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Almost 14 million people in the Sahel will face food insecurity in 2021, a 76% increase in the past two years. An estimated 1.6 million children will suffer from severe acute malnutrition amid worsening COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by EC/ECHO) Photo used under CC BY

29M people urgently need help in Sahel, UN warns

A record 29 million people need humanitarian assistance in the Sahel and the Lake Chad basin amid a deepening crisis, a report by the United Nations estimates. Poverty, the climate crisis, armed conflicts, high food insecurity and malnutrition have all contributed.

Guardian

Kenya to close two refugee camps by next year

Kenya is preparing to shut down two refugee camps hosting 430,000 refugees. Kenya gave the UN refugee agency a two-week ultimatum to come up with a road map to close the Dadaab and Kakuma camps.

Deutsche Welle

COVID pandemic worsens economic, social inequality

More than a year into the COVID pandemic, it is clear that although the virus affects everyone, we are not all in this together. The disease highlights and worsens existing fault lines in society, especially economic inequality.

TIME

COVID reversed progress on extreme poverty

Guardian

Brazil tops 400,000 virus deaths amid fears of renewed surge

PBS NewsHour

Myanmar villagers poised to flee violence

Thousands of ethnic Karen villagers in Myanmar are poised to cross into Thailand if, as expected, fighting intensifies between the Myanmar army and Karen insurgents, joining those who have already escaped the turmoil.

Reuters

What remains as US ends Afghan ‘forever war’

After 20 years, America is ending its “forever war” in Afghanistan. Announcing a firm withdrawal deadline, President Joe Biden cut through the long debate, even within the U.S. military, over whether the time was right.

Associated Press

Al Qaeda promises ‘war on all fronts’ against America as Biden pulls out of Afghanistan

CNN

HUMAN RIGHTS

Kuwait murder makes case for women’s safety

Farah Hamza Akbar was murdered in Kuwait despite earlier pleas from her family to the authorities to protect her from her harasser. It was a moment captured on video that unleashed a wave of outrage across Kuwait.

BBC

Detainee to file complaint with UN agency

A Guantanamo Bay inmate alleges he was tortured by his American captors after the September 11 attacks and will file a complaint with the United Nations over his unending 19-year detention, his lawyer has said.

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Dozens killed in Israel’s religious stampede

A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 44 people and injured some 150 others, medical officials said.

CBS News

US helmet laws are used to discriminate

In Seattle, 43% of citations since 2017 have gone towards homeless people, while Black cyclists received citations at nearly four times the rate of white cyclists. Black cyclists are disproportionately stopped across the country.

Guardian

Russia detains lawyer in extremism case

Russian authorities have arrested Ivan Pavlov, a lawyer who is defending Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation in an extremism trial. Pavlov was accused of disclosing classified information.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists create part human, monkey embryos

For the first time, scientists have created embryos that are a mix of human and monkey cells. The embryos were created in part to try to find new ways to produce organs for people who need transplants.

NPR

Apple charged with violating EU antitrust laws

EU’s competition regulator concluded that Apple violated antitrust laws by charging “high commission fees” on music rivals in the app store, a move that comes two years after Spotify filed a complaint against the tech giant.

Forbes

Apple rolls out major new privacy protections for iPhones, iPads

NPR

GLOBAL HEALTH

Russia makes COVID-19 vaccine for animals

Russia has produced the world’s first batch - 17,000 doses - of COVID-19 vaccines for animals, its agricultural regulator said. The Carnivac-Cov generates antibodies against COVID-19 in dogs, cats, foxes and mink.

Reuters

Uganda detects Indian COVID-19 variant

Uganda has detected the Indian variant of the coronavirus, igniting fears the East African nation could suffer a resurgence of cases just when its outbreak has waned, a senior health official said.

Reuters

India’s round-the-clock mass COVID cremations

BBC

Turkey prepares to lockdown amid COVID concerns

Al Jazeera

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (David Scott Mathieson):

Glaring glimpse into Myanmar military’s self-delusion

Asia Times Online

Column (Manal Qaed Alwesabi):

Yemen: An unviable and unlivable state

Al Jazeera

Editorial (Thomas Latschan):

A look at the Armenian genocide

Deutsche Welle

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GOOD NEWS

Free oxygen at Sikh temples in India

An acute shortage of medical oxygen has worsened India’s second wave of COVID-19, with hospitals forced to turn patients back as families scramble to arrange oxygen cylinders for their loved ones being treated at home.

Al Jazeera

Artist spreads love through her ‘heartwork’

Associated Press

The man breeding cockroaches for profit

Daniel Rwehura is a pioneer of cockroach breeding in Tanzania. After an intense information e-campaign, he has conquered the support of consumers, the government, and universities to produce cockroach protein.

Deutsche Welle

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Justices skeptical of California nonprofit law

Several U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of a California law that requires charitable organizations that solicit donations to disclose a list of their contributors to the state attorney general.

CNN

California siblings donate food truck to Texas nonprofit providing meals for community

NBCNews.com

Nonprofit pairs veterans with service dogs

A nonprofit organization matches veterans and first responders with service dogs and trains the new human-canine duos to work together. Since its inception, 18 students have graduated from the program.

Bennington Banner

ENVIRONMENT

German court orders revisions to climate law

Germany has sided with young activists in a landmark climate case, ruling that aspects of the country’s climate protection legislation are unconstitutional because they place too much of a burden on younger generations.

NPR

Brazilian tribe: They are killing our forest

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has asked for $1bn a year in foreign aid to reduce illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. But under Mr Bolsonaro deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has soared.

BBC

Dead fish wash up on banks of Lebanon

Tons of dead fish washed up on the shore of a highly polluted lake in Lebanon in the past few days. A preliminary report said a virus had killed only carp in the lake, but the deaths could also have been caused by pollution.

CBS News

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Black women at higher risk for miscarriage

Black women have a higher risk of miscarriage compared to white women, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed data from 4.6 million pregnancies, and the analysis suggests the risk is 43% higher for Black women.

CBS News

In Jaffa, gentrification stokes mass discord

With the gentrification of Jaffa, Israel, pushing housing prices out of reach for working-class Arabs, discontent over the city’s rapid transformation into a bastion for Israel’s ultra-wealthy is reaching a boiling point.

Associated Press

Photo of the Day

Syrian refugee children at a half-built apartment block near Reyfoun, Lebanon, give the peace sign. The families fled Syria because of the civil war and are now living on a building site. As conditions in parts of Syria begin to improve, host countries are pushing for Syrian refugees to return to an unsafe Syria. (Photo by Trocaire) Photo used under CC BY

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