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The City of Aleppo was ruined by civil unrest initiated from President Bashar al-Assad’s military forces. The Commission for International Justice and Accountability has compiled evidence to indict al-Assad on war crimes such as these.  (Photo by Freedom House) Pressure mounts on Myanmar over Asia ‘boat people’ crisis Malaysia prodded Myanmar on Sunday to halt the exodus from its shores as concern grew for uncounted migrants adrift in rickety boats around the Andaman Sea. Reuters The tragedy of Asia‘s new ’boat people’ euronews Blog: Fights over food, water as boat people land in Aceh The Australian   Syrian documents may contain evidence to indict Assad, others An international investigative commission has said that it has enough evidence to indict Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and 24 other members of his government for crimes against humanity. FOX News War crimes case against Assad Newsweek At least 32 dead after another powerful earthquake hits Nepal The shock waves from a new, powerful earthquake rippled out from a remote area of eastern Nepal, near the border with China, leveling buildings already damaged by the earlier quake that killed thousands. CNN ‘Warm-blooded fish’ traps its own heat in the deep The large and colorful opah has become the first known “warm-blooded” fish. It can regulate the temperature of its whole body. BBC   PHILANTHROPY AND AID How Bill Gates’s mother pushed him to be a philanthropist The famed entrepreneur and founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was not eager to give back to the community, until his mother got involved. Inc. Philanthropist and jury clash over design of controversial Warsaw memorial A controversial competition to build a monument in Warsaw to Poles who helped Jews during the Holocaust got more controversial after the founder of the organization behind the project denounced the winning design. Hyperallergic HUMAN RIGHTS South Sudan clashes leave 300,000 without aid, says UN More than 300,000 people are without “life-saving” aid in South Sudan’s oil-rich Unity state after heavy fighting forced aid agencies to withdraw, the UN has said. BBC Thailand downplays probe into police links to human trafficking Southeast Asia is being hit by a wave of migrants arriving in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, part of a regional human trafficking crisis driven by conflict, persecution and poverty. Reuters GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS Enough space for China banks to complement India story: Chanda Kochhar India’s top private sector lender today said there is also enough space for Chinese banks to play a complementing role in the Indian growth story. Times of India PM Modi inaugurates ICICI Bank’s first branch in China Business Standard To save their relationship, Obama invites Arab allies to his Millennium Falcon President Barack Obama has invited the leaders of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states to Camp David this week to have a serious talk about their relationship. Vice News SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Ebola virus found in eye fluid of US doctor months after he was declared fully recovered Ebola has been found in the eye of a U.S. doctor months after he was thought to have fully recovered. The Independent Blog: A man said to be Ebola-free could still infect a partner during sex NPR Super-colossal halo around Andromeda galaxy A team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame was able to find a distant galaxy with a halo around it, which was a first in terms of what the team had been able to find. Inferse   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Editorial: Marathon effort: A runner survives because of first-rate attention Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial: B.B. King, King of the Blues, dies at 89 New Vision Column (John Cassidy): After the Amtrak Crash, It’s Time to Get Serious About Transportation Infrastructure The New Yorker Editorial: Keeping critical mass against nuclear weapons Christian Science Monitor Column (Steven Zhou): China’s path to power runs through Pakistan Al Jazeera Column (David Frum): Can America have fewer prisoners without more crime? The Atlantic Column (D.J. Tice): Corporate roles, rights, wrongs: What‘s a ’person’ to do? Star Tribune   Site edited by: Meagan Moyle and T. LaShaun Wallace.   GOOD NEWS On Nakba Day, Pope Francis Gives Palestinians a Symbolic Victory For Palestinians, Nakba Day is always a wrenching reminder of their struggle for statehood. But this year’s anniversary came on the heels of a small, symbolic victory—courtesy of the Vatican. Newsweek Instead of arresting drug addicts, Massachusetts cops offer free treatment Instead of locking up drug addicts, police in Gloucester, Massachusetts, are leading them to the road of recovery. Huffington Post NGOs AND NONPROFITS Vicki Houska raised 12 foster kids. Now she helps other families do it. Houska makes sure that packages of frozen pork chops, fresh loaves of bread, and tiny snowsuits are all properly shelved and stacked, ready for the families who are about to arrive and lay claim to them. Christian Science Monitor NGO raises objections over presence of live deer as bait inside SGNP Tiger Safari A Mumbai-based NGO, Peace for Animals Welfare Association, raised objections to keeping live deer as prey for tigers inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) Tiger Safari. Midday DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE China to lift price controls on most drugs starting June 1 Chinese regulators will lift price controls on most pharmaceutical drugs starting June 1 in hopes that the market-driven pricing system will keep medical costs in check. ABC News As Google deploys new robot cars, DMV scrambles to finish self-driving rulebook For now, the cars must have safety drivers ready to grab the wheel or hit the brakes if something goes wrong. But self-driving software could soon move from test cars to consumer vehicles. San Jose Mercury News ENVIRONMENT Afghanistan’s poppy farmers say new seeds will boost opium output It‘s the cash crop of the Taliban and the scourge of Afghanistan — the intractable opium cultivation. Afghan poppy farmers are expecting a windfall from a new variety of poppy seeds. Huffington Post Antarctic ice shelf could crumble, says NASA study The last intact section of one of Antarctica’s mammoth ice shelves is weakening fast and will likely disintegrate completely in the next few years, contributing further to rising sea levels, according to a NASA study. Al Jazeera Blog: 10,000-year-old ice shelf in Antarctica will soon be completely gone Slate   Photo of the Day The hustle and bustle of Grand Central station is underway as New Yorkers rush to work.  (Photo by Andrew Roberts)	DailySource Most Popular Most viewed Most shared Most recent Connect with Us Or enter Amazon via the box below and they will donate 4-7% of all purchases you make in the next 24 hours to us. 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