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Ethiopia faces rises in kidnappings, extortions

Kidnapping and extortion cases are on the rise in Ethiopia, many of which are linked to the ongoing political and security crisis in the country. But authorities are struggling to keep up, despite growing public concern.

Deutsche Welle

Maduro cracks down on Venezuelan protesters

After a wave of public unrest following the disputed election, Maduro promised to “pulverize” the popular movement against him, dispatching security forces to round up opposition activists in “Operation knock-knock.”

Guardian

The students bringing change to Bangladesh

The Bangladesh students are keen to protect their movement’s integrity, something that mobilized support for the protesters, who many in the country are saying have pulled off a Gen Z-led revolution.

Guardian

Muhammad Yunus returns to Bangladesh to lead interim government

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh’s turbulent half-century continues

Bangladesh has had a turbulent existence since gaining independence in 1971 following a war with Pakistan. The South Asia nation is densely populated and has been scarred by climate and humanitarian crises.

Associated Press

Protesters are tear gassed by Kenyan police

Kenyan police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi calling for the president’s resignation as a new Cabinet was being sworn in, the latest in the deadly turmoil that has gripped the East African nation over the summer.

Associated Press

Police fire tear gas at protesters in Kenya

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Worker’s disappearance stirs repression fear

Edni López’s family learned she was being held, incommunicado, by Venezuela’s feared military intelligence police on unknown criminal charges, and unable to see an attorney or speak with her family.

Associated Press

Israeli strikes on Gaza schools kill 15, hurts 30

Israeli strikes on two schools in Gaza have killed at least 15 Palestinians and injured another 30, as renewed evacuation orders are given to residents in several districts in eastern Khan Younis city.

Al Jazeera

UK Development Minister urges immediate ceasefire, return of hostages and urgent Gaza aid

YouTube

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Tunisia’s president replaces prime minister

Tunisia’s president has sacked the country’s prime minister and replaced him with another Cabinet member, the latest shakeup in the North African country ahead of the October presidential election.

Associated Press

Tunisia court jails potential presidential candidates and bars them from upcoming election

Guardian

Thai court bans a popular political party

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has banned Thailand’s most popular party for allegedly violating the constitution by proposing to amend the law against defaming the country’s royal family.

NPR

With Move Forward dissolved, what’s next for Thai democracy?

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Russia YouTube slowdown darkens freedoms

As Moscow has suppressed independent, Russian-language media, YouTube has remained a bastion of online freedom of expression. Now, YouTube in Russia is living on borrowed time.

Reuters

How secure is our world-wide food supply?

Climate change is a threat to our food security. The land available for growing coffee has halved, while other crops are also becoming scarce. Can an app save harvests? What business does a drone have in a forest?

Deutsche Welle

GLOBAL HEALTH

Africa on brink of official health emergency

The head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said the agency is likely to declare a continental public health emergency over the growing mpox outbreak.

Guardian

Drug-resistant infections killing African babies

Illnesses that would once have been easily managed are no longer responding to antibiotics, and the world’s poorest regions are being hit hardest.

Guardian

Silica dust could become the ‘new asbestos’

If inhaled, silica dust from cut or drilled stone, can cause a fatal lung disease. Experts want better protections for workers exposed to it every day.

Deutsche Welle

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

The Guardian view on Bangladesh’s uprising: a fresh but fragile opportunity to renew democracy

Guardian

Column (Menachem Z. Rosensaft):

The worst man in Israel makes a ‘moral’ argument for genocide

Newsweek

Column (Daniel R. DePetris):

Israel‘s precision operations are second to none. But they aren’t cost-free either

Newsweek

Column (Arafat Kabir):

Sheikh Hasina’s downfall and exile are of her own making

Al Jazeera

Column (Sara Jacobs):

One of the fastest ways to end Sudan’s civil war is to stop the UAE’s involvement

The Hill

Column (Mesfin Tegenu):

The IMF’s bailout of Ethiopia’s government will only make matters worse

The Hill

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GOOD NEWS

Sudanese shine light on conflict through art

The crisis in Sudan has displaced more than 11 million people since fighting erupted between government and rebel forces. A group of Sudanese refugees in Kenya are using art to raise awareness about the conflict.

Deutsche Welle

Tanzanian village will use a 3D printer to build

In Kibaha, Tanzania, just west of the capital Dar es Salaam, a group of pioneering architects are set to build a new village with “earth printing” at its heart.

CNN

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Teen to fly solo for childhood cancer research

A Chinese-American teen is vying to set a record as the youngest person to fly solo to all seven continents in a quest to drum up donations for research into childhood cancer.

Associated Press

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Mexico inflation rises to highest in over a year

Mexico’s headline inflation rate likely accelerated again in July to reach its highest level in more than a year, while the core index is forecast to continue to moderate, a Reuters poll showed.

Reuters

Jewish settlers expand in the West Bank

The war in Gaza has been the main focus in the Middle East. Yet in the West Bank, Israel’s government is seizing land and Jewish settlers are establishing outposts at the highest rate in decades.

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Serbian villagers protest planned lithium mine

Zlatko Kokanovic, a 48-year-old Serbian farmer, and fellow villagers have sparked nationwide protests to stop the building of Rio Tinto’s first European lithium mine, warning it would pollute land and endanger public health.

Reuters

Why is the world’s largest wetland on fire?

Climate change makes wildfires in the Pantanal - between Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay - more likely and worse.

Context

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A Thai-Karen woman helps refugees learn to grow their own food and earn some income. (Photo by Mathias Eick EU/ECHO) Photo used under CC BY

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