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No gadgets no media electronics, just them. This is the life of the indigenous people in Kampung Aman Damai, Royal Belum, Perak. Living days away from medical help, the coronavirus pandemic threatens to wipe indigenous communities off the map. (Photo by Faris Azmi) Photo used under CC BY

Virus outbreak to destroy Indigenous communities

Indigenous peoples around the globe tend to be at higher risk from emerging infectious diseases compared to other populations. The COVID-19 pandemic is no exception – and some experts say it could destroy whole nations and communities.

BBC

Vulnerable Navajo Nation fears second COVID-19 wave

NBC News

African activists fight violence against women

While providing training, rescuing women from abusive homes, offering shelter and assisting them with antiretroviral drugs to prevent full-blown AIDS, African activists are fighting violence against women one law at a time.

Reuters

World attempts to slow recent COVID-19 spikes

There have now been more than 18 million confirmed COVID-19 cases around the world, and the U.S. is not alone in facing a surge in new infections. Recent spikes have forced many governments to return to shutdowns, or reconsider their plans for the future.

CBS News

Debates begin for who’s first in line for virus vaccine

Associated Press

Pandemic proves a reminder to India’s worsening social divide

Guardian

School disruptions affect 1B children globally

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the coronavirus pandemic has led to the largest disruption of education in history. As a result, Guterres warned that the world faces “a generational catastrophe".

Time

Aid agency says 500,000 Lebanese children are going hungry

Al Jazeera

Activists call for ‘global spotlight’ on Kashmir

Black Lives Matter, Palestinian, Uighur, Indigenous and Rohingya activists have come out in support of the people of Indian-administered Kashmir, calling for a global spotlight on their suffering and resistance.

Al Jazeera

Visual artists reflect on the human right to water

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Yazidi women risk their lives clearing ‘IS’ mines

With support from the international NGO Mines Advisory Group (MAG), this all-female team is searching bombed out buildings and fields. A new documentary explores the work they’re undertaking to demine their homeland.

Deutsche Welle

Migrants tell of hellish Saudi detention centers

Saudi authorities regularly arrest those found to be working illegally in the kingdom without a visa. Many are held in al-Shumaisi, a huge complex designed to hold 32,000 inmates.

Guardian

COVID-19 deals further blow to Nicaraguan migrant workers

Deutsche Welle

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Press freedom under threat around the world

One Free Press Coalition released its August addition of its month list of the most pressing cases of journalists under attack around the world for pursuing the truth.

Time

Heat, politics inflame Iraq’s electricity shortage

In Iraq’s oil-rich south, the scorching summer months pose painful new choices in the age of the coronavirus: stay at home in the sweltering heat with electricity cut off for hours, or go out and risk the virus.

Associated Press

The forgotten mine that built the atomic bomb

The Congo’s role in creating the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was kept secret for decades, but the legacy of its involvement is still being felt today.

BBC

India’s new law amplifies demographic fears

Under a new law, authorities have begun issuing “domicile certificates” to Indians and non-residents, entitling them to residency rights and government jobs.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Startup invents mask that translates languages

When the pandemic made face masks an everyday essential, Japanese startup Donut Robotics spotted an opportunity. They created a smart mask, designed to make communication and social distancing easier.

CNN

Scientists create artificial skin able to feel

Singapore researchers have developed “electronic skin” capable of recreating a sense of touch, an innovation they hope will allow people with prosthetic limbs to detect objects, feel texture, or even temperature and pain.

NBC News

Researchers find bone cancer in dinosaurs

Scientists say they have, for the first time, found that dinosaurs suffered from osteosarcoma -- an aggressive malignant cancer that afflicts humans today.

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

No silver bullet for coronavirus, WHO warns

Six months on, the figures have only worsened. Despite some progress made on a vaccine against COVID-19, “there‘s no silver bullet at the moment and there might never be,” the WHO’s director-general has warned.

NPR

Hand sanitizer poisoning calls skyrocket

The number of calls about hand sanitizer have skyrocketed 70% this year, according to new data released from the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC).

Fast Company

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Mariam Barghouti):

How much annexation can Palestinians survive?

Al Jazeera

Column (Ailen Arreaza, Bethany Robertson, and Justin Ruben):

Children have been hit from all sides, and they need help now

Guardian

Column (Nicoletta Batini, James Lomax, and Divya Mehra):

4 steps we must take to fix the world’s broken food system

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Teen helps senior dogs find forever homes

After a chance meeting with a neighbor who fosters hospice dogs for Muttville Senior Dog Rescue, Meena Kumar realized she wanted to help senior dogs find loving forever homes, as she did herself.

Today

Student writes book on conditions on dark skin

While at medical school, Malone Mukwende was taught to look for symptoms that only pertain to white skin. Upon graduating, the 20-year-old published a book on how he can help doctors flag gaps in medical education.

Good Morning America

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Teen raises money for homeless veterans

Lorenzo Liberti has only been creating the flags for the past eight months. He‘s made about 50 so far, and raised thousands of dollars for children with special needs, homeless veterans and Bradenton’s Turning Points nonprofit.

ABC Action News

St. Pete couple raises $20,000 to buy masks for their community

Good Morning America

Man delivers 3M pounds of food to food banks

George Ahearn co-founded EastWest Food Rescue after learning that COVID-19 was costing local farmers so much business that they were willing to destroy their crops.

CNN

DSW gives $10,000, free shoes to teachers

Just in time for school, DSW is honoring teachers. The retailer announced it will be giving free shoes for a year and $10,000 to deserving teachers who have stepped up during the coronavirus pandemic.

Good Morning America

ENVIRONMENT

Tech helps farmers fight soil erosion in Asia

A program by social enterprise Mountain Hazelnuts that aims to find sustainable uses for fallow land and prevent soil erosion - an increasing challenge for small-scale farmers in the Himalayan nation.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

The trees that survived the bombing of Hiroshima

BBC News

How penguins are being affected by climate change

Deutsche Welle

Pakistan plans to use locusts to nourish crops

Researchers in Pakistan seek chemical-free ways to tackle massive locust infestation amid fears that pesticides could harm plants, animals and humans.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Latino parents face back-to-school uncertainty

A third of Latino families nationwide don’t have regular internet access at home. Among those who have internet, 37 percent said they can only access it through a cell phone, which is not ideal for home schooling.

NBC News

Mass evictions expected as moratoriums end

Some 23 million people nationwide at risk of being evicted, according to The Aspen Institute, as moratoriums enacted because of the coronavirus expire and courts reopen.

Associated Press

Photo of the Day

Lijiang, Yunnan, China: Nakhi people carrying the typical baskets of the region; scene from a public performance in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Open Air Theatre. (Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas) Photo used under CC BY

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