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A group of children in Yemen. About 2 million children in Yemen are now out of school after a nearly four-year-long war that has killed tens of thousands of people and pushed the country to the verge of starvation, according to the United Nations. Children forced to flee their homes often have to live in unsanitary and cramped conditions in camps or host communities with little access to clean drinking water or nutritious food. (Photo by Malak Shaher, USAID/YMEP) Photo used under CC BY

500K Yemen kids flee fighting, face grim future

Fighting in Yemen has forced more than half a million children from their homes in the past six months alone, aid groups said, warning of a lost generation of young people.

Reuters

Hodeidah residents forced to eat rubbish

Residents of the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah are so hungry they are eating from rubbish tips, while others are bleeding to death trapped in their bombed-out houses, as fighting has flared in the strategic town after a UN-brokered truce collapsed.

The Independent

Special section:

Yemen’s humanitarian catastrophe, in one chart

Vox

Damning Yemen report calls on UK to come clean over arms exports

Guardian

Western brands exploiting garment workers in India

Research by the University of California found that women and girls from the most marginalized communities toiled for as little as 15 cents an hour in homes across India. Child labour and forced labor were rife and wages regularly suppressed.

Guardian

US poised to withdraw from Russia arms treaty

The Trump administration is poised to announce that it is withdrawing from a treaty that has been a centerpiece of superpower arms control since the Cold War and whose demise some analysts worry could fuel a new arms race.

Press Herald

What is the INF nuclear treaty?

Deutsche Welle

EU urged to end migrant returns to Libya

Oxfam and 43 other organizations have accused the European Union governments of being complicit in the “tragedy” of migrants crossing from Libya to Italy.

Al Jazeera

Aid effort brings little relief for migrants trapped in Libya

Reuters

Venezuela detains foreign journalists

Venezuela authorities have arrested three foreign journalists and a driver working for Spanish news agency EFE in the latest arrests of reporters covering US-backed efforts to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Syrian refugees in Jordan reluctant to go home

Despite a warming of ties and reopening of borders between Jordan and Syria, security concerns and an absence of a political resolution to the civil war are preventing Syrian refugees from returning home.

The National

Myanmar urged to honor free speech, assembly

Myanmar’s civilian-led government, which has violated basic human rights by prosecuting large numbers of critics, should repeal or amend laws criminalizing peaceful speech and assembly, according to a rights group.

Radio Free Asia

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Lebanon announces Cabinet after deadlock

Lebanon announced the formation of a government, ending over eight months of wrangling amid heightened fears of a major economic collapse.

Al Jazeera

India’s unemployment rate hits 4-decade high

India’s current unemployment rate is 6.1 percent, the highest it has been since the 1970s, according to a leaked government jobs report after the Indian government refused to release it.

BBC

Japan’s labor shortage hits 45-year high

Channel NewsAsia

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Is this a miracle method for sustainable rice?

A technique developed by a Jesuit priest is producing bumper crops – and reducing emissions of a grain responsible for 1.5 percent of greenhouse gases.

Guardian

Scientists turn human brain signals into speech

In a first of its kind, scientists have been able to translate brain signals directly into intelligible speech. This could help some people with speech issues.

Science Alert

GLOBAL HEALTH

Poor cancer patients being denied pain relief

Cancer patients in developing nations are being denied basic pain relief, often because of excessive fears about opioid abuse, the World Health Organization has said.

Channel NewsAsia

Kids in polluted areas likely to suffer depression

Children who lived in areas with higher air pollution when younger are significantly more likely to have developed major depression by the age of 18, according to research.

Guardian

Chinese ‘tweets’ hint that happiness drops as air pollution rises

Science News

Thailand is using drones to combat air pollution in Bangkok

Global News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Shawn Pope and Alwyn Lim):

If the WEF wants to change the world, it can start with itself

The Hill

Column (Meredith Giordano and Olcay Ünver):

Small farms are running out of water, but we can fix it

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Column (Dana Stroul and Daniel B.Shapiro):

Here’s why U.S. aid to Palestinians needs to continue

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Young boy collects coats to help needy

Amid the polar vortex, young Sandro Cunningham of New Jersey is doing his part to make sure his community stays warm. With the help of his family, he’s been collecting and donating coats for the past two years.

CBS News

Coffee shop offers coffee for good deeds

At Café Fresco in in Crown Point, Indiana, owner Breanne Zolfo challenges her patrons to do good in the world. She offers a free cup of coffee in exchange for a good deed.

CBS News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

USAID officially ceases aid money to Gaza

The Jan. 31 deadline sees the end of about $60 million in U.S. aid for the Palestinian security forces, whose co-operation with Israeli forces helps maintain relative quiet in the West Bank.

CBC News

USAID announces $12 million for the prevention of cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa

allAfrica.com

NGOs power through US shutdown

Humanitarian groups say the record 35-day halt to the funding of routine government activity stopped short of causing massive disruptions: NGOs said the shutdown hadn’t impacted their operations.

allAfrica.com

Scenes from a frozen world

The Atlantic

ENVIRONMENT

California unable to curtail tailpipe pollution

For three decades, California has led the fight to control tailpipe pollution, with countless policies promoting green tech. But they’re not working at home, by the state’s own measure.

Reuters

Green tech isn’t reaching communities of color

A new study finds racial and ethnic disparities in rooftop solar adoption, even controlling for income and homeownership.

City Lab

BUSINESS AND TRADE

Maduro’s grip on oil slips away

Venezuela’s socialist rulers have lived well off the nation’s oil industry for many years. But U.S. sanctions could stop Nicolas Maduro’s rule and the flow of foreign currency.

Deutsche Welle

Amazon forced to pull products in India

Amazon has been forced to remove an array of products from its website in India to comply with new regulations. The rules prevent online retailers from selling products through vendors in which they hold an equity stake.

BBC

U.S. job growth in January was phenomenal. Wage growth was pathetic

Vox

Photo of the Day

A child waits outside as his school closes as a safety measure during the Ebola epidemic in Forécariah, Guinea, in 2015. (Photo by EU/ECHO/Jonathan Hyams) Photo used under CC BY

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