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The worst fire in Chilean history has destroyed parts of Valparaiso. At least 12 people have died and the fire continues to spread. (Photo by Mariano Martel)

Chile forest fire kills 16, destroys 500 homes

A fire raging in the port city of Valparaiso, Chile has killed at least 16 and destroyed 500 homes, evacuating over 10,000 people and more than 200 inmates at a prison, President Michelle Bachelet said.

CBC News

Deadly fire in Chile forces 10,000 to evacuate

Sydney Morning Herald

Renewables, nuclear must triple to save climate

The world needs to triple the energy it gets from renewables, nuclear reactors and power plants that use emissions-capture technology to avoid dangerous levels of global warming, United Nations scientists said.

Bloomberg

Special section:

How to save the planet: moon mining, iron filings and fake volcanoes

The Telegraph

Ukraine to launch anti-terror operation

Ukraine is launching a “large-scale anti-terrorist operation” to resist attacks of armed pro-Russian forces, Ukraine’s President Oleksandr Turchynov said in a televised address.

ABC News

Ukrainian President promises punishment for violent protesters

CNN

Investigators suspect MH370’s black-box batteries have died

Signs of the missing Malaysia Flight 370 have not heard any electronic pings from the plane’s cockpit voice or data recorders since April 8, suggesting the batteries may have run out, according to a new report.

Mashable

Flight 370 search widens, intensifies as black box pings fizzle

USA TODAY

NTSB examines claim truck was on fire before crash

Federal investigators are looking into a claim that a FedEx tractor-trailer was already on fire when it careened across a freeway median and slammed into a bus taking high school students on a college tour.

San Jose Mercury News

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Wall Street tools can help the world’s poor

By hedging against currency swings, microfinance companies can lend to the poor in developing nations without exposing themselves to the risks of loans that are suddenly more expensive to pay back.

Christian Science Monitor

Africa’s top 10 philanthropists

An estimated $7 billion is given away every year by Africa’s philanthrocapitalists — at least the ones we know about. These are the men (sadly no women yet on this list) providing home-grown solutions to local needs.

IRIN News

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN panel to pursue Kim Jong-un on human rights abuses

The United Nations commission that, in February, condemned North Korea for human rights abuses is to push for Kim Jong-un’s regime to be summoned before the International Criminal Court.

Telegraph.co.uk

Nigeria human rights advocate hails progress

Top officials of Nigeria‘s feared State Security Service had to testify at the National Human Rights Commission’s hearing on the killings of unarmed civilians — a “quantum leap” in accountability in Nigeria.

ABC News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Street children numbers to “go through the roof” as growth fuels inequality

The number of street children will “go through the roof” in coming years as economic growth fuels inequality, said a leading advocate for children living on the streets.

Thomas Reuters Foundation

Bills crack down on seafood labeling

State and U.S. legislators are concerned that consumers are paying for fresh and local but getting old and imported.

Marine Sunday Telegram

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Guinea-Bissau to hold 1st polls since coup

Guinea-Bissau goes to the polls in search of a new president and parliament who can return stability to a country plagued by drugs and upended by a military coup two years ago.

Al Jazeera

Will elections bring stability to Guinea-Bissau?

BBC

Obama reportedly lets NSA keep some security flaws secret

While saying that most vulnerabilities should be revealed, the White House allows some flaws to be kept secret in the event of “a clear national security or law enforcement need,” the New York Times reports.

CNET News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Proof of success of US Clean Air Act shows up in Greenland ice

Proof of the success of the U.S. Clean Air act more than 40 years on from its passing has shown up in an unexpected place, researchers say – the Greenland ice cap.

Tech Times

Hepatitis C breakthrough promises over 90 percent cure rate

A promising breakthrough in the treatment of Hepatitis C offers new hope of a cure for a disease that has until now required prolonged therapy with unpleasant side-effects, and a low success rate.

International Business Times

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Gar Alperovitz):

Growth for growth’s sake will kill us all

Al Jazeera

Column (Patrick Alcorn):

US military spending is out of control

Star Tribune

Editorial:

Be glad for Greeks bearing gifts

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

When the French clock off at 6pm, they really mean it

A new labour agreement in France means that employees must ignore their bosses’ work emails once they are out of the office and relaxing at home — even on their smartphones.

Guardian

Swedish town testing full pay for 30-hour week

Newser

Amazon offers employees $5,000 to quit

Amazon is offering its warehouse employees up to $5,000 to quit their jobs. The “Pay to Quit” program, which was announced by CEO Jeff Bezos, is an effort to make sure that their employees really want to be there.

CNNMoney

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Rio Tinto pulls out of Pebble Mine, gifts shares to nonprofits

Rio Tinto, the sole remaining major mining company backer of developing the world’s largest known copper ore deposit, announced it is divesting its 19.1 percent equity stake in the junior Canadian mining company.

Triple Pundit

Senate to investigate USAID programs

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman has ordered a comprehensive review of all of USAID’s democracy programs, following reports that the agency engineered a “Cuban Twitter” program.

Politico

ENVIRONMENT

Salamanders shrink as climate heats up

Wild salamanders that live in the Appalachian Mountains are shrinking because they must burn more energy as the local climate gets hotter and drier, according to a new study.

LiveScience

Study: Salamanders shrinking due to climate change

YouTube

Proof of success of US Clean Air Act shows up in Greenland ice

Proof of the success of the U.S. Clean Air act more than 40 years on from its passing has shown up in an unexpected place, researchers say — the Greenland ice cap.

Tech Times

Photo of the Day

A carpenter bee buries his head in pollen in Bahrain. While it is not a honey producing bee, it does play an important role in polinization. (Photo by Faris Algosaibi)

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