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People in Birmingham, UK, gathered in the city center in a Black Lives Matter silent protest in solidarity with the U.S. protests against the police murder of George Floyd. (Photo by Alison Baskerville) Photo used under CC BY

Global protests support Floyd, Black Lives Matter

Tens of thousands of people gathered in cities from Australia to Europe, to express anger over the death of George Floyd and to demand an end to racial discrimination in a sign that the Black Lives Matter movement is going global.

Associated Press

Women being killed in Mexico at record rates

Women are being murdered in Mexico at an alarming rate, but the nation’s president has downplayed a surge in calls to emergency hotlines, declaring most of them are false.

CNN

Human behavior makes pandemics inevitable

Many global health experts agree that human behavior — particularly deforestation and encroachment on diverse wildlife habitats — has created a “perfect storm” for infectious diseases to spread from animals into humans more frequently.

BBC

Brazil threatens to quit WHO amid death toll

President Jair Bolsonaro threatened to pull Brazil from the WHO over “ideological bias,” as his counterpart Donald Trump said the U.S. economy was recovering from the pandemic and Europe sought to reopen its borders.

Asia Times Online

COVID-19 tests in US require demographic data

NPR

Iran braces for second virus wave as cases surge

Al Jazeera

Virus deaths, rumors, fears on rise in Pakistan

The virus outbreak in Pakistan hasn’t been as deadly as some initially feared. But with new cases and fatalities at their highest levels yet, and lockdown restrictions lifted, doctors say ICUs are now being stretched to capacity.

BBC

Senegal cracks down on anti-lockdown protesters

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Bangladesh’s workers struggle with hunger

Global demand for Bangladesh‘s garment industry has gone down due to COVID-19. However, for Bangladesh’s struggling workers, hunger is a bigger worry than the pandemic.

NPR

Terrified Rohingya refugees flee quarantine

Rohingya refugees infected with COVID-19 are fleeing quarantine in their Bangladesh camps because they fear being transferred to an isolated island in the Bay of Bengal.

New Straits Times

New US police abuses stoke weekend protests

The United States is bracing for massive weekend protests against racism and police brutality, as outrage soared over the latest law enforcement abuses against demonstrators that were caught on camera.

Asia Times Online

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Egypt announces plan for ceasefire in Libya

Egypt’s president has announced an initiative to end nearly a decade of civil war in Libya, backed by the main commander in the oil-rich country’s east, whose siege of the capital, Tripoli collapsed this week.

Guardian

Lebanese anti-government protests turn violent

Hundreds of Lebanese protesters took to the streets to voice outrage over the government’s handling of a deep economic crisis, with security forces firing tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the demonstrators.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Walking app helps tree lovers identify wildlife

An online mapping tool featuring the location and species of more than 700,000 trees in London has had a fiftyfold increase in visitors to its site since the coronavirus lockdown measures were put in place.

Guardian

Two lefties make a right, for rare garden snail

A scientific journey that began with a lovelorn snail has provided new information regarding the cause of that snail’s rare shell.

CNN

Do we only use 10 % of our brain?

Deutsche Welle

GLOBAL HEALTH

Energy drink craze sweeping Afghanistan

Energy drinks have taken over Afghanistan, and the high-caffeine sweet beverages are enjoyed by all ages – including toddlers and pregnant mothers – without much attention being paid to potential health risks.

Guardian

Kids may be last to get COVID-19 vaccine

Even as scientists race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, experts acknowledge that children could be among the last members of society to be vaccinated.

ABC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Malaika Jabali):

Policing in America was never created to protect and serve the masses

Guardian

Column (Anna Magdalena Elsner and Vanessa Rampton):

Science Alone Can’t Solve COVID-19. The Humanities Must Help.

Undark

Column (Rami Khouri):

The world is edging towards a global intifada

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Syrian artists paints a mural of solidarity

When Syrian painter Aziz Asmar saw the video George Floyd’s death, the violence felt close to home. Asmar, who runs art workshops for children in Syria expressed his pain in the best way he knew: painting.

TIME

Pilot draws tribute to George Floyd in sky

A pilot drew a unique tribute to George Floyd over Canada by following a flight path in the shape of a raised fist.

CNN

British Vogue uses pandemic heroes for cover

July’s issue of British Vogue is featuring three essential workers helping provide essential services during the coronavirus pandemic.

US Weekly

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Bill Gates’ plan when COVID-19 vaccine arrives

Philanthropist Bill Gates commits $100 million to ensure those in lower-income countries are not overlooked—and dismisses anti-vax conspiracy theories as “stupid.”

Wired

Since COVID-19 shut his business, he’s made more than 500 shopping trips for senior citizens

CNN

School parking lot covered with donations

A food drive at a middle school in Minneapolis was overwhelmed by the amount of donated groceries and supplies. The supplies went to families who lived in the areas impacted by protests following George Floyd’s death.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Fight to save endangered species disrupted

Government resources diverted to pandemic efforts have opened opportunities for illegal land clearing and poaching while lockdowns have derailed eco-tourism that funds many environmental projects.

Associated Press

Safaris go virtual as coronavirus hits tourism

BBC

Relief for some industries risks green recovery

The failure of governments and central banks to set out a green recovery from the coronavirus crisis is threatening to derail vital UN climate talks aimed at staving off global catastrophe, campaigners have warned.

Guardian

Lockdown banishes waste, cleans India’s river

The sparkle has returned to the Yamuna river flowing through India’s capital of New Delhi, residents say, after decades of filthy and stinking waters, matted with garbage and polluted with toxic effluent from industry.

Reuters

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

US unemployment drops, minorities left behind

The U.S. unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly, but not all workers benefited equally as joblessness among African Americans and Asians rose, signaling some minorities face a longer recovery period.

Reuters

Virus gloom descends on Indian consumers

Consumer confidence in India has collapsed with household incomes shrinking and a pessimistic outlook for employment and economy recovery over range of sectors, a Reserve Bank of India survey has shown.

Asia Times Online

Photo of the Day

Syrian artists Aziz Asmar and Anis Hamdoun paint a mural in solidarity of George Floyd‘s death in the town of Binnish in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province. (Photo by Jeroen187) Photo used under CC BY

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