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A Ukrainian woman drops her face into her hands in February 2022. In the largest refugee crisis since World War II, 1.7 million people have fled Ukraine into neighboring European countries. Some 4 million Ukrainians could become refugees. (Photo by Mirek Pruchnicki) Photo used under CC BY

Ukraine’s refugee crisis is only just beginning

Just over a week after Russian rockets first began to slam into Ukraine, more than 1.7 million people have fled over the borders of neighboring European countries into a frightening and uncertain future.

Guardian

Ukraine says Russian shelling preventing evacuation of refugees

Al Jazeera

Day 11, death on Ukraine’s bombarded streets

Associated Press

Ukraine could tilt Pakistan into financial crisis

The International Monetary Fund’s $6 billion bailout package for Pakistan is in jeopardy after Islamabad announced new fuel and energy subsidies amid fears the Ukraine crisis would push the deficit to a historic high.

Asia Times Online

Nearly 400 Afghans killed since Taliban takeover

Nearly 400 civilians have been killed in attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, more than 80 percent of them by a group affiliated to Islamic State.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Thailand pledges to ban forced prison labor

Thailand has pledged to eradicate forced labor in its prisons and pay a decent wage to inmates who opt to work, following an expose by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Green light for global treaty on plastic pollution

The world is working together to tackle plastic pollution. Nearly 200 countries have agreed to start talks on an international agreement to take action on the “plastic crisis.”

BBC

Abortion access still limited after Mexico ruling

Advocates say they’ve documented at least eight cases of girls and women, including one with a disability, who were denied abortions in the state of Guerrero in recent months after being raped.

Associated Press

Deaths near 6M as pandemic enters 3rd year

The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing 6 million — underscoring that the pandemic, now entering its third year, is far from over.

Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

Foreign students fleeing Ukraine facing racism

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, foreign students attempting to leave the country say they are experiencing racist treatment by Ukrainian security forces and border officials.

CNN

People from South Sudan, Sudan get temporary US legal status

Associated Press

Russian war doesn‘t spare Ukraine’s children

What has war looked like for the children of Ukraine? For many, it has meant sheltering in basements and subway stations while Russian forces attack cities and street fights rage. For others, it has meant a scramble to escape.

Associated Press

Fears in Middle East as war hits wheat imports

Guardian

Ukrainian children injured in conflict

YouTube

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Meet Myanmar’s ‘reluctant’ resistance fighter

In the mountains of Kayah State, a former wedding photographer, Khun Nan Nan, is taking on Myanmar’s military.

Al Jazeera

Can Nigeria’s electoral law inspire a new era?

For years, Nigeria’s president repeatedly rejected amendments to the electoral law and his approval may not change much.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Facebook, TikTok block Russian state media

Facebook, TikTok and Microsoft are cracking down on Kremlin-backed news outlets RT and Sputnik following the European Union’s ban on Russian state media.

NPR

Big Tech cracks down on Russian state media content amid mounting pressure

CNN

DNA reveals biggest-ever human family tree

As things stand, the genes of 3,609 people from 215 populations have been sequenced, with some dating from more than 100,000 years ago.

CNN

Solar eruption caught in unprecedented image

The Solar Orbiter found itself in the perfect position to capture an unprecedented image of a massive solar eruption.

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Ukraine parents transfusing blood for their kids

Over the past five days, as Russia‘s invasion has continued, the basements of Ukraine’s children‘s hospitals have become bomb shelters for the country’s youngest cancer patients.

NBCNews.com

How children are being affected by long COVID

While COVID-19 causes relatively mild disease in most children, previously healthy youngsters are showing signs of longer-term issues related to the virus.

BBC

Pfizer vaccine does not protect children 5-11

Two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine offer almost no protection against the coronavirus infection in kids ages 5 to 11, according to new data posted online.

NBCNews.com

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Mitzi Jonelle Tan and Vanessa Nakate):

People power is what is needed to battle climate change

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Column (David A. Love):

What’s really lost when schools only make Black History Month lessons optional

NBCNews.com

Column (Moustafa Bayoumi):

They are ‘civilized’ and ‘look like us’: the racist coverage of Ukraine

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Bowler celebrates milestone 100th birthday

Loved ones helped centenarian Lew Slocum celebrate this milestone birthday at their family’s bowling alley in Ewing, Mercer County.

ABC 7 NY

Faithful dog helps carry young girl’s backpack

Each day when Autumn returns home from school, her faithful dog is waiting for her to help carry her backpack up the driveway.

Today Show

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Ukrainians organize aid for refugees, soldiers

As refugees move west and soldiers east towards the front, people in the central Ukrainian city of Vinnitsya are organizing aid for both. The bring everything they can spare: clothes, food, money.

Deutsche Welle

Chef Andrés is on the ground feeding refugees

José Andrés, a Spanish-American chef, restaurateur and philanthropist, has set up mobile kitchens to provide hot meals for Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion.

NBCNews.com

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Indonesian capital excludes indigenous, poor

The new capital city will uproot thousands of indigenous people, and offers little incentive for poorer residents in Jakarta to move.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Middle East faces crisis from Russian conflict

As two of the world’s key wheat producers face off in an all-out war, tomorrow looks grim for the Middle East and North Africa countries that need wheat from Ukraine and Russia.

Al Jazeera

Russians feel pain of international sanctions

Millions of Russians are starting to feel the effect of Western economic sanctions designed to punish the country for invading Ukraine.

BBC

Philippines’ illegal, dangerous treasure mines

Diving into flooded underground caves, workers constantly risk their lives. The business is illegal. But for many, it is the only way they can earn money.

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change brings impact to S. America

Scientists have long been warning that extreme weather would cause calamity in the future. But in South America that future is already here.

Associated Press

Kenya farmers deal with climate-driven hunger

Initiatives to build the resilience of vulnerable people living on the frontlines of climate change are growing worldwide, but they are often disjointed, small and short-term.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Honduras government to ban open-pit mining

The government, which was sworn in last month, also said that it would cancel environmental permits for mining operations across the country.

BBC

Photo of the Day

Ukrainians flee to Poland to escape Russian attacks. At least 160,000 Ukrainians have fled their homeland to neighboring countries such as Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Moldova. (Photo by Mirek Pruchnicki) Photo used under CC BY

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