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Protesters in Myanmar hold up signs bearing likeness of Aung San Suu Kyi, their ousted leader, shortly after the Feb. 1 military coup. Hundreds of Burmese citizens have died since February in a fight to restore democracy to Myanmar. The military junta’s newest attempt to delegitimize Suu Kyi came through recent remarks associating her party with fraud. (Photo by Htin Linn Aye) Photo used under CC BY

Myanmar junta may disband Suu Kyi’s party for ’fraud’

The head of Myanmar’s military-appointed state election commission said this week that his agency will consider dissolving Aung San Suu Kyi’s former ruling party for alleged involvement in electoral fraud and having its leaders charged with treason.

Associated Press

Insurgents target Myanmar junta’s fuel trucks

Asia Times Online

Fears for supplies in Myanmar as exodus grows from fighting

Associated Press

Myanmar junta fires protesting diplomats in Tokyo

Asia Times Online

Millions of COVID deaths may evade official count

Official tolls showing the number of deaths directly or indirectly attributed to the COVID pandemic are likely to be a “significant undercount,” according to the World Health Organization, which said between 6 million and 8 million people might have died so far.

Al Jazeera

Rural India sees COVID cases and deaths going unrecorded

Deutsche Welle

World leaders vow to help Palestinians rebuild

World leaders have hailed a ceasefire that took hold this week and vowed to help rebuild Gaza, after an Israeli bombing campaign that killed more than 230 people and Palestinian rocket attacks that killed 12 in Israel.

Guardian

Celebrations across Gaza after 11 days of bombing

Al Jazeera

India’s unemployment spikes amid lockdowns

The localized lockdowns by various states in India have led to a spike in the unemployment rate, which touched a 49-week high. For the week ending May 16, it had risen sharply to 14.45% from 8.67% on May 9.

Asia Times Online

HUMAN RIGHTS

China makes Uyghurs deny charges on camera

China has highlighted an unlikely series of videos this year in which Uyghur men and women deny U.S. charges that Beijing is committing human rights violations against their ethnic group.

Associated Press

Gaza doctors recount experiences as war rages

For more than 10 days, Palestinian doctors in the Gaza Strip’s main al-Shifa hospital have been working around the clock to save lives during the Israeli army’s relentless bombardment of the besieged enclave.

Al Jazeera

Venezuelans escape violence in Colombia

Thousands of Venezuelans have fled their country in the past month. They are running away from intense armed clashes which involve Venezuela’s army and Colombia’s rebel groups.

BBC

Four weeks of protests hit Colombia

Guardian

Record number of migrants swim to Ceuta

A record number of migrants have swum or paddled inflatable boats to Ceuta, a tiny Spanish territory in North Africa. Some believe Morocco may have relaxed its borders amid a diplomatic spat with Spain.

Deutsche Welle

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Syrians in Lebanon vote early in sham election

Thousands of Syrians living in Lebanon have been bussed to their country’s embassy near Beirut to cast ballots in early voting ahead of next week’s presidential election in the war-torn country.

Al Jazeera

AU calls for ‘democratic transition’ in Chad

The African Union has called for a “democratic transition” within 18 months in Chad, where a military leadership took charge in April after veteran ruler Idriss Deby died on the front line as his army was fighting rebels.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists bring sense of touch to robotic arm

A robotic arm with a sense of touch allows a paralyzed man to quickly perform tasks like pouring water cup to cup. The arm provides tactile feedback directly to the man’s brain as he uses his thoughts to control the device.

NPR

Shooting for the stars: the otherworldly art of astrophotography

Guardian

Kids’ asthma, in-utero smog exposure linked

Infants whose mothers were exposed to higher levels of tiny air pollution particles during pregnancy are much more likely to develop asthma, according to research.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Drones to take vaccines to rural areas in India

Villagers in remote corners of rural India could start seeing curious flying objects in the skies as health experts test out drones to deliver COVID vaccines to isolated communities amid a deadly surge in COVID cases.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Rich countries try to tackle vaccine inequalities

Major drugmakers and rich nation leaders faced up this week to the startling global imbalance in fighting COVID and made big pledges to up supplies of cut-price vaccines to poorer regions.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

African countries have struggled to secure enough COVID vaccines. So why are doses going to waste?

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Harrison Mwilima):

Fair deals, not summits, will solve Africa’s post-COVID challenges

Deutsche Welle

Column (Irfan Raja):

Is civil war in Pakistan possible?

Asia Times Online

Column (Luba Kassova):

Putting economics over ethics is a dismal vaccination strategy – Bulgaria shows why

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Lodge lets senior dogs live out their days

The Dog Lodge gives senior dogs a place to live out their final days with comfort and a lot of love.

ABC 7

Utah players spring scholarships on students

Basketball players on the professional Utah Jazz team delivered good news by calling Utah students to tell them they’ve been granted a full four-year college scholarship.

Good Morning America

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Food pantry feeds up to 950 people

When Nanette Pierson moved to Hilton Head, S.C., in 2009, she noticed hungry children and began feeding a few local families with her retirement funds. The food pantry she founded now feeds more than 950.

Guardian

Corporations announce equity initiatives

A coalition of 18 financial institutions has announced a multi-billion-dollar initiative to improve economic and racial equity in the financial services industry.

Philanthropy News Digest

Nonprofit mobile food service gets meals to those in need

ABC 7

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Number of IDPs globally hits record-high 55M

Conflicts and natural disasters forced someone to flee within their own country every second of last year, pushing the number of people living in internal displacement to a record high, according to a new report.

Al Jazeera

Climate change displaced millions in 2020

More than 40 million people were driven from their homes by continued conflict and worsening weather in 2020 as the climate grew increasingly chaotic.

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

’Zombie’ fire more common as climate changes

In the boreal forests of the planet’s far north, where the climate is warming faster than almost anywhere else in the world, some wildfires are surviving winter snows and sparking back up again in spring.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Climate activists use EcoTok to reach Gen Z

Generation Z is going viral on TikTok — not only with dances and memes but with climate change. A group of young climate influencers called EcoTok makes fun videos about everything from foraging to biodiverse grass.

Deutsche Welle

Children join Australia’s climate protests

Thousands of Australian children are walking out of school to attend protests, calling for action on climate change.

BBC

Photo of the Day

Venezuelans participate in a Carnivales de Punto Fijo parade in Falcon state in February 2020, just before COVID shutdowns began. Venezuela’s slow rate of vaccination for COVID-19 means it could take up to 10 years for the country to be fully vaccinated, the president of the nation’s academy of medicine said. Less than 1% of the population has received a first dose, according to Reuters vaccine tracker. (Photo by PezLocutor) Photo used under CC BY

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