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Afghan children show an expression of confusion in 2010. More than half of all the people of Afghanistan (23 million out of 40 million) are facing starvation, which is causing many to resort to selling their children and parts of their bodies to survive. (Photo by NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan) Photo used under CC BY

Starving Afghans forced to sell kids, body parts

The chief of the World Food Program has again expressed concern over the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and added that the Afghan people have resorted to selling their children and parts of their bodies to survive.

NDTV

Taliban reopen universities for Afghan women

The Taliban said they have reopened public universities for female students in six of Afghanistan‘s 34 provinces, a move marking a major concession to international demands by the country’s new rulers.

ABC News

Afghan women urge EU to not recognize Taliban

Deutsche Welle

Biden to deploy 2K troops to Poland and Germany

President Joe Biden is sending about 2,000 U.S.-based troops to Poland and Germany and shifting 1,000 soldiers from Germany to Romania as demonstrations of U.S. commitment to allies on NATO’s eastern flank.

Associated Press

Putin says US could drag Moscow into war with aim to impose sanctions

YouTube

China in spotlight for loan diplomacy in Africa

As China lends more to Africa, it is facing criticism for luring developing economies into a debt trap. Uganda, which has borrowed more than $3 billion from China, is now facing the risk of defaulting.

Deutsche Welle

Olympics are under scrutiny by rights activists

ABC News speaks to activists and political exiles about why spectators should think twice before tuning in to the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics.

ABC News

Exposure to one droplet enough to get COVID

Exposure to a single nasal droplet is sufficient to become infected with COVID-19, according to a landmark trial in which healthy volunteers were intentionally given a dose of the virus.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Rohingya widows face poverty, hostile attitudes

Rohingya women who fled to India to escape persecution in Myanmar are living in wretched conditions in the country’s slums. Widows, in particular, are struggling to make ends meet.

Deutsche Welle

Amnesty report calls Israel policies apartheid

A new report alleges that the Israeli state maintains “an institutionalized regime of oppression and domination of the Palestinian population for the benefit of Jewish Israelis.”

BBC

Minority women most affected by abortion bans

If the U.S. Supreme Court allows states to further restrict or even ban abortions, minority women will bear the brunt of it.

Associated Press

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Protests mark 1 year of Myanmar military coup

A nationwide strike in Myanmar marked the one-year anniversary of the army’s seizure of power, as sporadic protests and violence across the country raised further international concern over the ongoing struggle for power.

NBCNews.com

The deadly battles that tipped Myanmar into civil war

BBC

Putin says West is ignoring Russia’s concerns

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of ignoring Russia’s security concerns and deliberately creating a scenario designed to lure it into war.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Pull back from Ukraine if you’re not going to invade, Blinken tells Russia

Thomson Reuters Foundation

How does Russia‘s army compare with Ukraine’s?

CNN

Olympians warned to ‘be responsible’ in Beijing

The chair of the Beijing Winter Olympics Athletes’ Commission has warned competitors that they “need to be responsible” if they decide to speak out about controversial issues.

Guardian

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

China selling armed drones to strategic effect

Algeria and Egypt are the latest nations slated to receive China’s drones, sales that underline Beijing’s increasingly successful global marketing strategy after the U.S. restricted its armed drone exports.

Asia Times Online

Rings in crater illuminate Mars’ past climate

Just as a tree‘s concentric rings can give us detailed information about Earth’s past climate, the patterns inside the crater illuminate the history of the red planet.

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Single test to detect risk of 4 cancers in women

Using cervical cells from a routine smear test, experts may be able to spot ovarian and breast cancer or predict their likelihood of developing. Further results are due on the ability of the WID-test to predict womb and cervical cancer.

Guardian

Are we nearing end of the COVID-19 pandemic?

The virus may now be less deadly as vaccines continue to provide vital protection, but new variants can still emerge.

Al Jazeera

COVID-19 medical waste posing health hazard

The vast amount of waste accumulated as part of efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, from gloves to syringes, poses a threat to human and environmental health.

Al Jazeera

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Abu-Bakarr Jalloh):

Why democracy in Africa needs a rethink

Deutsche Welle

Column (Dimitar Bechev):

Is there a weakness in NATO’s eastern flank?

Al Jazeera

Column (Sanjay Pulipaka):

A painful stalemate in Myanmar

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Penguin sending inspiring message to children

A penguin in Arizona, who was born with skeletal abnormalities, is teaching kids that it is OK to be different.

ABC News

Healed Bolivian flamingo is released into wild

After being found with an injured leg and undergoing weeks of rehab, this flamingo, named Coro Coro, was released back into the wild by veterinarians in Bolivia.

YouTube

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Organization launches programs for S. Asia

Influential research and grant-making organization Open Philanthropy announced it has hired lead officers for its first “new causes” in more than five years: South Asian air quality and global aid advocacy.

Devex

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Overfishing leaves Sierra Leone locals starving

As illegal industrial-scale fishing by foreign fleets pillages fish populations, despairing coastal communities say they feel powerless.

Guardian

Harsh winter has displaced Syrians struggling

One of the harshest winters to hit Syria in decades has displaced communities that now struggle to survive it.

CNN

Hunger and food insecurity in maps and charts

As many as 811 million people – 10 percent of the world’s population – go to bed hungry each night.

Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

Climate crisis threatens Kenya’s El Molo group

Lake Turkana’s shores have been home to the El Molo for millennia but as rising waters swallow homes and sacred sites they face losing everything.

Guardian

Oil spill in Ecuador endangers water supply

The oil spill in the Amazon is spreading. A landslide in Ecuador damaged a pipeline. Large quantities of oil have leaked out and threaten to poison the water supply of the local population.

Deutsche Welle

Colombia‘s indigenous form ’mini-government’

Becoming the land’s official legal governors would make it harder for arriving miners, loggers or ranchers to cut land and development deals without their prior knowledge or approval.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Photo of the Day

Protests in Myanmar, including the largest city of Yangon, have been going on since Feb. 1, 2021, when the army seized power and ousted the elected government. Widespread nonviolent demonstrations followed the army’s takeover, but armed resistance arose after protests were put down with lethal force. (Photo by Kyaw Swar D.O) Photo used under CC BY

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