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Food scarcity in coup-hit Myanmar will multiply in the next six months, United Nations officials have warned. Prices for staples and fuel — such as rice and cooking oil — had risen nationwide, leaving the coup-ridden nation on the brink of starvation. (Photo by Polyrus) Photo used under CC BY

3M on brink of starvation in Myanmar, UN warns

Food aid reliance is set to triple to 3.4 million people in Myanmar within months, the World Food Program warns, as the country reels from a coup, poverty, and the COVID pandemic. Roughly 24,000 subsistence rice farmers had been displaced as a result of the coup.

Deutsche Welle

‘Consensus reached’ on Myanmar crisis

Reuters

Human rights this fortnight in pictures

Guardian

COVID surge threatens war-ridden Gaza strip

A sudden surge in COVID infections and deaths is threatening to overwhelm hospitals weakened by years of conflict and border closures in the crowded Gaza Strip.

Associated Press

Chinese officials contest UK genocide declaration

A spokesperson for the Xinjiang region called accusations of genocide “counter to the facts” as China came under more pressure this week over its treatment of the Uighur ethnic group in the remote border area.

Associated Press

China says it has ended poverty. Is that true?

NPR

Rwanda’s youth to heal genocide wounds

In 1994, Rwanda‘s ethnic Hutus massacred an estimated 1 million Tutsis. The country’s younger generation is seeking to heal old divisions between the groups, but this comes with its own set of challenges.

Deutsche Welle

Why Biden’s recognition of the Armenian genocide is a big deal

Politico

Over 27K displaced in Colombia violence

More than 27,000 people have been displaced in Colombia in the first quarter of 2021, the country’s human rights ombudsman has said, as the South American nation grapples with a surge of violence.

Al Jazeera

Ugandans abducted in vicious crackdown

Hundreds of ordinary people suspected of supporting opposition politicians in Uganda have been snatched off the streets by security services in the worst wave of repression in the country for decades.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Afghans detail killings by Australian military

Urged by advocacy groups, Afghan victims‘ relatives are coming forward to tell their stories in hopes of seeking justice as the Australian government launches investigations into troops’ suspected killings of Afghans.

NPR

Examining the police shootings of Black Americans and how leadership plays a role

PBS NewsHour

Spanish coast guard finds 17 migrants dead

Spain‘s coast guard has found 17 dead migrants on a boat off the Canary Islands, the country’s local emergency services announced. Three survivors were transferred by military helicopter to a hospital on Tenerife.

Deutsche Welle

Human smugglers bypass Texas border patrol

NPR

Iran faces mass backlash over jail sentence

An Iranian-British woman long-held in Tehran has been sentenced to another year in prison, drawing immediate criticism from Britain in the high-profile case that has prompted international condemnation of Iran.

Associated Press

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Brazil’s new jails without guns and violence

Brazil’s APAC recovery centers focus on rehabilitation and understanding, instead of weapons and violence. An EU project hopes the idea will catch on around the world.

Deutsche Welle

Chad’s rebels ‘ready’ for ceasefire and talks

Rebels in northern Chad are ready to observe a ceasefire and to discuss a political settlement after the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby. The air force has since bombarded rebel positions, the military and rebels said.

Al Jazeera

Why asylum seekers on either side of the southern border still face an uncertain future

PBS NewsHour

Pakistan blows hot, cold on peace with India

Pakistan is blowing hot and cold on normalizing trade relations with India, an early setback to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s officially ballyhooed shift from a geostrategic to geo-economic foreign policy orientation.

Asia Times Online

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Climate change has shifted the Earth’s axis

Climate change is likely the cause of a recent shift in the Earth’s axis of rotation, a new study suggests. Melting glaciers redistributed enough water to cause the North and South Poles to move eastward since the mid-1990s.

USA TODAY

Protests across Malawi as phone charges soar

Hundreds of people have taken to Malawi’s streets to protest against rising mobile calls and data charges. Malawi is the fifth most expensive country for mobile data, making access to the internet a luxury for most people.

Guardian

India‘s removal of tweets critical of COVID-19 response deemed ’dangerous’

Thomson Reuters Foundation

GLOBAL HEALTH

Brazil COVID variant strikes Latin America

Nearly 1 million Latin American lives have been lost here since the region’s first Covid case was detected in February 2020, and the pandemic is now accelerating again, with many convinced the Brazilian variant bears much of the blame.

Guardian

Brazil once vaccinated 10 million people for polio in a day. What went wrong with COVID-19?

National Geographic

Total COVID cases in Philippines surpass 1M

The number of COVID cases logged in the Philippines since the start of the pandemic topped one million this week, as a health official warned against easing restrictions, to give hospitals some “breathing room.”

Asia Times Online

Columns And Op-Ed

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Wild animal suffering is the new frontier of animal welfare

Vox

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Inconsistencies of India-US health cooperation

Asia Times Online

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The world is desperate for more COVID vaccines – patents shouldn’t get in the way

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Gambia eliminates blinding eye disease

Gambia has eliminated trachoma, one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide, the government has announced, after almost four decades of work to counter the disease.

Reuters

From trash to treasure: recycled art in pictures

USA TODAY

Malaria vaccine 77% effective in Burkina Faso

A vaccine against malaria has been shown to be highly effective in trials in Africa, holding out the real possibility of slashing the death toll of a disease that kills 400,000 mostly small children every year.

Guardian

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Texas nonprofit aims to save elderly dogs

A new nonprofit is stepping up to save elderly dogs who have trouble getting adopted from shelters across Texas. Their goal is to shower them with happiness during their final years.

Fox 7 Austin

New efforts to boost diversity in engineering

The GE Foundation has announced a $100 million commitment to establish a global college-readiness initiative aimed at increasing the diversity of young people in engineering.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Climate geoengineering poses dilemmas

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges humanity has ever faced. Many experts now say drastic times call for drastic measures, arguing that climate geoengineering should be part of the solution.

CBS News

Rewilding Argentina: A journey to help nature heal

Al Jazeera

Environment police battle for Amazon rainforest

BBC

German citizen assembly tackles climate crisis

One hundred and sixty Germans, four major issues, one goal: for lawmakers to live up to their climate pledges. The Citizen Assembly is set to debate Germany’s environmental ambitions and make sure its voices are heard.

Deutsche Welle

Australia resists calls for tougher climate targets

BBC

Saudi Arabia to join forum on climate change

Saudi Arabia will join the United States, Canada, Norway, and Qatar in forming a new platform for oil and gas producers to discuss how they can support the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Reuters

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Nigerian community relies on trade by barter

In Akpabuyo community in Cross River State, Nigeria, people pay for what they need with what they have, instead of using coins and banknotes. They say it’s a part of their culture that they want to preserve.

BBC

Saudis ban Lebanese goods due to smuggling

Saudi Arabia will ban Lebanese fruits and vegetables entering the kingdom or passing through it because those shipments have been increasingly used to smuggle drugs, the official news agency has reported.

Associated Press

Russia halts operations of Navalny’s offices

Russian authorities ordered the offices of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to suspend their activities pending a court ruling on whether they should be outlawed as an extremist group.

Associated Press

Photo of the Day

An image of Lake Chad, a historically large but shrinking lake in West Africa. The lake provides water to over 68 million people living in its surrounding countries: Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria. Since the 1960s, the lake has shrunk by 90% due to climate change. (Photo by Peter Prokosch)

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