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Yemen is facing the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world. The country is battling infectious diseases, malnutrition, and war. With health facilities on the brink of collapse, a Yemenis child dies every 10 minutes. (Photo by Rod Waddington) Photo used under CC BY

Millions of Yemeni children face malnutrition, disease

Millions of children in Yemen are at risk of starvation amid the coronavirus pandemic, which is tipping the war-torn nation into further devastation, the United Nations warned, appealing for nearly $500 million in urgent humanitarian assistance.

Al Jazeera

Yemen crisis: Five years of hunger, five years of war

BBC

Poorest countries fight toxic mix of abuse, virus

This summer will usher in some of the worst catastrophes the world has ever seen if the pandemic is allowed to spread rapidly across countries already convulsed by growing violence, deepening poverty and famine.

Guardian

How COVID-19 worsens gender-based violence

Deutsche Welle

Racial, ethnic violence spreading fast globaly

Racially and ethnically motivated terrorism — particularly from white supremacists — is “on the rise and spreading geographically,” according to a new U.S. State Department report, as white terrorist threats continue to come to light across the United States.

Forbes

Pandemic aids crackdowns on press freedom

Globally, the number of regimes hostile toward journalists was already on the rise. The CPJ reported 2019 as the fourth year in which nearly 250 journalists were incarcerated. Now the pandemic is making matters worse.

TIME

India’s inequalities reflected in COVID-19 care

Associated Press

Space for critical thinking shrinking in Pakistan

A number of liberal academics have been sacked by their universities, allegedly over their anti-government stance. Rights groups have expressed grave concerns over a shrinking space for dissent in Pakistan.

Deutsche Welle

Virus conspiracy theories swamp world stage

Some of the most persistent conspiracy theories surrounding the coronavirus have continued to spread globally. However, such false claims risk leading to vaccine hesitancy.

BBC

The virus health claims that won’t go away

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Afghanistan battles with fate of ‘Daesh wives’

Afghanistan is facing hard decisions over the futures of hundreds of detained radicalized women and their children who fled combat and near-starvation in eastern Afghanistan where the faction of ISIS is located.

Guardian

Immigrant warehouse workers crammed in vans

Immigrant workers are being crammed in vans — despite recommendations that everyone stay six feet apart to stop the spread of COVID-19.

NPR

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Philippines challenging China in S. China Sea

The Philippines is pushing back against China in the disputed South China Sea, a reflection of revived strategic relations with the U.S and a rising need to secure new indigenous energy sources amid an impending economic crisis.

Asia Times Online

ICE reports virus cases among detainees

The coronavirus has officially spread among migrant families held in U.S. government detention. ICE reported the first coronavirus cases among migrant families with children detained by the agency.

CBS News

Libya plagued by war after U.S toppled Gadhafi

Libya descended into civil war in 2011 shortly after its former dictator, Moammar Gadhafi, was toppled with the help of an international coalition that included the U.S.

NBC

Central Bank tries to stabilize exchange rate

Al Jazeera

Malawi’s ruling party seeks election annulment

Malawi’s governing party is pushing for a third presidential election, citing irregularities and intimidation in a vote rerun where unofficial tallies show the opposition leader poised to beat incumbent President Peter Mutharika.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Facebook will bar more hateful content in ads

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social network will start labeling content it finds newsworthy but would violate its rules. Facebook will also bar a wider category of hateful content in ads.

MSN

Digital currency: Italy follows China’s lead

Italy is joining China and other countries in embracing the concept of digital currency. The Italian Banking Association says its members are willing to pilot a digital version of the euro.

Asia Times Online

Dutch minks get COVID-19, can infect humans

Minks on two fur farms in the Netherlands began getting sick in late April. Some were coughing, with runny noses; others had signs of severe respiratory disease. Soon, they started dying. The culprit: SARS-COV-2.

NPR

NASA wants to build a steam-powered hopping robot to explore icy worlds

Digital Trends

GLOBAL HEALTH

Latin America’s food markets fuel virus spread

As the coronavirus pandemic swamps countries from Mexico to Argentina, public health officials are struggling to contain outbreaks seeded at Latin America’s iconic covered food markets.

Associated Press

Meat processing plants are COVID-19 hotbeds

There have been so many outbreaks in meat packing factories around the world that scientists are now examining whether the environment inside the plants could be part of the problem.

CNN

Brazil’s health workers struggle to reach remote areas

Al Jazeera

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (David Skinner):

Fear, COVID-19 stalk Rohingya refugee children

Asia Times Online

Column (Tedros Ghebreyesus):

The world can learn from how the DRC is beating Ebola

Guardian

Column (Erin Russ):

Social media — the 21st century’s strategic weapon of mass destruction

The Hill

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GOOD NEWS

Moms raise money to purchase diverse books

Two moms in Connecticut are raising money through Lemonade 4 Change, a lemonade stand to purchase diverse books to educate kids in the community about racism, diversity and racial equality.

Good Morning America

This family is inspiring others across the country to get into board games

Good Morning America

Army of African women wage war on COVID-19

Community health workers are the foot soldiers – mostly female – who are known in the neighborhood and trusted to save lives.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

‘Lasagna Lady’ cooks for first responders

When Michelle Brenner lost her job, she decided to use her extra time to make lasagna for friends, neighbors, first responders and anyone in need of a fresh meal for free - she’s made over 1275 pans so far.

CNN

GoFundMe for Chicago paleta man to retire raises over $25K

WGNTV

ENVIRONMENT

Growth of urban farming systems in Nigeria

As desertification and soil erosion have led to the loss of arable land in Nigeria, could hydroponic farming be a sustainable alternative?

Deutsche Welle

Seawater seeps into oil tanker off Yemen coast

The United Nations said an abandoned oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen loaded with more than 1M barrels of crude oil is at risk of rupture or exploding, causing massive environmental damage to Red Sea marine life.

Associated Press

Radioactivity hike seen in northern Europe

Nordic authorities say they detected slightly increased levels of radioactivity in northern Europe this month that Dutch officials said may be from a source in western Russia

Associated Press

Ireland on verge of greenest government ever

Ireland stands on the brink of putting climate change at the heart of its government. The new administration plans to ban fracked gas imports from the US, make steep cuts in emissions and end new drilling for oil and gas.

BBC

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

The radical farming project in the Amazon

A growing movement for sustainable agriculture in Brazil has taken on new urgency with the coronavirus pandemic.

Guardian

World agencies aid poverty hit artisanal miners

From a $15M World Bank fund to an experimental gold-buying project in Burkina Faso, development agencies are delivering financial aid to subsistence miners the COVID-19 pandemic has impoverished.

Reuters

Venezuelans take steps to beat water shortage

Venezuela’s economic collapse has left most homes without reliable running water. Residents saw water pooling inside an abandoned construction site as the end of suffering for thousands.

Associated Press

Kenya’s herders hammered by coronavirus

Livestock-keepers had been hoping for a good year to help them recover from drought but have struggled to sell their animals as pandemic disrupted markets.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Photo of the Day

As thousands of people around the world took to the streets to denounce police brutality, African countries pushed for a racism debate at UN’s top human rights body. (Photo by David Geitgey Sierralupe) Photo used under CC BY

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