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Haitians at Camp Marassa after the 2010 earthquake. The aid industry has come under scrutiny after revelations that Oxfam staff used prostitutes in Haiti during the 2010 earthquake relief mission snowballed into widespread reports of harassment and abuse. (Photo by Nicolas Jolliet) Photo used under CC BY

Reports of sexual abuse by aid workers are rising

Leading aid agencies received at least 539 reports of sex abuse and harassment last year, an exclusive survey showed, a 13 percent increase over 2017 that charities said shows abuse victims are more willing to speak up.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Report says 1 in 3 UN staffers has been sexually harassed

WBUR

African migrants selling body parts for passage

Desperate to reach Europe, migrants from Africa are traveling to Egypt and selling body parts to pay for their passage.

Guardian

African continent ‘an example of solidarity’ toward migrants and refugees: UN chief

UN News

Conflict among big powers makes for hostile future

A new age of competition between major global powers like China, the United States and Russia leaves the world facing an unpredictable and more hostile future, the hosts of a major security conference said.

Reuters

Tear gas used in Sudan women’s protest

Sudanese security forces used tear gas to break up a crowd of hundreds, mostly young women, demonstrating against the detention of women arrested at previous protests, witnesses said.

DefenceWeb

Sudan sees first admission of fatal torture of protester

Al Jazeera

Myanmar’s Buddhist refugees face hardship

Buddhist refugees recently displaced by fighting between Myanmar’s military and insurgents face hard times in a remote Bangladeshi village and at the border between the countries.

UCA News

Wage struggle stirs Sri Lanka’s tea sector

The issue of wages paid to the tens of thousands of workers employed in Sri Lanka’s famed tea estates has been a recurrent one in the sector that is known for the historic exploitation of its tea-pluckers.

The Hindu

HUMAN RIGHTS

Yemen food aid at risk of rotting, UN says

Food aid in a warehouse on the frontlines of the Yemen war is at risk of rotting, the UN has said, leaving millions of Yemenis without access to life-saving sustenance.

The Straits Times

Bangladesh targets brokers to curb trafficking

Bangladesh is planning to sideline recruitment brokers who dupe or exploit workers they send abroad by compiling a list of certified agents as record numbers of its citizens spend large sums of money to secure jobs overseas.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Iran marks 40 years since Islamic revolution

People flooded Tehran’s Freedom Square as they celebrated the 40th anniversary of the 1979 ousting of the monarchy. Anti-U.S. sentiment was on display, with some demonstrators chanting, “Death to America!”

Deutsche Welle

Iran marks the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution

Hindustan Times

Hungary axes income tax for 4 or more kids

Hungary’s government announced new tax benefits for families as part of an effort to increase the birth rate while holding a hard line against immigration.

NBCNews.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Gene study identifies alcoholism treatment?

Researchers have identified a gene that could provide a new target for developing medication to prevent and treat alcoholism, according to a new study on mice.

Times Now

New fabric that auto-regulates temperature

Researchers have created a new fabric which allows more heat to pass through it in warm, moist conditions (like those of a sweaty body) and which reduces heat escape in cooler, dryer conditions.

Futurism

New technique turns waste plastic to clean fuel

A new chemistry technique uses super-heated water to convert plastic used to make everything from toys to snack food bags, into a gasoline-like fuel that could be used to fuel conventional vehicles.

Futurism

GLOBAL HEALTH

Israel approves use of MDMA to treat PTSD

Recreational use of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, is forbidden in Israel where the drug is considered dangerous. But Israel’s Health Ministry has just approved its use to treat dozens of patients with PTSD.

Haaretz

Malaysia to study long-term elderly care model

The Malaysian government will carry out a study to see how to develop an integrated, sustainable long-term care model for the elderly, the deputy prime minister announced.

Channel NewsAsia

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Faisal Al Yafai):

Europe faces unpalatable choice on migrants

Asia Times Online

Column (Arpitha Kodiveri and Hans Kelsen):

Land Banks in India: who benefits?

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Column (Saptarishi Bandopadhyay):

The politics of disaster relief

Aeon

Site edited by: Sneha Sukumar, Sebastian Pycior, Pallavi Sukhia and Catherine Lux.

GOOD NEWS

Local news viewers help war vet with new roof

World War II veteran Leo McLarney, 94, has a new roof thanks to the generosity of the viewers of a Miami news channel that aired the story of his roof getting badly damaged in a 2017 hurricane.

CBS Miami

A cafe giving hope to women in Pakistan’s Lyari

Al Jazeera

Same-sex penguins raise a baby chick

At the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium in Australia, true love has found a way for two penguins: Sphen, a 7-year-old male, and his 3-year-old male partner, Magic. Sphen and Magic went on to hatch a baby chick from a penguin egg they’d been given to sit on.

CBS News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Charities hit record sales on eBay

A record of nearly $102 million was generated via auction and direct sales by nonprofits during 2018 through eBay for Charity, an increase exceeding 20 percent compared to the $84 million raised in 2017.

NonProfit Times

Fund awards $15M to bolster journalism ethics

Craig Newmark Philanthropies has announced gifts totaling $15 million to Columbia Journalism School and the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in support of their efforts to strengthen journalism ethics in the digital age.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change may destroy tiger’s home

A scientist says the last coastal stronghold of an iconic predator, the endangered Bengal tiger, could be destroyed by climate change and rising sea levels over the next 50 years.

ScienceDaily

Russia may shoot dead 52 polar bears ‘invading’ village homes as sea ice melts

The Independent

Declining insect numbers, a catastrophe?

The world’s insects are hurtling down the path to extinction, threatening a “catastrophic collapse of nature’s ecosystems,” according to the first global scientific review.

Guardian

California’s Monarch Butterflies are on the verge of extinction

Popular Mechanics

ECONOMIC EQUITY

Denver teachers strike for better pay

Teachers in Denver, Colorado, walked out of their classrooms after failing to reach a deal with administrators on pay. This is the latest example of educator discontent, following a wave of walkouts over the last year.

Al Jazeera

Special section:

15 of America’s teachers on a day of frustrations, pressures and hard-earned victories

USA TODAY

Spain’s wage hike may ‘destroy’ 125K jobs

Spain is embarking on a major economic experiment — a 22 percent jump in the minimum wage that’s ignited a high-stakes debate about how it will affect the economy.

Independent.ie

Photo of the Day

A woman at a Bangladeshi union rally. Tens of thousands of Bangladesh garment industry workers have been demonstrating to protest low wages and hazardous working conditions. According to The Nation, these workers are confronting a multibillion-dollar fashion industry, their abusive and mostly male bosses, and bad-faith trade deals that benefit Western countries and corporations at their expense. (Photo by Solidarity Center) Photo used under CC BY

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