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A child in Central African Republic, where a fifth of the country’s 4.5 million people have fled their homes in a conflict that broke out in 2013. The yearly financial losses, as people flee war and disaster, ranged from $174 per person in Somalia to $451 in the Central African Republic. (Photo by Pierre Holtz | UNICEF) Photo used under CC BY

Countries losing billions as people flee to safety

People fleeing war, natural disasters or violence within their own countries could be costing countries a combined $13 billion a year, a new study has revealed. Over a third of the world’s forcibly displaced people are found in Africa.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Venezuelan opposition urges foreign help

The Venezuelan opposition has accused the government of President Nicolas Maduro of blocking humanitarian aid and urged the world community to help let assistance in.

Reuters

In Pictures: Hungry and thirsty in Venezuela

Al Jazeera

Climate change imperils romantic traditions

From rising seas that could engulf the world‘s honeymoon island resorts to changing weather patterns hitting the vineyards of France’s Champagne region, climate change poses a threat to many romantic traditions.

ABS_CBN

Pope condemns global food inequality

Pope Francis, who has often backed UN targets to tackle hunger and climate change, condemned unfair access to food around the world as “perverse” saying it threatened disaster for humanity if not remedied.

Reuters

Food for millions of Yemenis at risk of rotting

Food aid in a warehouse on the front lines of Yemen’s war is at risk of rotting, leaving millions of Yemenis without access to life-saving sustenance, the UN said.

Al Jazeera

Starving girl shows impact of Yemen war, economic collapse

Reuters

Sexual assaults rise at military academies

Sexual assaults at military service academies keep rising despite Congress keeping watch . Ongoing, multipronged efforts to prevent assaults have not been succeeding.

NPR

HUMAN RIGHTS

Since 2015, 60% adopted kids in India are girls

The number of female children placed for in-country and inter-country adoptions between 2015 and 2018 in India are relatively higher than male children, according to data released by the government.

The Hindu

Gay couples sue for the right to marry in Japan

Thirteen same-sex couples have filed a lawsuit in Japan arguing that the country’s rejection of same-sex marriage violates their constitutional rights. It’s the first such lawsuit in the country, Japan Times reports.

NPR

Here are the 27 countries where same-sex marriage is officially legal

ABC News

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Egypt senate votes to lift presidential term limits

Egyptian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to extend term limits for President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi until 2034, part of a package of constitutional amendments also set to further enshrine the military’s role in politics.

Associated Press

A look at proposed amendments to Egypt’s constitution

FOX News

Nigeria’s election: old candidates, young voters

Two men in their 70s are contesting a Nigerian presidential election in which half the registered voters are aged between 18 and 35. It offers little hope of change for youth in a country where nearly a quarter are unemployed.

Reuters

Nigeria election 2019: The passion and fashion of campaigning

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Insects could help in antibiotic-resistance fight

Scientists have discovered dozens of microorganisms living in or on insects that produce antimicrobial compounds, some of which may hold the key to developing new antibiotic drugs.

NPR

Food poisoning will surge with climate change

Food poisoning cases could surge as rising global temperatures bring swarms of disease-ridden flies, according to new study. If greenhouse gases continue at their current rates, fly populations are predicted to triple.

The Independent

GLOBAL HEALTH

Venezuela’s capital lacks medical supplies

Medicine is just one of a long laundry list of essential supplies that Venezuela, gripped by a political and humanitarian crisis, is lacking.

CNN

Myanmar refugees in Bandarban in poor health

Dhaka Tribune

Tech to identify source of Salmonella outbreaks

A team of researchers have developed a machine-learning approach that could lead to quicker identification of the animal source of certain Salmonella outbreaks.

Medical Xpress

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Yara Hawari):

Love in times of Israeli apartheid

Al Jazeera

Editorial:

The Guardian view on media freedom: It must be defended

Guardian

Column (Bel Trew):

South Sudan’s civil war may be over, but the need for humanitarian funding is ever more urgent

The Independent

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GOOD NEWS

Man delivers Valentine roses to the lonely

Seth Stewart delivers roses all over Spokane, Washington, to single women and widows. Community members also ask that roses be delivered to women who have had a significant impact in their lives.

ABC17

Local nonprofit honors Gold Star wives on Valentine’s Day

WPTV

Camels back home after wandering into yard

Two camels in southern Arizona are back home after going for an impromptu trek in the desert. Pima County sheriff’s officials said authorities located the owners of the runaway camels that were roaming in a front yard.

ABC15

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Nonprofit grocery stores filling the gap

Food deserts, whether in big cities or small towns, have proven difficult to shake — but largely grassroots nonprofit efforts around the country are turning out to be essential options for solving the problem.

Association Now

$7.6M for nonprofit news raised in 2018

NewsMatch, a campaign that doubles donations made to news organizations that belong to members of the Institute for Nonprofit News, raised $7.6 million from individuals and a coalition of funders in 2018.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

As ice melts, Greenland may export sand

Greenland could start to export sand in a rare positive spinoff from global warming that is melting the island’s vast ice sheet and washing large amounts of sediment into the sea, scientists have said.

Straits Times

South Africa could be the world’s next gas exporter, or an environmental disaster

Quartz

Malaysian town choked by 17K tons of rubbish

Malaysia has become one of the world’s biggest plastic importers, taking in rubbish the rest of the world doesn’t want. But Jenjarom is paying the price for this, and is now smothered in 17,000 tons of waste.

BBC

Here’s what happened when one Guatemalan town went to war on plastic waste

World Economic Forum

Is recycling worth it? Why many things you toss ends up in a landfill

Wamu.org

ECONOMIC EQUITY

Global joblessness down, but 700M in poverty

The global unemployment rate inched down last year, the UN said, but warns that jobs often failed to guarantee decent living, with 700 million workers still wallowing in poverty.

Politko

Poor employment in tourism threatens sustainability

Phys.org

Argentines want ‘food emergency’ declared

Thousands took to the streets in 50 Argentine cities and towns demanding that the government declare a “food emergency” and put an end to suffocating price increases.

Channel NewsAsia

Photo of the Day

Twelve-year-old Alegny Acosta and her 4-year-old sister, Aignara Acosta, migrated with their family from Venezuela to Ecuador. UNICEF, the UN aid group, has launched a regional response to support children and families from Venezuela, as well as children in host communities. This involves working with partners to ensure access to safe drinking water and sanitation, education and health services. (Photo by UNICEF) Photo used under CC BY

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