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Many Vietnamese towns and villages are having difficulties coping with the rising waters. This small embankment reinforced by sandbags was the last line of defense against the rising floodwaters for the people of the Dong Thap province in 2011. (Photo by Evangelos Petratos EU/ECHO) Photo used under CC BY

Vietnam floods, landslides displace an additional 90K

Floods and landslides in Vietnam are reported to have left at least 102 people dead or missing, while tens of thousands of people have lost their homes to rising water. As new cyclone nears 90,000 people are expected to be forced from their homes.

Guardian

10,000 evacuated in Cambodia due to heavy flooding

ABC News

Kenya’s child labor spikes amid virus pandemic

According to UNICEF, gains in the fight against child labor are at risk because of the pandemic. The U.N. warns that millions of children may be forced into exploitative and jobs, and school closures exacerbate the problem.

Associated Press

Global COVID infections pick up speed, pass 40M

After entire nations were shut down during the first surge of the coronavirus earlier this year, some countries and U.S. states are trying more targeted measures as cases rise again around the world, especially in the United States, Europe and Latin America.

CBS News

The war against women in the era of COVID-19

CNN

’Vulnerable’ Bangladesh garment workers bear the brunt of the COVID pandemic

CNBC

US hosts talks on Nagorno-Karabakh violence

Armenia and Azerbaijan said their foreign ministers would meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington in efforts to end the heaviest fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh since the 1990s.

Reuters

Armenia-Azerbaijan truce broken minutes after deal

BBC

Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict devastates region

PBS NewsHour

Donors pledge $1.7B for Africa’s Sahel region

More than 20 donors pledged nearly $1 billion for the three countries at the epicenter of a humanitarian crisis in Africa’s Sahel region for this year and over $700 million for 2021 and beyond, the United Nations has announced.

Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

Indian workers demand unpaid wages

Hundreds of Indian migrant workers who were laid off by a construction company in Saudi Arabia due to the coronavirus pandemic have filed a complaint to the Indian government over unpaid earnings.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Indigenous Colombians march on Bogotá

Thousands of indigenous people have arrived in the Colombian capital, Bogotá, at the end of a protest march over an increase in violence in their territories.

BBC

Thai authorities move to ban messaging app

Thai authorities are reported to have ordered internet providers to block the Telegram messaging app, which has been used by anti-government protesters.

BBC

Govt hunts for children forced to work, marry

Ethiopia has set up a network of committees to identify children forced into work or marriage during the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure schools are safe to re-open this week.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Undercover in the schools that chain boys

BBC News

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Morales aide claims victory in Bolivia’s election

Evo Morales’ party claimed victory in a presidential election that appeared to reject the right-wing policies of the interim government that took power in Bolivia after the leftist leader resigned and fled the country a year ago.

Associated Press

Thousands protest government in Pakistan

Thousands gathered in the central Pakistani city of Gujranwala to protest the government as an opposition alliance kicked off a campaign to take advantage of rising prices and other frustrations to overthrow the government.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Archaeologists find sealed Egyptian sarcophagi

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered another large cache of unopened sarcophagi in Saqqara, adding to the trove of almost 60 coffins recovered from the ancient necropolis.

CNN

Large 2,000-year-old cat discovered in Peru

BBC

Baby bottles shed microplastics when heated

The study suggests that bottle-fed infants around the world may be consuming more than 1.5 million particles of microplastics per day on average. But the researchers caution that parents should not be alarmed by the findings.

NPR

Space probe makes 1st Venus fly-by

A spacecraft bound for Mercury swung by Venus, using Earth’s neighbor to adjust its course on the way to the solar system’s smallest and innermost planet.

Associated Press

GLOBAL HEALTH

Belgium facing ‘tsunami’ of COVID infections

Belgium is losing control of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and is very close to being overwhelmed by a “tsunami” of infection, the country’s health minister has said.

Guardian

Russia approved for virus vaccine trials in India

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd have received renewed approval to conduct late-stage clinical trials in India of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine, the sovereign wealth fund said.

Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Sabria CHOWDHURY BALLAND):

Rohingya’s suffering continues in Bangladesh

Asia Times Online

Column (Shireen Huq and Syeda Samara Mortada):

To tackle sexual violence in Bangladesh the culture of victim blaming must end

Guardian

Column (Jonathan Addleton and ALONZO FULGHAM):

US policy must adjust to transnational issues

The Hill

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GOOD NEWS

Yemen’s ‘microgrid girls’ power community

A women-run solar station near the front line in Abs is empowering its owners and improving life in their community.

Al Jazeera

Saudi resume prayers at Grand Mosque

Saudi Arabia is allowing its citizens and residents inside the kingdom to perform daily prayers at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the holiest site in Islam, for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

Al Jazeera

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Nonprofit does laundry for low-income families

A Tampa, Florida nonprofit will wash and dry at least 500 loads of laundry for about 50 low-income families at no cost. Volunteers do the laundry, entertain the families’ children and create a caring space at the laundromat,

Florida Times-Union

Nonprofit helps front-line workers fight for rights

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

California wildfires damage seen from space

New satellite imagery of California reveals not just the extent of its wildfire damage, but the depth of the loss. The maps from the satellite data show how far two major fires spread as well as how badly each region burned.

LiveScience

Ice melt in Alaska threatens ‘mega-tsunami’

A giant, catastrophic tsunami in Alaska triggered by a landslide of rock left unstable after glacier melting is likely to occur in the next two decades, scientists fear - and it could happen within the next 12 months.

LiveScience

Venezuelan oil facility poses climate concerns

An idled floating oil facility off Venezuela’s eastern coast is undergoing repairs, as images showing the crude-laden vessel at an incline have raised concerns about possible environmental hazards.

Reuters

Japan reportedly decides to release treated Fukushima water into the sea

CBS News

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Iran struggles with COVID, economic sanctions

Across the country, Iranians are suffering from acute interlinking maladies: the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, intensifying U.S. sanctions and a collapsing economy. And there is no end in sight.

NBCNews.com

Central Americans’ economic pain deepens

The region’s complex migration machinery is reactivating, smugglers, as the collapse of Central America’s economies pushes families deeper into poverty.

Al Jazeera

Drought, hunger drive Nepal farmers to India

An unusually dry monsoon season in Narainapur has ruined rice crops across the area, leaving thousands of farmers with so little food or income that some have broken a coronavirus travel ban to seek work in India.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Photo of the Day

Table soccer is very popular in Nigeria. Nigerian children will use any surface - floor, abandoned cars, bench. The players for the game are usually made from folded papers, bottle crowns, and small pieces of stone. (Photo by Tope Ben) Photo used under CC BY

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