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A young Sudanese child suffering from malnutrition stands in the middle of a camp. About 9 million people in Sudan are currently in need of aid, a number that could double by September as a result of poor harvests, economic crisis, internal conflict and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the UN has warned. (Photo by Filipe Moreira) Photo used under CC BY

18 million Sudanese could soon face extreme hunger

The U.N. has warned that up to 18 million people in Sudan could be in need of aid by September as food prices soar due to conflict, poor harvests and the economic crisis.

Guardian

Sudanese demonstrator killed as protests decry economic conditions

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Ethiopia declares truce to allow aid into Tigray

Ethiopia’s government has declared “an indefinite humanitarian truce effective immediately,” saying it hoped to help hasten delivery of emergency aid into Tigray.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine war could lead to food riots in poor countries

Rocketing global food prices as a result of the war in Ukraine could trigger riots from those going hungry in poor countries, the head of the World Trade Organization has said.

Guardian

Taliban recloses schools for older Afghan girls

Just hours after schools were due to open, the Taliban ordered them to shut down again. Teenage Afghan girls have now been denied their right to an education for 187 days.

CNN

Myanmar military deliberately killed civilians

Myanmar’s military and police deliberately killed civilians opposed to its rule in the six months following the coup in February 2021, in a policy that amounts to crimes against humanity, according to new research published this week.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine says Moscow forcibly taking civilians

Ukraine accused Moscow of forcibly taking thousands of civilians from the port city of Mariupol to Russia so that they can be used as “hostages” to pressure Kyiv to give up.

ABC News

Images of death, survival in Ukraine war

Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

Smugglers hike prices after Taliban takeover

Smugglers are exploiting Afghans’ desperation to leave the country, hiking prices after demand grew for their services and borders became harder to cross.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Taliban further curtail Afghan women’s rights

The Taliban has implemented new rules to further restrict the rights of women in Afghanistan. The measures include gender separation in Kabul’s amusement parks and a ban on women flying without a male guardian.

Deutsche Welle

The Afghan women’s rights activist taking on the Taliban online

Deutsche Welle

LGBT people in Iraq living in fear of their lives

Armed groups in Iraq, including the police and one of the country’s most powerful militias, attack LGBT people with impunity.

BBC

Burkina Faso girls finding refuge in education

Going to school has become increasingly challenging in north and east Burkina Faso, where attacks have forced the government to close hundreds of schools and prompted more families to marry off their daughters.

Reuters

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

The civilians fighting on Ukraine’s front lines

The numbers wanting to take up arms to defend Ukraine have been so overwhelming that many told Al Jazeera they were turned away because units were full. Some remain on waiting lists.

Al Jazeera

The dangers faced by front line fighters in Kharkiv

BBC

Troops along India-China border create tension

India’s foreign minister says ties with China cannot be normal as long as there is a huge deployment of troops along their border.

Al Jazeera

ICE set up a fake college to catch fraudsters

After fighting the case for years, the government has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by students who alleged they were collateral damage in the sting operation.

NBCNews.com

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya

A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority.

Associated Press

Google plans to halve maternal mortality rate

Google announced three new health projects aimed at showcasing its artificial intelligence prowess, including access to ultrasounds to halve the material mortality rate.

Fast Company

More than 5K worlds exist beyond solar system

Scientists were just beginning to discover planets that orbited stars beyond our sun, called exoplanets, in the 1990s. Now, NASA has confirmed that we know of more than 5,000 worlds outside of our solar system.

CNN

Mysterious ‘odd radio circles’ seen in space

There is a new kind of mystery object in space, and after capturing their best image yet, astronomers are one step closer to understanding these celestial oddballs.

CNN

Internet woes shatter young Yemenis’ dreams

Blighted by years of war and economic crisis, Yemen’s slow and costly internet limits access to everyday services from banking to online classes and transport. For young people, it can mean missing out on opportunities.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

GLOBAL HEALTH

Rich countries getting new COVID vaccine first

The company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing world has sent tens of millions of doses to wealthy nations but provided none yet to the U.N.-backed effort to supply poorer countries.

Associated Press

Matching drugs to DNA is ’new era of medicine’

The British Pharmacological Society and the Royal College of Physicians say a genetic test can predict how well drugs work in your body. The tests could be available next year.

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (CNN Opinion):

Putin’s refugee crisis didn’t start in 2022

CNN

Column (Nikola Mikovic):

Russia’s actions threatening global food security

Asia Times Online

Column (Patrick Gathara):

Why Africa does not appear to be ‘standing with Ukraine’

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Kid book makes Ukraine refugees feel at home

Mediabrands Content Studio published a book titled “Welcome to Denmark” with helpful information and cute illustrations to welcome young refugee children to Denmark.

Upworthy

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

These stores are free to Ukrainian refugees

As millions of Ukrainian refugees flee to Poland, volunteers are using free stores to help provide clothes and necessities.

Fast Company

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Can food prices become a global emergency?

Yes, they could, says the former director of the World Food Program, Ertharin Cousin, if the necessary steps are not taken to cushion the impact of current shortages.

Deutsche Welle

Russia’s war on Ukraine is dire for world hunger. But there are solutions

NPR

Drought in Somalia worsened by funding gap

Millions of people are facing severe hunger as a result of the worst drought in 40 years in the Horn of Africa.

Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

Fast fashion and its impact on the environment

There‘s fast fashion and then there’s ultrafast fashion. Chinese clothing giant SHEIN adds 500 new low-cost items to its collection every day. It has no stores. But what about the impact on the environment?

Deutsche Welle

Africa’s water security has risks, opportunities

Little of Africa‘s wastewater is treated, water for drinking and hand-washing is scarce for hundreds of millions of people, and water-related disasters are on the rise.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Yemen looks to past to survive climate change

For thousands of years, a network of aqueducts and basins helped Yemen’s port city of Aden cope with both floods and drought. Today, plastic bags, drinks cans and makeshift shacks clog the ancient channels.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

UN plans for weather warning systems for all

Early warning systems to protect the entire world from extreme weather and climate disasters should be rolled out within five years, according to the U.N.

BBC

Photo of the Day

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pays a visit to the wounded defenders of Ukraine undergoing treatment at a military hospital. (Photo by President Of Ukraine) Photo used under CC BY

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