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Migrants aboard an inflatable vessel in the Mediterranean Sea seek refuge. The United Nations refugee agency describes the Central Mediterranean route as the most dangerous migration route in the world. (Photo by Wesley R. Dickey) Photo used under CC BY

Mass refugee abuses at sea remain neglected by West

Europe’s anti-migrant stance resulted in the deaths of thousands. Violence, human-rights abuses, disappearances and deaths - that is how the situation on the Mediterranean is being described as with migrants and refugees, who flee Libya, losing their lives at sea.

Al Jazeera

How are migrants who fled India’s cities faring?

Deutsche Welle

Decline in child vaccinations on rise, UN warns

The WHO and UNICEF said that they anticipate an “alarming decline” in the number of children receiving potentially life-saving vaccines due to COVID-19, based on data from the first four months of 2020.

NPR

Virus testing disparities brought to light in Africa

Central African Republic’s health minister is blasting the “big inequality crisis” in coronavirus testing as he sees rich countries like Britain conduct scores of thousands of tests daily while his own struggles to obtain supplies for a couple hundred at most.

Associated Press

Supporting the developing world in a post-pandemic recovery plan

Deutsche Welle

Pandemic poses risk to global gender equality

More men than women may have contracted COVID-19 around the world, but experts have warned that the coronavirus pandemic may set gender equality back by decades.

Guardian

Russia accused of hacking virus vaccine trials

The nations alleged that hacking group APT29, also known as Cozy Bear and said to be part of the Russian intelligence service, is attacking academic and pharmaceutical research institutions involved in vaccine development.

Associated Press

Sudan lifts death penalty, flogging for LGBT+

Sudan’s decision to lift the death penalty and flogging as punishment for homosexuality was hailed by LGBT+ activists as a promising sign after four decades of Islamist rule, with calls for prison sentences to be abolished as well.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Ethiopian migrants in Yemen blamed for virus

Stigmatized as carriers of COVID-19, over 14,500 migrants in Yemen, mostly Ethiopian, have been relentlessly hounded, rounded up and sent packing to different provinces, the UN migration agency reported.

The Independent

Survivors of Rwanda genocide find new graves

Official death toll estimates of the Rwanda lay between 800,000 and 1M people. Hutu militias carried out the mass slaughter primarily of Tutsis and Twas, ethnic minorities, as well those who protected the fleeing masses.

NPR

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Cartels killing those who defy their lockdowns

Drug cartels and rebel groups are imposing their own bloody coronavirus lockdowns across Colombia – and killing those who do not obey, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW).

Guardian

Signs that Guatemala’s justice system is under attack

Associated Press

Illegal groups enforce lockdowns in Columbia

Illegal armed groups are imposing strict COVID-19 quarantines in parts of Colombia where the state has a weak presence, threatening and even killing those who don’t comply, Human Rights Watch warned.

Associated Press

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google launches AI hieroglyphics translator

Google has launched a hieroglyphics translator that uses machine learning to decode ancient Egyptian language. The feature allows users to translate their own words and emojis into shareable hieroglyphs.

BBC

Genealogy sites attempt to catch sex abusers

Technology that helped catch a U.S. serial murderer, dubbed the Golden State Killer, could be used to track down aid workers who sexually abuse girls and women overseas.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Moon is 85M years younger than we thought

The moon is a constant in our lives. It causes Earth‘s ocean tides to ebb and flow, it stabilizes the planet’s axial tilt and, until recently, it was assumed to have accompanied the Earth for over 4.5 billion years.

CNN

Sun probe‘s images show small ’camp fires’

New pictures of the Sun taken just 48 million miles from its surface are the closest ever acquired by cameras.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

COVID-19 cases in India surge in rural areas

The number of COVID-19 cases in India neared one million as infection numbers rose in the countryside, pushing authorities to reinstate lockdowns across several states.

Reuters

‘Jaw dropping’ crash in neonatal mortality rates

The world is ill-prepared for the global crash in children being born which will have a “jaw-dropping” impact on societies. Falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have shrinking populations by the end of the century.

BBC

Shrinking population in six easy lessons

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Sasha Toperich and Michael Barbero):

Kernel of hope in building democratic institutions in Libya

The Hill

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Millions still enslaved as we try to trash our ugly past

Asia Times Online

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Virus is attacking the Navajo ‘because we built the perfect human for it to invade’

Scientific American

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GOOD NEWS

COVID-19 success story celebrated in Rwanda

Rwanda‘s treatment centers use robots to screen people for COVID-19 and deliver food and medication, among other tasks. Despite Rwanda’s low-income country classification, they vowed to identify every COVID-19 case.

NPR

Woman doodles yard signs to show gratitude for essential workers

Good Morning America

Teen creates disabled superhero comics

When Trinity Jagdeo’s best friend was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2, Trinity wished her friend had a hero she could relate to, someone to inspire her. She couldn’t find one. So she created one.

Today

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Double amputee boy raises $1.6M for hospital

Tony Hudgell, a 5-year-old boy with prosthetic legs, has raised over $1.6 million for the London hospital that saved his life, by walking 8 miles over several weeks.

Good Morning America

Grammy-nominated singer Lizzo brings lunch to healthcare workers

WREG News Channel 3

Non-profit stepping up to provide tiny homes for transgender community

WMC Action News 5

ENVIRONMENT

N. Atlantic right whales in danger of extinction

With their population still struggling to recover from over three centuries of whaling, the North Atlantic right whale is now just “one step from extinction."

Guardian

Quiet seas reduce stress, improve whale health

Scientists have a rare chance to study a marine world largely free of humans and their noisy machines. Their findings show that seas quieted by the pandemic have reduced whales’ stress and improved their health.

National Geographic

How shipping containers can become homes

Deutsche Welle

Wild animals losing freedom to roam in Nairobi National Park

Reuters

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Libya is ‘one hell of a mess,’ experts warn

In the vacuum left by NATO, Libya has been torn apart by many groups seeking to control it: two main warring factions, dozens of tribal leaders and regional warlords, and more than half a dozen foreign powers.

CBC News

COVID-19 sparks fears of more malaria deaths

The WHO warned in April that the number of annual malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa could almost double this year due the coronavirus pandemic to 769,000 - a level last seen 20 years ago.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Oxfam urges action to avert debt catastrophe

The world’s poorest countries are on the brink of an unprecedented debt crisis with the likelihood of multibillion-dollar defaults that will cripple the global economy, Oxfam International warned.

Al Jazeera

Photo of the Day

Schoolgirls sit in the girls’ section of a school in Bamozai, Paktya Province, Afghanistan pre-pandemic. The school has no building; classes are held outdoors in the shade of an orchard. (Photo by John Severns) Photo used under CC BY

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