The Daily Source: Quality News from Around the Internet

Home

About us

Our Team

Opinion

Bangladeshi migrant workers who crossed the Egyptian border wait for a repatriation flight home on March 2. Since then, thousands of African migrants have become stuck in transit because of lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by UK Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

World of migrants turned upside down by COVID-19

Thousands of African migrants are stuck in transit — unable to reach their destination or to get back home because the coronavirus pandemic has brought transportation among adjoining regions to a near-standstill.

BBC

Journalist narrates lockdown in a migrant camp

An Afghan journalist and refugee locked down in one of Europe’s migrant camps has been investigating conditions there during the coronavirus crisis.

BBC

How does lockdown affect our mental health?

Al Jazeera

Brazil shrugged off calls to protect remote tribes

As COVID-19 reached remote indigenous lands in Brazil’s Amazon, the government agency responsible for protecting native people brushed off calls for action.

Associated Press

Virus infects 38 indigenous groups in Brazil

Japan Times

Virus starts long march through Latin America

Beyond the hot spots of Brazil and Mexico, the coronavirus is threatening to overwhelm Latin American cities in an alarming sign that the pandemic may be only at the start of its destructive march through the region.

Associated Press

Houthis accused of concealing viral outbreak

Yemen’s Saudi-backed government has accused its Houthi foes of covering up a large outbreak of coronavirus in areas they hold.

Al Jazeera

India eases lockdown restrictions despite new cases

CBC News

Millions in India, Bangladesh flee cyclone

More than 2 million people were being evacuated from at-risk areas of India and Bangladesh as Cyclone Amphan bore down. The cyclone is one of the strongest storms in years, with winds of up to 115 mph.

Deutsche Welle

HUMAN RIGHTS

Injectable drug prevents HIV infections

A long-acting drug, cabotegravir, injected into the buttocks of HIV-uninfected people every 2 months offered solid protection against the AIDS virus.

Science

Somalia lockdown leads to FGM increase

Somalia’s coronavirus lockdown has led to a huge increase in female genital mutilation (FGM), with circumcisers going door to door offering to cut girls stuck at home during the pandemic, according to Plan International.

Guardian

Femicides in Argentina reach 10-year high

The number of women killed in Argentina has reached a 10-year high under coronavirus lockdown, a leading rights group, with more than 50 femicides in less than two months.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Syria agrees to Geneva constitution talks

Representatives of opposing sides in Syria’s war have agreed to reconvene in Geneva for stalled negotiations on the constitution, according to Geir Pedersen, the United Nations special envoy to the country.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka angry over human rights allegations

Sri Lanka’s president said that he will withdraw the country from any international organization that continuously “targets” the military with allegations of human rights violations during its long civil war.

ABC News

Locked-down Rio de Janeiro faces deadly raids

COVID-19 quarantine has not stopped police from storming favelas, with 13 killed in the latest operation.

Guardian

India, Pakistan jeopardize Afghan peace process

India and Pakistan have long clashed in Afghanistan to gain influence in the war-ravaged country, and the bitter rivals regularly accuse each other of supporting militant groups to this effect.

Deutsche Welle

Myanmar police make Asia’s biggest drug bust

Myanmar police have made Asia’s biggest drug bust in decades, seizing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of contraband including methylfentanyl, a chemical used to make a dangerously potent synthetic opioid.

CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Why do some people infect so many with virus?

Most of the discussion around the spread of SARS-CoV-2 has concentrated on the average number of new infections caused by each patient. But some people infect many others and others don’t spread the disease at all.

Science

GLOBAL HEALTH

Quarantine centers become points of contagion

Thousands in El Salvador have been detained in “containment centers” for more than a month at a time without judicial review, some swept up as they went to buy food for their families.

Associated Press

Women pay price of health care shortages

Amid a lockdown, staffing shortages and overcrowded hospitals, women in the Philippines are losing access to family planning services and essential lifesaving care.

Deutsche Welle

Ukraine doctors plead for stronger health care system

TIME

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Site edited by: Jameson O'Neal, Catherine Lux, Eliza Villanueva, Ashley Nawn, Kristina Varganova and Samantha Floyd.

GOOD NEWS

Sri Lankans cancel wedding party to help poor

Darshana Kumara Wijenarayana and Pawani Rasanga, spent months planning a grand wedding. Everything was on course — until the coronavirus struck the island nation.

Associated Press

Students celebrate ‘Prom on Wheels’

Prom might be canceled for high-school seniors and juniors across the country, but for the students at Carlisle High School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a resident made sure students in his town had a special night.

ABC News

8-year-old celebrates birthday with a food drive for firefighters

Today

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

S. African company provides rent relief

South Africa’s Growthpoint Properties said it had provided rent relief to 1,494 enterprises hit by a lockdown to contain the pandemic.

Reuters

Volunteers deliver meals to seniors who can’t leave the house

Inside Edition

Man brings portable sinks to homeless to help curb coronavirus

Today

ENVIRONMENT

Coal industry will never recover after pandemic

The global coal industry will “never recover” from the COVID-19 pandemic, industry observers predict, because the crisis has proved renewable energy is cheaper for consumers and a safer bet for investors.

Guardian

Air pollution spikes as China lifts lockdown

CBS News

Penguin colonies suffer from plastic trash

Deutsche Welle

Do fuels made from plastic make eco sense?

Several companies have come up with pilot plants to convert plastic waste into crude oil, diesel or other fuels. It is sold as a way to get rid of trash and help the environment. But is it really helping?

Deutsche Welle

Virus puts Kenyan conservation projects at risk

Al Jazeera

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Venezuelans in Ecuador face discrimination

For Venezuelans living in Ecuador, the spread of COVID-19 has exposed them to increased discrimination from employers, landlords, even health service providers.

The New Humanitarian

Girls at risk of child marriage

Girls at risk of child marriage are falling under the radar of authorities in England and Wales because of a lack of record-keeping by more than half of the departments responsible for children’s social care, a charity has warned.

Guardian

Central America’s economic lifeline threatened

Experts say the emerging worldwide crisis is unprecedented. This is especially true for migratory countries such as Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, which would normally rely on remittances as a buffer.

BBC

Photo of the Day

An elephant at the Elephant Sanctuary in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Visitors to the sanctuary may walk alongside the huge, gentle creatures but do not ride them. (Photo by Taiga Ishibashi) Photo used under CC BY

DailySource Most Popular

Features

About us

Ways to help

Other