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Inside the aftermath of the 2020 Beirut explosions. The city home to nearly 2.5 million now houses 300,000 internally displaced persons as a result of the deadly blast which rocked the city earlier this week. (Photo by Freimut Bahlo) Photo used under CC BY

Beirut suffers from hunger, economic woes, explosions

Beirut’s busy city center has been torn to pieces. Life for so many turned into a living hell. Grief has turned to outrage following two explosions that wiped out portions the city. The death toll climbed to at least 149, with more than 5,000 wounded.

CBS News

Satellite imagery shows scale of destruction after explosion at Beirut port

NBCNews.com

Lebanese plan major protest, UN calls for aid

Angry Lebanese are planning a major protest in central Beirut where they will pay respects to those killed in this week’s blast and renew calls to overthrow the country’s political system.

Guardian

Africa hits 1M infections, true number far greater

Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed 1 million, but global health experts say the true toll is likely several times higher, reflecting the gaping lack of testing for the continent’s 1.3 billion people. The WHO called the milestone a “pivotal point” for Africa.

Associated Press

Africa’s elderly left behind in fight against the novel coronavirus

Deutsche Welle

New coronavirus model predicts 86% increase in U.S. death toll

Forbes

India reports 2M virus cases amid health strike

As India hit another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic, crossing 2 million cases and more than 41,000 deaths, community health volunteers went on strike complaining they were ill-equipped to respond to the wave.

TIME

How does a COVID-19 pandemic come to an end?

BBC

Hiroshima survivors mark 75th anniversary

The dwindling witnesses to the world‘s first atomic bombing marked its 75th anniversary with a minute of silence, while the mayor and others noted the Japanese government’s refusal to sign a nuclear weapons ban treaty.

CBC News

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN warns of Lebanon humanitarian crisis

UN agencies have warned of a humanitarian crisis in Lebanon after the devastating blast in Beirut. Lebanon was already suffering a major economic downturn before the explosion, which left 300,000 residents homeless.

BBC

Families in Beirut seek news of missing loved ones

BBC

Garment workers’ rights in danger due to virus

Some of Europe’s biggest retailers are failing to stop COVID-19 being used as a pretext for union busting, rights activists have said. As a result, millions of garment workers in some of the poorest parts of Asia have lost their jobs.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Survivors of Beirut explosion share their stories

Survivors of the Beirut explosion recount feeling the blast, its horrific aftermath. At least 135 people have died and over 5,000 have been injured from the blast, which was felt nearly 150 miles away in Cyprus.

ABC News

U.S. supports right of Lebanese to peaceful protest, urges political reforms

Reuters

Philippines cracks down on dissent amid virus

The Philippines became the Southeast Asian country with the highest number of coronavirus cases the same week it reimposed strict lockdown measures to try to curb its surging outbreak and a new anti-terror legislation.

CBS News

Hiroshima bombing raising new questions

The dawn of the nuclear age began with a blinding, flesh-melting blast directly above the Japanese city of Hiroshima. At the time, the morality and legality of those nuclear attacks were hardly the subject of public debate.

NPR

Ceasefire offers opportunity for eastern Ukraine

Ukraine wants to build on a lull in fighting in the eastern Donbass region to push for a lasting peace settlement at a new round of four-way talks with Russia, France and Germany, President Zelenskiy has said.

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Cybercrime rises during pandemic, UN reports

A 350% increase in phishing websites was reported in the first quarter of the year, many targeting health care systems and hindering their work responding to the pandemic, the U.N. counterterrorism chief has said.

Associated Press

Nasa Trojan asteroids mission on course

Nasa’s Lucy mission has passed a critical milestone in its development: all components of the spacecraft passed a system integration review and can now be assembled and tested in preparation for its October 2021 launch.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Asymptomatic virus carriers just as contagious

As debates over when and how to safely reopen schools and businesses rage, a South Korean study confirms what many health experts had feared, that virus carriers who don’t exhibit symptoms are capable of spreading the virus.

Forbes

Russia’s race for virus vaccine raises concerns

Russia boasts that it’s about to become the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, with mass vaccinations planned as early as October, scientists worldwide are sounding the alarm.

Associated Press

China seals off village after plague death

Authorities in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia have sealed off a village after a resident there died from bubonic plague, a centuries-old disease responsible for the most deadly pandemic in human history.

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Joe Macaron):

Lebanon is on track to become a failed state

Al Jazeera

Column (Michelle Obama and Melinda Gates):

We can’t ignore adolescent girls in COVID-19 response

CNN

Column (Robin Ganzert):

The conservation movement is under attack

The Hill

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GOOD NEWS

Nigerian boy captivates world with his ballet

Gracefully spinning among a group of dancers, 11-year-old Anthony Mmesoma Madu stands out in poise beyond his years. His parents wanted him to become a priest. Instead, he has captivated millions with his ballet.

Reuters

4-year-old becomes mom’s motivating personal trainer

Good Morning America

Man opens sanctuary for abused farm animals

Since its inception in 2017, Little Bear Sanctuary has rescued over 150 animals. The no-kill, no-cage sanctuary is a place where abused animals and those rescued from slaughter can live out their lives in peace.

Today

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Bill Gates donates $150M to virus research

As COVID-19 continues to spread in developing countries, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $150 million to the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer to provide up to 100 million vaccine doses to poorer nations.

Forbes

West Palm Beach organization helping foster kids become thriving adults

WPTV

Sisters start charity to help the homeless

Two teenage sisters from Dallas saw a need on the streets in downtown Dallas; homeless people going hungry. They wanted to be part of a solution.

NBC DFW

ENVIRONMENT

Virus severely restricts Antarctic science

The British Antarctic Survey is scaling back its research in the polar south because of coronavirus. Only essential teams will head back to the continent, virtually all science in the deep field has been postponed for a year.

BBC

Pandemic reveals ‘green apartheid’ in S. Africa

It took the new coronavirus to reveal a green apartheid lurking in South Africa’s cities as parks shut, lockdown kept millions home and only the lucky few had a garden for sanctuary.

Reuters

Poaching in Namibia down on tougher policing

Rhino poaching fell 63% year-on-year in Namibia, the ministry of environment has said, citing intensified intelligence operations by authorities and tougher sentences and fines for poachers.

Reuters

Mauritius scrambles to counter oil spill

Anxious residents of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius are stuffing fabric sacks with sugar cane leaves to create makeshift oil spill barriers as tons of fuel leak from a grounded ship.

ABC News

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Virus causes financial pain across the globe

Some endured pay cuts or had their hours slashed. Others were furloughed temporarily — without pay. Many just feel seized by fear that their job could vanish. These are the people caught in the grip of a pandemic.

Associated Press

Brazil’s top court backs Indigenous protection

Brazil‘s Supreme Court handed a partial victory to the nation’s indigenous communities struggling with virus. But the indigenous groups’ main demand was rejected: A deadline for outsiders to leave their lands.

CNN

Photo of the Day

Flooded banks of the island of Don Khon in the muddy water of the Mekong, with submerged wooden stilt houses, a pirogue, a leaning Arecaceae, and a boy rowing in a repurposed blue refrigerator used as raft, in Si Phan Don, Laos. (Photo by Basile Morin) Photo used under CC BY

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