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A young child plays in dirt in Vietnam. On current estimates, 6 percent of the global population — close to half a billion people — would still be living in extreme poverty by 2030, according to Helen Clark, a former New Zealand prime minister who headed the United Nations Development Program from 2009-2017. (Photo by Shawn Harquail) Photo used under CC BY

Lack of leadership leaving development goals unmet

The world has made far too little progress on the global goals governments adopted in 2015 to end poverty and hunger and tackle climate change, with a rising tide of nationalism acting as a wrecking ball, architects of the goals said.

Reuters

Houthis illegally detaining, torturing women

Yemen’s Houthi rebels are holding dozens of women without trial and often torturing the detainees and blackmailing their families, activists and a human rights lawyer have said.

Al Jazeera

The hidden victims of the Yemen war

BBC

Haitian mothers struggle to raise kids by UN troops

The United Nations is failing to give Haitian mothers who say their children were fathered by peacekeepers the help it promised in their legal battle for financial support, human rights groups helping the women have said.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Internet shutdowns frequent in many countries

There have been many internet shutdowns every year for three years. Such shutdowns may become the new normal as countries attempt to clamp down on online dissent.

CNN

Zimbabwe cuts internet amid crackdown

BBC

Syrian infants dying from lack of health care

At least 15 children have died in Syria because of a lack of medical care and inadequate living conditions for displaced people amid freezing temperatures, the UN has said, warning that more deaths are likely to follow.

Guardian

Thousands flee Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

Thousands of people have fled a remote town in northeast Nigeria, Doctors Without Borders said, after Boko Haram fighters attacked a military base and torched aid buildings.

News 24

HUMAN RIGHTS

Isle of Man is first Brit isle to legalize abortion

The Isle of Man, a self-governing territory that is under British sovereignty, has become the first of the British Isles to decriminalize abortion in a dramatic reform. It previously only allowed abortion in limited circumstances.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

‘Outdated’ UK abortion laws hampering care for women, doctors say

The Independent

Venezuela to get Cuban doctors who left Brazil

Venezuela will receive 2,000 Cuban doctors who left Brazil following a dispute between the Communist-run island and the government of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who ordered an end to their stay.

Reuters

How doctors became Cuba’s biggest export

TIME

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Sweden ends deadlock, gets new government

Sweden’s parliament voted to give Social Democrat leader, Stefan Löfven, a second term in office at the head of a new centre-left minority government, ending more than four months of deadlock after ambiguous elections.

Guardian

Sweden got a government but faces struggle with nationalists

Bloomberg

Thailand vows to change its refugee policy

Thailand’s immigration chief has pledged a reversal of the country’s notoriously harsh treatment of refugees following the global furore around a young Saudi woman’s attempt to seek asylum.

South China Morning Post

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Potent mosquito repellent made from bacteria

A recent study has found that a compound derived from bacteria is three times more potent than DEET in repelling mosquitoes. This bacterial chemical could play an important role in the fight against mosquito-borne illness.

NPR

Space billboards could ruin night sky by 2021

StartRocket, a Russian startup is planning to launch glowing billboards into the night sky, to help advertise big-name companies and brands that already dominate our lives on Earth.

Techradar

Researchers develop test to detect illnesses

Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have developed a highly innovative new enzyme biomarker test that has the potential to indicate diseases and bacterial contamination saving time, money and possibly lives.

phys.org

GLOBAL HEALTH

Not vaccinating is now a global health threat

People who don’t vaccinate has emerged into a global health threat in 2019, said the WHO. Vaccines prevent 2-3 million deaths a year, and improved global coverage could stop an added 1.5 million deaths annually.

USA TODAY

Burnout making doctors want to kill themselves

Doctor burnout is becoming a huge problem, according to new research, which finds that nearly half of all physicians feel completely depleted, to the point where one in seven have contemplated suicide.

New York Post

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Patrick Litanga):

What next for the DR Congo after the disputed election?

Al Jazeera

Column (Tamara Wood):

Are women escaping family violence overseas considered refugees?

The Conversation

Column (Jennifer Lucey):

To save the rainforest, we need to work with the palm oil industry

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Buddhist poker player donates big winnings

A Buddhist poker player from Halifax just won $671,240 by finishing third in a tournament in the Bahamas, and he’s planning to give his profits to charity.

CTV

London supermarket bans plastic packaging

Customers visiting Thornton’s Budgens shop in London’s Belsize Park can pick up everything from fresh fruit and vegetables, bread and cheese, to wild game meat, including squirrel and wild boar, all free from plastic packaging.

Positive News

Guardian newspaper switches to potato starch wrapping

BBC

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Kaiser kicks off housing investments

Kaiser Permanente realized that investment in housing is an investment in health, and so it’s offering funds to help keep apartment buildings affordable and finding housing for homeless residents.

Fast Company

Racism, sexism and bullying reported at Oxfam

BBC

Nonprofit decries city’s split benches

For a cost of about $150,000, Iowa City has scattered benches with center armrests, allegedly for comfort. Iowa City Catholic Worker says that the real purpose is to prevent the homeless from sleeping on them.

Nonprofit Quarterly

ENVIRONMENT

India’s holy Ganges river has become toxic

The Ganges River in India begins as pristine, clear waters in the icy heights of the tallest mountain range in the world. Pollution, sewage and use by millions of people transform parts of it into toxic sludge by the time it reaches the sea.

Reuters

Scientists urge sucking carbon from the sky

Once considered a distraction, scientists now say using technology — and nature — to remove CO2 from the atmosphere is not only possible: It’s a must.

National Geographic

BUSINESS AND TRADE

Striking teachers hopeful as leaders rally

Union leaders urged striking Los Angeles teachers to turn out en masse for a rally marking the fifth day of their walkout, seeking to boost their bargaining position in marathon labor talks.

Al Jazeera

The rich take advantage of passport schemes

Passports that bestow special privileges — immunity from prosecution and diplomatic pouches — are increasingly being bought by dubious business people. African, Asian and small island nations have been caught.

Deutsche Welle

Drought, animal disease threaten South African farmers

Reuters

Photo of the Day

In health posts, a child’s weight, height and mid-upper arm circumference are taken and interpreted, which are used to make a diagnosis and properly advise mothers. (Photo by Sylvain Cherkaoui/DFID/ECHO/ACF) Photo used under CC BY

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