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Protesters gathered in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, after a Brooklyn Park police officer shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright over a traffic violation. The homicide occurred during the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the police offer responsible for the death of George Floyd. (Photo by Andrew Ratto) Photo used under CC BY

Daunte Wright’s shooting sparks mass protests, fury

Protests have taken place for three nights outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department following the killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright by an officer during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb.

CNN

Minneapolis racial unrest continues

Deutsche Welle

Development aid could sink dramatically

The world’s richest industrialized countries spent record amounts on development aid in 2020, with a lot going to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. But 2021 and beyond could see significant cuts to that funding.

Deutsche Welle

Vaccine distribution favors wealthy nations

There are concerns that a global two-tier vaccine system is emerging, with wealthy countries using the more expensive vaccines, based on newer technology, while the cheaper AstraZeneca, and possibly the J&J, vaccines, are used in the Global South.

CNN

India’s biggest cities shut amid virus surge

India’s two largest cities imposed stringent restrictions on movement and one planned to use hotels to treat coronavirus patients as new infections in the country shot past 200,000 amid a devastating surge.

Associated Press

India’s crusade to save babies, mothers in pandemic

NPR

Women’s rights at risk in developing nations

Almost half of all women in developing nations don’t have autonomy over their bodies, a new UN report has found. The study warned mechanisms to tackle abuses can trigger yet more infringement of women’s bodies.

The Independent

Renewable energy hit record growth in 2020

An International Energy Agency report said almost 90% of new electricity generation in 2020 would be renewable. The trend puts green electricity on track to become the largest power source in 2025.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

France finally outlaws sex with kids under 15

The French parliament adopted legislation that characterizes sex with a child under the age of 15 as rape and punishable by up to 20 years in jail, bringing its penal code closer in line with many other Western nations.

CNN

US ICE detainees claim medical abuse

BBC

Settlers’ attacks on Palestinians rise

The United Nations human rights experts document an increase in Israeli settlers’ violence against Palestinians in 2020, with 771 incidents causing injuries to 133 Palestinians and damaging 9,646 trees and 184 vehicles.

Al Jazeera

Uzbekistan anti-LGBTQ laws fuel violence

Uzbekistan’s LGBTQ community says it is facing increasing threats and repression after anti-LGBTQ protests turned violent and new laws were passed banning the publication of content deemed to show disrespect for society.

Guardian

Young sisters lobby for gender equality

The Independent

African migrants die as boat sinks off Tunisia

At least 21 migrants from Africa died when their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian island of Lampedusa, a Tunisian official said.

Reuters

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Mozambique gas plant fueling conflict

The UK government is facing calls to abandon its $1.03 billion plan to support a gas export terminal in Mozambique over fears the fossil fuel project is stoking the Isis-led insurgency in the north of the country.

Guardian

COVID-19 curtails civil rights, finds report

A new study found that 87% of the global population are living in nations deemed “closed,” “repressed” or “obstructed.” It found that civil rights have worsened in almost every country in the world during the pandemic.

Guardian

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Google Earth feature winds clock back 37 years

Google Earth has launched a time-lapse feature that lets users wind back the clock and see how the world has changed over several decades. The feature uses millions of satellite images to let people scroll through time.

BBC

Looted Roman statue turns up in Belgian shop

Italian art police have recovered a 1st-century Roman statue that had been looted from an archaeological site nearly a decade ago after off-duty officers spotted it in an antique shop.

NPR

GLOBAL HEALTH

African region declared free of wild polio

Four years after the last case of wild polio in Nigeria, the World Health Organization announced that its African Region, which includes all but seven countries on the continent, is officially free of wild poliovirus.

Forbes

Hospitals in the Philippines on the brink

One of the many countries struggling with an increasing number of COVID-19 cases is the Philippines. Since March, the country has seen thousands of new daily infections.

Deutsche Welle

Brazil’s favelas struggle to count dead

Last week the daily death toll in Brazil topped 4,000 for the first time, nearing the single-day record that the United States registered on Jan. 20 of 4,405 deaths.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Matthew Guariglia):

How body camera video in Virginia shattered one of policing’s biggest myths

NBCNews.com

Column (Treynor Tumwa and Mark LeVine):

Integrate, don’t close, Africa’s largest refugee camps

Al Jazeera

Column (Akin Olla):

Welcome to the new colonialism: rich countries sitting on surplus vaccines

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Deaf sheepdog learns ‘sign language’

A sheepdog given up to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals when she lost her hearing — and her ability to do her job — has learned a form of sign language enabling her feel joy and “get back to the job she loved.”

BBC

Fifth grader launches ‘Kindness Closet’ in Ohio

A Plus

Spanish hotel shelters migrants amid COVID crisis

USA TODAY

Colorful coffins are a ‘celebration of life’

Funerals are going through a transformation, and Ross Hall is here to help. Hall is the founder of Dying Art, a business that makes eccentric coffins for families hoping to add some color to their loved one’s funerals.

People

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Man in bear suit walks 400 miles for charity

A California man dressed in a life-sized teddy bear costume, affectionately dubbed “Bearsun,” is walking his way from Los Angeles to San Francisco and hopes to raise money to donate to any selected nonprofit."

People

Animals nonprofit gives pilots new purpose

A nationwide nonprofit organization is helping save animals by flying them to destinations that are typically out of reach.

10 News San Diego

Guy Fieri helps raise $25M for workers in need

Celebrity chef and TV host Guy Fieri is raising money for idled restaurant workers through the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund. The fund has collected 15,000 individual donations and raised close to $25 million for workers in need.

CBS News

Vet, cancer survivor gives 100 gallons of blood

Carl Schuck, a Vietnam veteran who beat lung cancer and COVID-19, is marking another major accomplishment: donating 100 gallons of blood to his local blood bank.

People

ENVIRONMENT

World isn’t meeting biodiversity goals

A decade-long global effort to save Earth’s disappearing species and declining ecosystems has mostly stumbled, with fragile habitats like coral reefs and tropical forests in more trouble than ever, researchers said.

Associated Press

Only 3% of world’s ecosystems are intact

Just 3% of the world’s land remains ecologically intact with healthy populations of all its original animals and undisturbed habitat. Researchers suggest reintroducing important species to some damaged areas.

Guardian

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

China can save $1.6T by scrapping coal

China can save $1.6 trillion over 20 years by switching from coal power to renewables, a report says. The authors also say China must close 588 coal-fired power plants in a decade to meet their climate pledges.

BBC

COVID, recession drive poverty in Argentina

A century ago, Argentina was one of the richest countries. By the end of last year, the poverty level had risen to 42%, up from 35.5% a year earlier, rising amid the impact of the pandemic and three years of recession.

Reuters

Coronavirus: How the pandemic is changing globalization

Deutsche Welle

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Myanmar citizens protest the military coup that overtook the government in February. Opponents of Myanmar’s junta this week announced a National Unity Government including ousted members of parliament and leaders of anti-coup protests and ethnic minorities, saying their aim was to end military rule and restore democracy. (Photo by MgHla (aka) Htin Linn Aye via Wikimedia Commons) Photo used under CC BY

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