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Thousands of people gathered on foot and in cars in south Minneapolis on May 26 to protest against police violence and call for justice for George Floyd. (Photo by Fibonacci Blue) Photo used under CC BY

US protests turn destructive in wake of suspect’s death

The death of George Floyd has ignited protests in Minneapolis and at least six other cities across the US. Some of the protests have been peaceful, while others have been destructive.

CNN

Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin charged with murder in George Floyd case

NBCNews.com

US plans to sever ties with WHO, Trump says

Embittered U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will cut ties with the World Health Organization.

CNBC

Global activists unite against state repression

Governments around the world are using the coronavirus as an excuse for repression. Russian activists, Pussy Riot, and the Chilean collective Lastesis released a manifesto exposing police violence and state repression.

Guardian

New normal in SE Asia: mass unemployment

More than one in six young people worldwide has stopped working since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, while the rest have seen their working hours cut. In Southeast Asia, unemployment rates have spiked to almost unprecedented levels.

Asia Times Online

Monkeys on the loose in India with stolen coronavirus blood samples

The Hill

WHO guidance: Healthy people should wear masks only when ‘taking care of’ coronavirus patients

MSN

US anti-vaxxers to spread fear over vaccine

A coronavirus vaccine may be a long way away, but there is already a threat on the horizon: anti-vaxxers. Once a fringe presence in America, vaccine opponents have become better organized in recent years.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Ethiopia accused of human rights abuses

A rights group has accused Ethiopian security forces of continuing to commit grave human rights violations, including extrajudicial executions and torture, since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office in 2018.

Al Jazeera

Overseas adoptions splinter Uganda’s families

Legal loopholes in the adoption system in Uganda have allowed people from overseas to adopt children through unregistered children’s homes, and organizations that can operate with little scrutiny or oversight.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Burundi opposition takes voter dispute to court

Burundi‘s main opposition party has filed a case in the country’s constitutional court challenging last week’s presidential election result, claiming there is evidence of fraud.

Al Jazeera

Virus keeps Sri Lanka without a parliament

With Sri Lanka’s parliament dissolved, and elections delayed by the pandemic, the Rajapaksa brothers are running the country without any checks on their power.

Deutsche Welle

UN peacekeeping missions see drop in forces

World powers are becoming increasingly reluctant to commit their forces to UN peacekeeping missions. There has been a drop of nearly 20,000 peacekeepers since 2015. As a result, others are stepping into the breach.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

COVID-19 robots tested in Belgian hospitals

Robots that speak more than 53 languages, detect fever and determine if people are wearing face masks properly have been rolled out in Belgium as a first line of control in hospitals and shops.

Reuters

First successful flight for world’s all-electric plane

Reuters

Virus challenges global transplant deliveries

With the coronavirus upending air travel and countries shutting down borders, airlines have been forced to drastically cut services, leaving global transplant deliveries scrambling for ways around the logjam.

Associated Press

GLOBAL HEALTH

Deaths surge in N. Darfur as COVID-19 fears rise

Cemeteries in North Darfur are now watched over by Sudanese police. The town’s elderly are dying at such an alarming rate that the government has banned funerals without death certificates as it investigates the cause.

Guardian

Hundreds flee quarantine centers in Africa

Manhunts have begun after hundreds of people fled quarantine centers in Zimbabwe and Malawi while authorities worry they will spread COVID-19 in countries whose health systems can be rapidly overwhelmed.

TIME

Brazil eases lockdowns as virus cases rise

Brazil reported a record spike of daily coronavirus infections. The rise in cases comes as São Paulo, the state with the highest number of registered deaths, prepares to ease restrictions in some areas.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Amy Swearer):

The unacceptably unjust death of George Floyd

The Daily Signal

Column (Megan Carney):

Amid COVID-19, US should embrace the right to food

The Hill

Column (Shanna Edberg):

Should we care about conservation during a pandemic?

The Hill

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GOOD NEWS

Man creates YouTube channel for young adults

Rob Kenney decided to create the channel to help young adults who don’t have the privilege of calling up their own dads or father figures to ask them how to fix household problems.

People

7-year-old orchestrates prom for his babysitter

When prom was cancelled for one 17-year-old, the little boy she babysits came to her rescue. Rachel Chapman was surprised with dinner and a dance all thanks to the 7-year-old Curtis Rodgers and his mother.

Good Morning America

Drive-thru pet therapy unites animals with Alzheimer’s patients

CBS 8

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Campaign connects loved ones, fights hunger

Massachusetts based print company Shawmut Communications Group has launched a campaign, #PrintLove, to connect loved ones and raise money to fight hunger.

WCVB

ENVIRONMENT

Mammoth skeletons dug up in Mexico City

Alongside construction crews racing to build the Mexican capital’s new airport, skulls and curving tusks of mammoths peek through the dirt as archaeologists dig up more bones belonging to the ice age’s famous mammal.

Reuters

Protecting chimps from COVID-19 in Uganda

Deutsche Welle

Caribbean awaits hurricanes amid pandemic

Caribbean islands have rarely been so vulnerable as an unusually active hurricane season looms for a region battered by recent storms, a worsening drought and a virus that has drained budgets, muddled preparations.

ABC News

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Lebanon approves $300M rescue package

Lebanon’s Parliament ratified a $300 million aid package for low-income families and vital sectors, as the government attempts to stave off an economic collapse exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.

Al Jazeera

Inside Lebanon’s black market currency trade

Al Jazeera

Brazil discusses aid for informal workers

Brazil’s government is in talks with Congress about extending the emergency program to provide informal workers hit by the coronavirus crisis with three monthly payments of $112, but at a reduced level.

Reuters

India’s economic growth dips during pandemic

India’s economy grew by 4.2% in the fiscal year that ended in March, down from 6.1% the previous year, the government has said, and is likely to contract this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

ABC News

Photo of the Day

Tanzanian boy seen transporting fodder by bicycle. Fodder, especially dried hay or feed, is used as food for cattle and other livestock. (Photo by Muhammad Mahdi Karim) Photo used under CC BY

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