The Daily Source: Quality News from Around the Internet

Home

About us

Our Team

Opinion

Families on the border of Somalia and Ethiopia receive humanitarian aid. Across east Africa, 89 million people are now considered “acutely food insecure” by the World Food Program, a number that has grown by almost 90% in the past year. (Photo by Cate Turton/Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

Humanitarian crisis escalating in Somalia

Only a “massive” and immediate scale-up of funds and humanitarian relief can save Somalia from famine, a UN spokesperson has warned, as aid workers report children starving to death amid rapidly escalating levels of malnutrition.

Guardian

Rising costs fuel homelessness in South Africa

In South Africa, poverty and inequality were already high before the pandemic. Now surging costs are fueling a homelessness crisis, government officials say.

Deutsche Welle

Cape Town: 6,500 social housing units in the pipeline

YouTube

Afghanistan facing crises on all fronts after quake

Aid groups scrambled to reach victims of a powerful earthquake that rocked Afghanistan, killing more than 1,000 people in an area blighted by poor infrastructure, as the country faces dire economic and hunger crises.

CNN

Taliban’s isolation makes Afghan earthquake response harder

Reuters

Myanmar: Ousted leader isolated in new prison

Myanmar’s junta confirmed that ousted democratic leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who was arrested after the coup in February 2021, has been moved to a prison compound and is being isolated from other detainees.

Associated Press

Climate crisis worsened floods in Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s floods are the worst in more than a century, killing dozens of people and displacing nearly 4 million, as climate change has intensified its impact, experts say.

Al Jazeera

Ecuadorians march after night of violence

Thousands of indigenous protesters held a peaceful march through Ecuador’s capital, demanding that President Guillermo Lasso addresses price hikes. This follows a night of violent protests in several cities.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

‘Total bloodbath,’ ethnic attack in Ethiopia

Suspected terrorists massacred a small farming village in Ethiopia. It is one of the worst mass killings in recent years; hundreds of people, mostly ethnic Amhara, were slaughtered, according to witnesses.

Associated Press

Fatal migrant crossing at Moroccan border

Video shows dozens of people lying by a Moroccan border fence, some bleeding and others apparently lifeless, in the aftermath of a mass crossing of migrants into Spain, where at least 18 died, Moroccan officials said.

Reuters

Migrants storm Spain-Morocco border

YouTube

Overturning Roe v. Wade has global impact

Many global reproductive and women’s rights groups are condemning the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, warning there will be far-reaching effects around the globe.

NPR

Sudan seeks return of artifacts taken by British

Museum officials in Sudan are hoping for the return of priceless artifacts taken by British soldiers, colonial administrators and travelers, saying they could help bring peace to the unstable east African country.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Kuwait’s crown prince dissolves parliament

Kuwait’s crown prince has dissolved Parliament and called for early elections, a move to ease government gridlock, as the country has been paralyzed for months.

ABC News

Chile workers strike at state mining company

Workers at Chile’s state mining company, Codelco—the largest producer of copper in the world—have launched an open-ended strike in protest of the government’s closing of a foundry to curtail pollution.

Al Jazeera

Workers in Chile strike at world’s largest copper producer

YouTube

Mali junta may restore constitutional rule

Mali’s military government passed a new electoral law, marking a step toward returning to constitutional rule amid regional pressure to hold elections since the August 2020 coup, a copy of the decree showed.

Reuters

Vienna nuke talks will resume in coming days

The EU and Iran agreed to resume negotiations in Vienna over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal. The agreement could help relieve tensions after the talks have stalled for months.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Tesla’s new factories losing billions of dollars

Elon Musk says Tesla’s new factories in Germany and the U.S. are “losing billions of dollars” because of battery shortages and supply disruptions in China.

BBC

Russian cyber spying targets Ukraine allies

State-backed Russian hackers have engaged in “strategic espionage” against governments, think tanks, businesses and aid groups in 42 countries supporting Ukraine, Microsoft said.

Associated Press

GLOBAL HEALTH

BioNTech opening mRNA vaccine plant in Africa

The pharmaceutical company BioNTech has broken ground for the production site of a COVID-19 vaccine plant in Rwanda’s capital. Rwanda’s president says the development is “a milestone for vaccine inequity.”

Deutsche Welle

COVID vaccines cut global death toll by 20M

Covid vaccines cut the global death toll by 20 million in the first year after they were available, according to the first major analysis.

Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Tatiana Garavito and Nathan Thanki):

Colombia’s shift to the left: A new ‘pink tide’ in Latin America?

Al Jazeera

Column (Michael Ruben):

Too many human rights organizations have lost their way

Washington Examiner

Column (S K Chatterji):

Agnipath: India’s new approach to military recruitment

Asia Times Online

Site edited by: Rachel Barrus, Ashley Nawn and Catherine Lux.

GOOD NEWS

Floating drones swallow tons of plastic waste

Worldwide, inventors are churning out methods for picking plastic pollution out of rivers. Now a Dutch company has just added to the mix: a whale-shark inspired drone that can cobble 160 liters of waste.

Good News Network

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Argentina success story, rewilding a country

It began with a philanthropic couple buying a swamp, but has become one of the world’s boldest experiments in restoring degraded habitats, bringing wildlife and landscapes back from the brink in Argentina.

Guardian

‘Superworms’ could help solve the trash crisis

A bunch of small but hungry worms might hold the key to saving the planet, as their uncanny ability to devour polystyrene could help rid landfills of this waste, thus putting a dent in one of the drivers of global warming.

NPR

The Gates Foundation fights malaria in Africa

The Gates Foundation plans to direct $140m to fight malaria and other neglected tropical diseases in Africa, as well as COVID-19, Melinda French Gates announced.

Devex

Malaria remains the biggest killer in Africa

YouTube

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

South Africa widens power cuts amid protests

The South African state power company said it will be forced to widen electricity cuts, as labor protests linked to deadlocked wage talks have disrupted operations.

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh finally opens its longest bridge

Bangladesh’s PM has inaugurated a landmark bridge over the turbulent Padma River after years of delay due to allegations of corruption, which forced the World Bank to walk away from the nearly $4bn mega project.

Al Jazeera

Social enterprise key to Jordan gender equality

Jordan’s promise in 2015 to close the gender gap by 2030 still has a long way to go. This year, however, it seems that gender equality is finally gaining momentum; social enterprises may be key, a Mideast researcher said.

Deutsche Welle

Sri Lanka students demanding PM resign

Thousands of students protested in Sri Lanka’s capitol, demanding the president and prime minister quit over the economic crisis.

Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

India’s stray animals suffer record heatwaves

India’s extreme heat, intensified by climate change, is not only hitting humans hard, but also has taken a toll on the dogs, cats and other animals living on the nation’s streets, an animal behaviorist said.

Deutsche Welle

Millennia-old city emerges during Iraqi drought

A sprawling 3,400-year-old city emerged in Iraq after a reservoir’s water level swiftly dropped due to extreme drought.

CNN

Photo of the Day

A U.S. Army medical researcher educates children on malaria at a school in Kenya. Malaria is an urgent public health priority. Today, nearly half of the world’s population, most of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa, are at risk for developing malaria and facing its economic challenges, according to UNICEF. (Photo by Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Africa) Photo used under CC BY

DailySource Most Popular

Features

About us

Ways to help

Other