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Myanmar citizens protesting two weeks after the Feb. 1 coup. Deaths in Myanmar have escalated beyond 700 as Myanmar’s junta suppresses contention. As Myanmar enters its fourth month of protests, organizers are working to galvanize the pro-democracy movement with a “spring revolution.” (Photo by Htin Linn Aye) Photo used under CC BY

Myanmar coup protesters call for ‘spring revolution’

Thousands of coup protesters took to the streets across Myanmar over the weekend, calling for “the global Myanmar spring revolution” as the country began its fourth month under a military regime. The unrest that has ensued has shown no signs of abating.

Deutsche Welle

Big Myanmar protests aim to ‘shake the world’; five killed

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Myanmar military bases receive unclaimed attacks

Asia Times Online

U.S. begins withdrawing from Afghanistan

As the U.S. begins its withdrawal, Afghans are bracing for further uncertainty. In a country where transitions of power have often been violent, there is little to reassure them that a peaceful settlement is on the horizon.

NBCNews.com

Glacial lake floods hit poor countries hardest

As the planet warms and glaciers recede, meltwater accumulates and forms lakes. When these lakes become too full there is a risk that they may breach or overflow, releasing huge volumes of water and causing flooding that could be catastrophic for developing countries.

Guardian

3 Syrian candidates emerge to contest Assad

Syria’s Supreme Constitutional Court has accepted three applications out of 51 for candidacy for this month’s sham presidential elections in the war-torn country, state media reported this week.

Associated Press

Syria’s president grants amnesties before election

ABC News

Syrian vaccine campaign begins amid surge

A COVID-19 vaccine campaign kicked off in Syria’s last rebel-held enclave this week, with a 45-year-old front-line nurse becoming the first to receive a U.N.-secured jab. The vaccines come amid a new surge of infections.

ABC News

May Day protesters demand workers’ rights

Workers around the world dusted off bullhorns that stayed furled during lockdowns for slimmed down but still boisterous May Day marches, demanding more labor protections amid a pandemic.

Al Jazeera

May Day protests around the world

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Black candidate challenges status quo in Spain

Serigne Mbaye not only wants to fight what he considers to be “structural racism” against African migrants but also to defy a history of underrepresentation of the Black community and other people of color in Spanish politics.

Associated Press

Pakistani journalists fight for press freedom

The media is facing growing censorship, attacks and harassment in Pakistan that are threatening freedom of the press, a committee of journalists.

Associated Press

Inside Amazon’s shadow workforce in Mexico

Interviews with workers, pay slips, and messages from Amazon HR revealed many had to work overtime beyond legal limits while others were let go without severance, forced to resign, or laid off after falling ill with COVID.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Poor, undecided voters to decide Peru election

Peru’s presidential election race is tightening a month ahead of a vote in June, with socialist Pedro Castillo still ahead, while pollsters say the key battles are in poor, rural regions and in convincing a large group of undecided voters.

Reuters

India’s Modi defeated in West Bengal election

The BJP targeted West Bengal heavily during campaigning but the state was comfortably held by the incumbent, Mamata Banerjee, a fierce Modi critic.

BBC

Delhi calls for army help amid crisis

Hospitals in the city are in crisis, with intensive care beds full and an acute shortage of medical oxygen. Delhi’s government wants the army to run Covid care facilities and ICUs.

Yahoo! News

As virus engulfs India, diaspora watches with despair

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Girl Scout troop delivers cookies with drone

Wing, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc., reached out to the Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline about making cookie drops to help boost cookie sales, which are still being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

MSN

Florida to fine media for banning politicians

A controversial new bill that would stop tech companies from deplatforming politicians has been approved by both houses in Florida’s legislature. The bill must now be signed off by Trump ally, Governor Ron DeSantis.

BBC

The history of space food explained

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Congo declares end of Ebola outbreak

The outbreak was contained using Merck‘s (MRK.N) Ebola vaccine, which was given to more than 1,600 of the patients’ contacts and contacts of contacts, the aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), said.

Reuters

Vaccine shortages blight India’s Covid efforts

Severe Covid-19 vaccine shortages have hampered India’s plan to administer jabs to all adults, with fewer then half of India’s states able to begin vaccinating over-18s amid warnings the shortfall could last months.

Guardian

War and doubts slow COVID-19 vaccination in disputed Yemen city

Reuters

Concerns about COVID-19 in Syria camp

Concerns are growing of a COVID outbreak at a sprawling camp in northeast Syria that houses tens of thousands of refugees, including families and supporters of the Islamic State group, a Kurdish official said Monday.

Associated Press

South Africa gets first doses of Pfizer vaccine

South Africa received its first batch of the Pfizer vaccine when 325,260 doses arrived at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, officials confirmed.

Associated Press

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Michael Jennings):

Support for new malaria vaccine may be lacking in rich world

Asia Times Online

Column (Mukul Kesavan):

While India is desperate for oxygen, its politicians deny there’s even a problem

Guardian

Column (Julia Raifman and Lorraine Dean):

What we learn from vaccine disparities

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Barcelona church opens to Ramadan diners

Every evening, between 50 and 60 Muslims, many of them homeless, stream into the centuries-old stone passages of the Church of Santa Anna, where volunteers offer a hearty meal of home-cooked food.

Al Jazeera

12-year-old graduating high school, college

A 12-year-old in North Carolina used the downtime he had during the pandemic to take on a few extra classes in school. Now, one year later, Mike Wimmer, of Salisbury, is getting ready to graduate high school and college -- in the same week.

MSN

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Student raises $20K for breast cancer testing

A UNCW student went above and beyond for his class project. Raising over $20,000 for non-profit Pretty in Pink, a group that helps uninsured pay for breast cancer treatment, Senior Eli Gerrans says the plan started small.

WWAYTV

Couple donates $25M to deliver COVID-19 vaccines in 180 countries

Good Morning America

Nonprofit hosts workshop on drought plants

If there ever was a year to kill your lawn, this is it. Daily Acts, a Petaluma nonprofit dedicated to sustainable living, wants to help people take the plunge and turn their yards into water-wise, habitat-providing gardens.

Press Democrat

ENVIRONMENT

Corn crop feeds prosperity in Bangladesh

Maize is currently grown on more than 101,300 hectares in the northern region, which produces one-third of the national supply, according to government figures.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Air pollution may impair older men’s thinking

Temporary rises in air pollution may impair memory and thinking in older men, according to research that indicates even short-term spikes in airborne particles can be harmful to brain health.

Guardian

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Pandemic cost income for 1 in 2 globally

One in two people worldwide saw their earnings drop due to the coronavirus, with people in low-income countries particularly hard hit by job losses or cuts to their working hours, research showed.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Amid protests, Colombia withdraws tax hike

Following days of deadly protests across Colombia against a planned nationwide tax increase, President Iván Duque has withdrawn the proposal that he insisted was needed to fix the country’s pandemic-battered economy.

NPR

Female founders raise $1M, teach girls to code

Female founders behind Erase All Kittens understand the importance of exposing girls to coding when young, which is why they‘ve created a “Mario-style” web-based game with the aim of teaching girls how to code. So far they’ve raised $1 million in seed funding.

MSN

Photo of the Day

An elderly Tibetan women holding a prayer wheel on the Lhasa’s pilgrimage circuit of Barkhor. The Barkhor, a quadrangle of streets that surrounds the Jokhang Temple, is both the spiritual heart of the holy city and the main commercial district for Tibetans. (Photo by Luca Galuzzi) Photo used under CC BY

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