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The long-awaited inquiry, which has been fiercely resisted by Israel, follows years of deliberations over whether the ICC has jurisdiction to investigate alleged war crimes committed by both Israelis and Palestinians in the Palestinian territories. The move was hailed by Palestinians and international rights groups. (Photo by RNW.org) Photo used under CC BY

ICC investigates allegations of war crimes in Palestine

The international criminal court has launched an investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories, including the period covered by the 2014 Gaza war, placing hundreds of Israelis – including soldiers and senior political figures – at risk of prosecution.

Guardian

UN seeks access to Ethiopia for war crimes probe

Reuters

Jihadis attack residents, migrants in Nigeria

Jihadis linked to the Islamic State group attacked the northeastern Nigerian town of Dikwa and humanitarian posts there, security officials said. Attacks in Borno state are common and have intensified in recent years.

Associated Press

Violence erupts as kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls returned home

Reuters

Myanmar coup leaders sought $1B at US bank

Myanmar’s military rulers attempted to move about $1 billion held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the United States days after seizing power on February 1, prompting U.S. officials to put a freeze on the funds.

Al Jazeera

Shocking images emerge from Myanmar as military cracks down

CNN

YouTube blocks Myanmar army; UN to meet

Yahoo! News

Red Cross says volunteers hurt in Myanmar

Reuters

Germany broaches COVID toll on minorities

German doctors are concerned about the large proportion of people from ethnic backgrounds among COVID patients in intensive care, citing a lack of proper communication with Muslim communities about the dangers of the disease.

Guardian

‘Vaccine passports’ pose privacy, ethical risks

Governments are considering a way for people to prove they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19. The so-called “vaccine passports” could help determine who can travel freely; they may also pose data security concerns.

CBS News

Ghana greets vaccine delivery with skepticism

Ghana received 600K doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine — part of an initial 2.4 million doses to be shipped by COVAX. But it‘s one thing to have a supply of vaccines; it’s another to administer them.

NPR

HUMAN RIGHTS

Displaced Syrians face losing homes, property

A legal amendment in Syria has been greeted with anger and dismay by people displaced by the civil war who are now at risk of losing homes and property they left behind unless they pay exorbitant fines to the government.

Guardian

Syrian chemical attack victims file suit

Reuters

First S. Korean trans soldier found dead

South Korea’s first known transgender soldier, who protested the military’s decision last year to discharge her for undergoing gender reassignment surgery, has been found dead at her home.

Associated Press

Hundreds abducted by Ugandan army

Security forces have detained hundreds of people as President Yoweri Museveni faces his fiercest opposition in 35 years.

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Hong Kongers back activists at conspiracy trial

Protest slogans rang out as about 1,000 people gathered outside a Hong Kong court for the hearing of 47 democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion, as authorities intensify a crackdown on the opposition.

NBCNews.com

Colombia can’t afford Venezuelan migrants

Colombia has been providing temporary legal status to undocumented migrants from neighboring Venezuela. But according to President Iván Duque, what’s been lacking is money to pay for this crisis.

NPR

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

World’s oldest known wild bird has chick at 70

At 70 years old Wisdom the Laysan albatross has hatched another chick. Wisdom, the “oldest known wild bird in history,” has outlived mating partners as well as biologist Chandler Robbins, who first banded her in 1956.

Guardian

Deep Nostalgia AI brings your photos to life

A new tool called Deep Nostalgia from genealogy site MyHeritage animates the faces of people in photographs. It achieves this through deep learning technology that is similar to that used in creating deepfakes.

Fast Company

GLOBAL HEALTH

Vaccine bypasses some older adults in US

Older adults with top priority in immunization drives are spending hours online, enlisting their children’s help and traveling hours to far-flung pharmacies in a desperate bid to secure a COVID-19 vaccine.

ABC News

Brazil’s COVID-19 outbreak is a global threat

Brazil’s rampant COVID outbreak has become a global threat that risks spawning new and even more lethal variants, the South American country’s top scientist has warned as it suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic.

Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Omogolo Taunyane):

South African women are taking a stand against rape culture

Al Jazeera

Column (Yolande Strengers):

The danger Alexa’s default apology poses for gender equality

NBCNews.com

Column (Sajeeb Wazed):

Bangladesh: A surprise digital leader in Asia

MSN

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GOOD NEWS

9-year-old helps win curbs on oil extraction

When a Latino community in Southern California began fighting an oil company it claimed was polluting the neighborhood, Nalleli Cobo was 9 years old. She has played a central role in the fight.

BBC

‘Chinatown Pretty’ celebrates Asian American elders

NPR

Aged 118, the world’s oldest living person will carry the Olympic flame in Japan

CNN

Man saves forgotten cats in nuclear zone

A decade ago, Sakae Kato stayed behind to rescue cats abandoned by neighbors who fled the radiation clouds belching from the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant. He won’t leave.

Reuters

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Pandemic could shutter third of US nonprofits

More than one-third of U.S. nonprofits are in jeopardy of closing within two years because of the financial harm inflicted by the pandemic, according to the philanthropy research group Candid and the CDC.

CBS News

Sounds of healing: Virtual concerts help patients and musicians

NBCNews.com

Uruguay sees the return of soup kitchens

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

17 percent of global food production wasted

An estimated 17 percent, roughly 1.03 billion tons, of food available to consumers, was wasted in homes, retail outlets and restaurants in 2019, according to research published by the United Nations.

Al Jazeera

The Great Dying: Earth’s largest-ever mass extinction is a warning for humanity

CBS News

UN urges wealthy nations to stop coal by 2030

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling on wealthy nations to end coal use by 2030 so the world can meet its goals to curb global warming, urging G7 nations to make that commitment at a leaders’ summit in June.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Kashmir’s craftsmen hope for better times

The end of lockdown brought some relief for Kashmir’s traditional copper utensil makers, renowned for their immaculate craftsmanship, but their industry is under threat and their earnings low.

Reuters

Myanmar coup affects migrants’ families

More than 4 million Myanmar migrants — from a population of about 54 million — work overseas in industries ranging from manufacturing, agriculture to domestic work, United Nations data shows.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Photo of the Day

Migrant workers from Asia wait for a bus in the West Bay area of Doha, Qatar, after putting in a shift working on the QP building. More than 6,500 migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have died in Qatar since the nation won the right to host the World Cup 10 years ago, new data reveals. The true number may be higher. (Photo by Alex Sergeev) Photo used under CC BY

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