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An Indian child’s upper arm is measured to check the severity of malnutrition. Though malnutrition affects millions of people, especially children, there is still much that is unknown about it, a medical manager says, but what is known is that most people suffering from malnutrition die from disease or infection rather than starvation itself. (Photo by Russell Watkins/Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

Hunger destroying lives, communities worldwide

The number of people affected by hunger will surpass 840 million by 2030, the UN predicts, as millions are currently trapped in the worst hunger crisis in living memory, devastating the physical and mental wellbeing of communities.

Guardian

Biden pledges $2.9B in global food aid at General Assembly

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Malaria spreading fast in flood-hit Pakistan

Malaria cases are rampant in Pakistan’s flood-ravaged regions, with the death toll from diseases reaching 324, authorities said, adding that the situation may get out of control if required aid does not arrive soon.

Reuters

Nigerian mothers walking miles to protect children

Several million people are caught up in a massive humanitarian crisis caused by an Islamist-led insurgency in Nigeria, leaving families in desperate need of food and medical care as global aid dwindles and government funding prioritizes the fight against insurgents.

BBC

UN plans to find over 100,000 missing Syrians

The UN is considering an international organization to look for over 100,000 Syrians missing from the civil war, which would not only centralize different bodies already doing this work, but also provide support to families.

Deutsche Welle

Kurds fear ‘everything will change’ if Syria, Turkey reconcile

i24 News

Lured, trapped into slavery in Southeast Asia

Human trafficking has long been an endemic problem in Southeast Asia, but experts say criminal networks are now luring people with online ads promising jobs and then coercing them into working in “fraud factories."

BBC

Cholera outbreak in Syria infects hundreds

A cholera outbreak in Syria has killed at least 39 people and infected hundreds more, health officials said, raising concerns about whether the war-torn country can stop the spread.

Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

Palestine strife highlights lost hopes of youths

The rare eruption of deadly clashes between Palestinians and their own security forces has cast a spotlight on the growing ranks of disenfranchised, impoverished young men taking up arms.

ABC News

Cambodia court rejects genocide appeal

Cambodia’s UN-backed tribunal for the Khmer Rouge has upheld a genocide conviction against the regime’s last surviving leader, more than 40 years after Pol Pot’s communist regime fell.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Israeli strikes in Syria target Iran’s logistics unit

Israel’s latest air strikes in Syria targeted a special logistics unit run by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, media reported.

i24 News

Syrian refugees mass in convoy on Turkish border

Guardian

Nigeria‘s president slams ’corrosive’ leaders

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari criticized fellow leaders who extend term limits to cling to power, saying this was having a “corrosive” effect, and promised free and fair elections in February.

CNN

Dozens murdered in clash of Nigerian armed groups

YouTube

North Korea could soon conduct missile test

North Korea could be preparing to conduct a submarine-launched ballistic missile test, as satellite imagery has revealed new construction and barges at a shipyard critical to the country’s new ballistic missile submarine.

The Independent

Congo crisis in focus at UN General Assembly

The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in an address to the UN General Assembly, said the M23, a key armed rebel movement causing instability in his country, is supported by Rwanda.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

In unrest, Iran restricts access to social media

Iran curbed access to Meta Platforms’ Instagram and WhatsApp, two of the last remaining social networks in the country, amid protests over the death of a woman in police custody, residents said.

Reuters

Iran protests spread as internet curbed

Al Jazeera

African countries neglected by tech industry

Digital systems are increasingly voice operated. Yet as the big tech companies focus on clients in Europe and the U.S., two-thirds of people in Africa are at a digital disadvantage due to not speaking a global language.

Deutsche Welle

GLOBAL HEALTH

Vaccinations help Zimbabwe moms protect kids

More than 700 children have died from measles in Zimbabwe in an outbreak first reported in April. Many were unvaccinated because of religious reasons.

Associated Press

World leaders pledge to fight AIDS, TB, malaria

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has secured $14.25 billion in crucial new funding, after decades of progress against the diseases was derailed by the pandemic.

Al Jazeera

Nepal struggles to control a dengue outbreak

Nepal has been battling a dengue outbreak, with the country recording over 17,500 infections and 21 related deaths in the past few months, experts say.

Deutsche Welle

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Michael Rubin):

Iran protests unveil the Revolutionary Guard Corps’s rot

Washington Examiner

Column (William S. Becker):

Quit Big Oil: Our health is a stake

The Hill

Column (Daphne Wysham):

Climate Week congregants should address methane

The Hill

Column (Margarita Lysenkova):

The private sector needs food security reporting standards

Devex

Editorial:

Community health workers — key to reach global health goals

Devex

Column (Tilottama Rani Charulata):

Myanmar, Bangladesh must solve border tensions peacefully

Asia Times Online

Column (Arash Aziz):

Iran’s regime may have just sparked a revolution

Newsweek

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GOOD NEWS

Tanzanian man saved from streets by football

Sadock John was raised by a single mother in Tanzania after his father abandoned the family. His mother was sick and Sadock had to provide for the family. Football saved him from being a street child.

Al Jazeera

Uganda considers organ transplant revolution

The Ugandan Parliament is considering a bill that would make it possible for the first time to perform organ transplants in this East African country.

AfricaNews

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Gates Foundation gives $100M for food crisis

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $100 million to address the food security crisis that is disproportionately hurting communities in Africa and South Asia.

Devex

Temple provides aid to flood-hit Pakistanis

As a catastrophic series of floods maroon and displace millions of people living across Pakistan, a Hindu temple in a tiny village has extended a helping hand to those affected by the disaster.

Times of India

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Cambodia not quite yet in a China debt trap

While other developing nations slip into foreign debt death spirals, Cambodia sits in a relatively hale spot, according to league tables that monitor countries at risk of tumbling into a so-called China “debt trap.”

Asia Times Online

South Africa in electricity crisis, blackouts

The South African president had an urgent meeting with his Cabinet to discuss the country’s electricity crisis, which has led to unprecedented levels of nationwide blackouts.

Associated Press

Sri Lanka inflation hit 70.2 percent in August

Consumer inflation in Sri Lanka accelerated to 70.2 percent in August, the statistics department has said, as the island nation reels under its worst economic crisis in decades.

Al Jazeera

Nestlé supply chain linked to disputed territory

For decades, the Mỹky have been fighting for the acknowledgement of their territory in Brazil. Amid the legal uncertainty, farmers have moved on to the land.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Alarming level of microplastics found in fish

large proportion of fish meant for human consumption may contain microplastics, scientists have found, with one expert saying that the decision whether to eat fish or not was a “personal choice.”

Newsweek

Hundreds of birds face extinction due to trade

Songbirds’ striking colors put them at risk of extinction, according to new research. Almost 500 species are vulnerable due to their unique and desirable appearance.

Newsweek

Pod of whales stranded on Tasmanian coast

About 230 whales have been stranded on Tasmania’s west coast, just days after 14 sperm whales were found beached on an island off the southeastern coast.

AfricaNews

Iraq’s mighty Tigris River has been drying up

Iraq may be oil rich, but the country is plagued by poverty after decades of war and by droughts and desertification.

Al Jazeera

India reintroduces Namibian cheetahs to wild

Eight Namibian cheetahs have been airlifted to India, part of an ambitious project to reintroduce the big cats after they were driven to extinction there decades ago.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

A worker from the Cambodian Mine Action Center follows correct procedures before detonating a landmine with C4 explosive. Between 1979 and 2021, landmines and other explosive remnants of war claimed 19,805 lives in Cambodia, the world’s largest amputee population, according to the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority. (Photo by Kevin Evans) Photo used under CC BY

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