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A 2-month-old Venezuelan, and his mother, at a UNICEF temporal rest tent in Rumichaca, Ecuador side of the border with Colombia. The UN’s political and peace building chief, Rosemary DiCarlo has warned of the “grim reality” facing a country where citizens are dying of preventable causes and 3.4 million people have fled the worsening conditions. (Photo by UNICEF Ecuador) Photo used under CC BY

Infant deaths up 50% amid Venezuelan crisis

Infant mortality in Venezuela has doubled during the prolonged political crisis in the country; 40 percent of medical staff has left the country, and hospital stocks of medicine has dwindled to 20 percent of the required level.

Guardian

US ramps up pressure on Maduro with fresh sanctions

Al Jazeera

French-English split is tearing Cameroon apart

Over the past two years, violence spurred by this linguistic split has brought Cameroon to the brink of civil war. Hundreds have died, close to 500,000 have been displaced, and activists have been rounded up and jailed.

The Independent

Thousands of migrant kids molested in US custody

The U.S. health department has received more than 4,500 complaints of sexual abuse against detained migrant children from 2014-2018, documents show.

BBC

Freed slaves in Mauritania struggle anew

As Mauritania begins to emerge from a decades-old tradition of descent-based slavery, activists say tens of thousands are struggling to get by each day and improving their lot is harder than ending slavery.

Reuters

Culture of abuse and violence at the heart of some of South Korea’s biggest companies

CNN

Rising India-Pakistan feud stirs nuclear fears

Pakistan has claimed to have shot down two Indian jets a day after New Delhi “targeted a militant camp” on its soil. The confrontation could escalate into a full-blown war between these two nuclear-armed countries.

Deutsche Welle

Last refugee children leave Pacific camp

The last remaining refugee children held in an Australian-funded camp on the remote Pacific island of Nauru departed on a flight bound for the U.S., asylum-seeker advocates said.

France 24

HUMAN RIGHTS

Freedom of expression ranks low in Saudi

Recent events are a stark reminder that freedom of expression is under siege in Saudi Arabia, one of the worst jailers of journalists.

Deutsche Welle

Zehra Dogan: Turkey’s rebel with a pen and a paintbrush

Deutsche Welle

Program takes on period taboo in Afghanistan

A new Afghanistan-ministry led program with support from UNICEF, seeks to break the taboos surrounding female physiology, but in a region where religious orthodoxy lingers, the barriers remain high.

Undark

Oscar win seen ending shame about menstruation that puts women at risk

Thomson Reuters Foundation

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Buhari re-elected as Nigeria’s president

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected for a second four-year term. While supporters argue he has delivered on tackling corruption, Boko Haram, critics accuse him of autocratic leanings and inaction.

BBC

Algeria protests: Students rally against president

YouTube

EU needs financial crime police, lawmakers say

The EU should set up a police force to investigate tax evasion, financial crime and money-laundering, EU lawmakers said in a report, which accuses seven member states of acting as tax havens.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Dell has recycled 2 billion pounds of e-waste

Dell set a goal of recycling 2 billion pounds of e-waste by 2020, which they met in 2018. They are now recycling gold from its motherboards, using marine plastics in its products and using other reclaimed materials.

Digital Trends

The world’s worst electronic waste offenders: An infographic

Forbes

CRISPR used to treat man’s blood illness

CRISPR, the groundbreaking and controversial gene-editing technique, has been used in a patient with a debilitating blood disease, scientists have revealed.

Daily Mail

GLOBAL HEALTH

Half of all kids with cancer going undiagnosed

Almost half of children with cancer are going undiagnosed and untreated, according to a new global study. The numbers stand highest with 49 percent in south Asia and 57 percent in western Africa.

Guardian

Doctor performs world’s first 5G surgery

Next-generation wireless technology is taking the medical world closer to robots performing remotely-controlled surgery, a doctor in Spain said after successfully carrying out the world’s first 5G-powered telementored operation.

Channel NewsAsia

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Stanley M. Brand):

Indict or shut up: The public may never see a report from Mueller’s investigation

The Conversation

Editorial:

Malaysia’s worrying return to racial politics

Straits Times

Column (Robert Skidelsky):

Is AI the road to serfdom?

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Firefighters become babysitters during call

Firefighters responding to a medical call became impromptu babysitters for two little boys after determining that the family’s father would have to be transported along with his wife to the hospital for medical attention.

New York Post

100-year-old grandma celebrates birthday by skydiving

12 News

Girl fighting leukemia becomes honorary cop

Ryleigh Williams, undergoing chemotherapy to fight leukemia is also now a new cop in Georgia. Williams received her own uniform and badge. She also learned to fingerprint and was shown K-9 demonstrations.

FOX News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

What will nonprofits look like in 2025?

Like all other businesses, nonprofits are subject to changes brought on by an evolving marketplace. From new tech to shifting consumer interests, countless things could impact the way nonprofits operate.

Forbes

Jeff Bezos topped US philanthropy in 2018

Amazon founder Bezos and ex-wife-to-be MacKenzie topped charitable giving in 2018 with $2 billion giving to existing nonprofits that help the homeless, and creating new preschools in low-income communities.

The Mercury News

ENVIRONMENT

Cuban tobacco growers confront climate woes

One of Cuba’s most valuable natural resources is cigar tobacco. But erratic weather attributed to climate change, and storms ripping out whole plants is affecting quality, as well as the production of their famed cigars.

CNN

Elephant ivory poaching is on rise in Botswana

Botswana has an elephant poaching problem. The numbers far exceed previous years according to a new survey. Surveyors observed carcasses and reported 104 out of 128 “fresh carcasses” as possibly poached.

Quartz

Fury as Botswana’s plan to cull elephants and sell them as pet food wins ministerial approval

Daily Mail

ECONOMIC EQUITY

Equal pay for men, women actually possible?

Iceland has long been ranked the world’s best for overall gender equality, and recently became the first country responsible for gender equal pay. Could other places benefit from its new workplace strategy?

BBC

Three gender equity predictions for 2019

Forbes

Sardinia’s farmers dumping milk in streets

Protesting dairy farmers in Sardinia have been throwing milk onto motorways, blocking roads and attacking delivery trucks in an ongoing protest over milk prices, which they say are now as low as in the 1970s.

The Local Italy

Photo of the Day

Afghani girls at a women and girls health education meeting by Combined Task Force Lightning at Baqi Tanah, Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, in 2011. (Photo by Pfc. Alicia Brand) Photo used under CC BY

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