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Members of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan demonstrate in Peshawar, Pakistan, to condemn the anniversary of fundamentalists entering Kabul on April 28, 1998. Since the Taliban recaptured Kabul last month, fear has been rising in neighboring Pakistan about the effect that fundamentalism may have on its own citizens. (Photo by Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) Photo used under CC BY

Taliban triumph stirs fears of extremism in Pakistan

In the late 1990s, Pakistan saw a surge in religious extremism when the Taliban came to power in neighboring Afghanistan. Analysts say that Pakistan is bound to be affected by the Taliban triumph, fearing that these tensions could escalate ideology in the coming weeks.

Deutsche Welle

Pakistan calls for world to ‘engage’ with Taliban

Al Jazeera

India sees renewed threat in Kashmir amid Taliban win

NPR

Jakarta residents win battle for clean air

A Jakarta court ruled the Indonesian government had failed to uphold citizens‘ right to clean air, in a landmark judgment campaigners hope will force authorities to take action on the city’s notorious smog.

CNN

2.1M Kenyans confront starvation amid drought

An estimated 2.1 million Kenyans face starvation due to a drought in the arid north, northeastern and coastal parts of the country, which is affecting harvests. The affected regions are usually the most food-insecure in Kenya due to high levels of poverty.

Guardian

Canadian prairie ranchers struggle with drought conditions

BBC

Thai MPs set anti-torture legislation in motion

Thai lawmakers this week gave approval to a law against torture and forced disappearances, after years of delay and criticism. Activists have long accused authorities of state-sanctioned abductions and torture.

Asia Times Online

Somalia’s president withdraws PM’s powers

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has suspended the prime minister’s power to hire and fire officials, the latest development in a destabilizing feud that has plunged the country into fresh crisis.

Al Jazeera

Cuba drafts new LGBTQ-friendly family code

Cuba published a draft of a new family code that would open the door to gay marriage if approved, in a move that LGBTQ rights activists applauded cautiously as they remained wary of its actual implementation.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

HUMAN RIGHTS

Palestinians support escape of Israeli prisoners

A few hundred Palestinians held protests in the occupied West Bank in support of six militants who broke out of a maximum security Israeli jail in an escape that has boosted Palestinian spirits and alarmed Israelis.

Reuters

Mexico’s abortion ruling shakes its region

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake literally shook on the day the Mexican Supreme Court decriminalized abortion But the shockwaves sent across the region by the court’s abortion ruling will be felt for much longer.

CNN

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Lebanon’s finance minister renews bank audit

Lebanon’s incoming finance minister signed a contract this week to conduct a forensic audit of the country’s central bank, a key demand of the international community to restore confidence in the crisis-struck country.

Associated Press

Myanmar sets date for ex-leader corruption trial

A trial of Myanmar’s deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on corruption charges is set to begin on October 1, a member of her legal team has said.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan’s neighbors ignore refugee crisis

None of Afghanistan’s neighbors are prepared to take in Afghan refugees despite the United Nations Development Program warning that 97% of Afghanistan’s population is at risk of poverty and starvation.

Asia Times Online

Ethiopia’s civil war over Tigray goes on

Guardian

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mobile app is helping Afghans navigate Kabul

As the Taliban entered Kabul last month, the team behind the crowdsourced news alert app Ehtesab deserted their office in the city. But they continued their work of providing Afghans with critical information.

CNN

Scientists identify land-roaming whale species

Egyptian scientists say the fossil of a four-legged prehistoric whale, unearthed over a decade ago in the country’s Western Desert, is that of a previously unknown species.

Associated Press

Biotech firm to resurrect woolly mammoth

A technology entrepreneur and a geneticist this week launched a new biotech firm which they say will bring the extinct woolly mammoth back to life.

Deutsche Welle

Ugandan mother uses aerospace to foster coders

Deutsche Welle

GLOBAL HEALTH

Africa slowly copies Moderna COVID shot

Efforts to develop an African base for COVID vaccine production will focus on trying to replicate Moderna’s shot, but a lack of progress in talks with the U.S. company mean the project will take time, a WHO official said.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Nigeria faces deadly cholera outbreak

Nigeria is seeing one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years, with more than 2,300 people dying from suspected cases as Africa’s most populous country struggles to deal with multiple disease outbreaks.

Associated Press

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Zarifa Ghafari):

The world should not yet engage with the new Taliban government

Al Jazeera

Column (Ndubuisi Christian Ani):

The coup in Guinea creates more economic hardship for its people

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Column (Vanand Meliksetian):

The Gulf’s hydrogen won’t be enough to replace fossil fuel

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Woman gives birth to twin sister’s baby

When Cathey Stoner gave birth to a baby boy last month, it was a miracle years in the making. Stoner serving as a surrogate for her sister who could not carry a pregnancy after being diagnosed with cancer in her uterus.

Good Morning America

Mechanic is fixing cars, giving them to those in need

Yahoo! News

Moms create bilingual publishing house for children’s books

Good Morning America

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Foundation awards $3.6M for peace solutions

Carnegie Corporation has announced grants totaling more than $3.6 million to foster ideas and solutions around the issues of multilateralism and the connections between domestic and foreign policies in the U.S.

Philanthropy News Digest

Texas girl to send portable desks to Uganda

CBS News

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Lockdown leaves Vietnam’s poor without food

Vietnam was a COVID success story but the latest lockdown, with people unable to leave the house even for food, is leaving tens of thousands hungry

Guardian

Ghana’s children scavenge dumps for scrap metal, plastic

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

Ozone hole over Antarctica larger than usual

Scientists say the Southern Hemisphere ozone hole is larger than usual and already surpasses the size of Antarctica.

NBCNews.com

Indians cling to coal despite damaged farms

As India transitions to green energy, there are calls to create alternative jobs in coal hubs to help prevent rising poverty.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Global farm subsidies damage people, planet

Almost 90% of the $540 billion in global subsidies given to farmers every year are “harmful,” a startling UN report has found.

Guardian

Activists fight elephant smuggling in Sri Lanka

Environmentalists in Sri Lanka are challenging a court order issued earlier this month that would allow the return of 14 illegally captured wild elephants to people accused of buying them from traffickers.

Associated Press

Photo of the Day

Man taking care of an orphaned elephant at Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka. This orphanage provides a lifeline to the orphaned baby elephants and orphaned elephants lost in the wilderness. Wild elephants in Sri Lanka have been subject to trafficking but environmentalist are fighting to protect them from being illegal captured and purchased. (Photo by Puviraj Diluckshan) Photo used under CC BY

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