from the country’s leaders.

Associated Press

Lebanon’s migrant workers’ plight worsens

Some 250,000 registered migrant laborers in Lebanon are growing more desperate as a crippling economic and financial crisis sets in, coupled with coronavirus restrictions.

Associated Press

How the crisis is aggravating racial inequality

COVID-19 is killing African Americans at a rate three times higher than white people. The health crisis, however, is also an economic crisis, and the virus is clobbering these communities on this front, too.

NPR

HUMAN RIGHTS

Myanmar provides UN with Rohingya measures

Myanmar has filed a “confidential” report on its adherence to measures to protect its Rohingya Muslim minority imposed by the United Nations’ highest court, details of the document have not been published.

Reuters

Armed conflict in Burkina Faso forces 350,000 children out of school

Al Jazeera

Costa Rica decriminalizes same-sex marriage

Costa Rica gave the go-ahead to same-sex marriages, making it the first country in Central America to do so after a landmark court ruling came into effect.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Taiwan model keeps COVID-19 pandemic at bay

With a population of nearly 24 million, the island has had just seven coronavirus deaths, and thanks to rapid contact tracing and testing, fewer than 450 total COVID-19 infections.

CBS News

German refugee centers tackle virus outbreaks

Deutsche Welle

Hotline helps families survive abuse in Congo

Congo’s first domestic abuse hotline says demand for help has exploded during the coronavirus crisis. Lacking funds for a call centre or refuge, volunteers use their phones as informal hotlines to help families get help.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Rwanda’s anti-epidemic robots take on virus

With 314 confirmed cases of the virus, Rwanda has enlisted the help of five anti-epidemic robots to battle the virus. The robots were donated by UNDP to the Kanyinya treatment center located in the capital city, Kigali.

CNN

Congo designer showcases future of fashion

Anifa Mvuemba showed what catwalks might look like in a post-pandemic world using virtual 3D models. The collection is not just a digital statement, it also aims to raise awareness for Congolese mines, the designer said.

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Kenyan athletes train by roadside due to virus

The government closed sports facilities in March as part of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus leaving athletes with nowhere to train. The early morning roadside sessions attract about 400 residents.

Reuters

Coronavirus hampers S. African food deliveries

Since late March, Cape Town, like all of South Africa, has been under lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Many residents depend on food deliveries to get by

Deutsche Welle

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Jonathan Gornall):

Coronavirus is threatening to undo progress in reducing child mortality

Asia Times Online

Column (James Alwine and Felecia Goodrum):

Manipulation of virus numbers for politics risks lives

The Hill

Column (Josh Ryan-Collins):

Central banks must change course to lead us out of the coronavirus crisis

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

School bus drivers pay tribute to their seniors

With Loveland City Schools in Ohio closed for the year, its transportation department came up with a unique way to say goodbye to its graduating students.

Good Morning America

Sioux man brings solar farm to Standing Rock

Cody Two Bears is the man behind North Dakota’s first 300-kilowatt solar farm. He dreams of bringing solar infrastructure and “energy sovereignty” to Native American reservations around the United States.

Al Jazeera

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Organization pairs donors with those in need

The coronavirus pandemic has inspired a grassroots movement, Pandemic of Love, to connect struggling individuals with donors who can offer financial assistance through more than 100,000 matches.

CNN

Young girl sends art kits to kids in foster care

Chelsea Phaire, a 10-year-old from Danbury, Connecticut, has sent more than 1,500 children in homeless shelters and foster care homes art kits to give them something uplifting to do when they’re feeling down.

CNN

Chocolatier gives back to the community while battling breast cancer

Yahoo! News

ENVIRONMENT

Pandemic stalls work keeping rare rhinos alive

Groundbreaking work to keep alive the nearly extinct northern white rhino subspecies — population, two — by in-vitro fertilization has been stalled by travel restrictions. And time is running out.

ABC News

Elephants flee to survive virus starvation

BBC

Qatar’s birdlife thriving amid pandemic restrictions

Al Jazeera

The recycling dilemma: good vs. bad plastic?

The best plastic is the kind that is never generated in the first place, the second best is recycled. EU plans for a circular economy stipulate increased recycling rates, but that alone won’t solve the plastic crisis.

Deutsche Welle

Reforestation alone can’t solve climate change

Reforestation is seen as a way to help cool the climate, sucking excess warming carbon out of the atmosphere. However, the underlying problem is that our society is releasing an unprecedented amount of greenhouse gases.

BBC

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Lebanon’s financial crisis puts migrants at risk

Nearly 250,000 registered migrant laborers in Lebanon are growing more desperate as a crippling economic and financial crisis sets in, coupled with coronavirus restrictions.

ABC News

Latino workers face discrimination due to virus

Ethnic minorities have been the hardest-hit by the coronavirus in the US. Now Latino workers are facing fresh difficulty, as they suffer discrimination after contracting coronavirus in meat processing plants and warehouses.

Guardian

Public restroom shutdowns affect homeless

U.S. lockdown closures have left hundreds of thousands of rough sleepers without access to soap and water, putting them at increased risk of infection, advocates say.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Photo of the Day

Street art on Hilly Fields, Brockley, South London, honors the National Health Service, which Britons praise for dedicated service throughout the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Loco Steve) Photo used under CC BY

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