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A guide to Musk’s vision for interplanetary travel

It’s no secret that Elon Musk wants to save humanity. For years the tech billionaire and founder of SpaceX has said that he wants to make sure the human race is safe from an extinction-level event on Earth by establishing a city on Mars. Now we know some details.

Mashable

Feasible? Expert reaction to SpaceX Mars plan

SPACE.com

Was Spacex launch explosion an act of sabotage?

Fortune

Aleppo hospital hit again as crisis worsens

One of the main hospitals in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo was reportedly struck for the second time in four days as regime forces backed by Russia bombarded rebel-held areas.

CNN

Hungary holds referendum on EU migrant plan

Hungary is set to vote in a referendum on whether to accept mandatory EU quotas for relocating migrants. Right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban opposes plans to relocate a total of 160,000 migrants across the bloc.

BBC

Refugees languish on Hungarian border

Deutsche Welle

Sudan accused of chemical attacks in Darfur

The Sudanese government has been accused of using chemical weapons against the people of Darfur, according to a report released by Amnesty International. The attacks targeted civilians and may constitute a war crime. The Sudanese government denies the allegations.

CNN

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN examines human rights in Philippines

A United Nations committee concluded its two-day review of human rights in the Philippines, with topics ranging from indigenous peoples to the recent extrajudicial killings in the country.

Rappler

Duterte likens himself to Hitler

Telegraph.co.uk

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Syria: Airstrikes resume as UN leaders meet

As the US and Russia -- brokers of Syria’s disintegrating ceasefire -- clash at the United Nations General Assembly this week, war-ravaged civilians continued to pay the price.

CNN

US-Philippines military alliance ‘ironclad’

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said America‘s alliance with the Philippines remains “ironclad” even though the Asian ally’s leader has vowed to end joint military exercises.

Yahoo! News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Ig Nobel honorees include goat man

In what may appear to be the silliest awards program in the world, the 26th annual Ig Nobel prizes were awarded to people who went to unimaginable (and hilarious) lengths to study animal behavior, sexual health, and visual perception.

Christian Science Monitor

Stephen Hawking: Be wary of aliens’ calls

Physicist Stephen Hawking is more convinced than ever that humans are not the only intelligent life form in the universe, and cautions to be wary of signaling back to any found civilizations.

USA TODAY

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

An ugly day for global banks

Even before the opening bell in New York,it looked like a grim day for some giants of global banking. But few expected the barrage of bad news that soon hit on both sides of the Atlantic.

Bloomberg

India backs off major retaliation for now

For all the shrill rhetoric immediately following Sunday’s attack on an Indian army camp in Kashmir the threat of a sudden escalation in hostilities between the nuclear-armed rivals has receded for now.

Reuters

UN aviation agency snubs Taiwan

A U.N. aviation agency has snubbed Taiwan by not inviting it to its assembly in Canada, the latest sign of pressure China is bringing to bear on the new independence-leaning government of an island it views as a renegade province.

Reuters

WAR AND TERRORISM

Taiwan asks Google to blur images of base

Guardian

EU bids to seal Canada trade pact

EU ministers took steps to approve a contentious free trade deal with Canada, while France and Austria demanded that talks towards a similar agreement with the United States should stop.

Reuters

GLOBAL HEALTH

Why Zika mosquitoes prefer to bite people

Many of the approximately 3,500 mosquito species prefer to feed on the blood of cows, pigs or dog. But it‘s the small number that don’t that kill hundreds of thousands of people every year.

Business Insider

How Sri Lanka eradicated malaria

CNN

Opioid epidemic escalates

Des Moines Register

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

Overturning Obama, Congress puts the U.S. in danger

Bloomberg

Column (Michael Shank):

Pardon Snowden, an American patriot

U.S. News & World Report

Column (Kelli Mosteller):

For Native Americans, land is more than just the ground beneath their feet

The Atlantic

Column (Meredith Tax):

Turkey is supporting the Syrian jihadis Washington says it wants to fight

The Nation

Column (Charles Murray):

America’s unprecedented upper class

Weekly Standard

Column (Peter Berkowitz):

How the Iran deal aids Hezbollah, imperils Israel

RealClearPolitics

Column (Jamelle Louie):

Nah, Trump’s still a birther; it’s the core of his political identity

Slate

Column (Marcus Heinrich):

When world’s dominant culture exalts war, no wonder there’s so much of it

Globalist

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GOOD NEWS

Stranger pays for gas bill — with one request

Tyson Crawley of New South Wales, Australia, had just filled his car up with gas and grabbed a couple of coffees when he went to the register and realized he couldn‘t pay for his purchase. He’d recently opened a new bank account and had forgotten the pin number, and had no cash on hand.

NBCNews.com

Goodwill employee finds $10K in cash

Goodwill employee Lakeisha Williams was sorting through some donated books at a Stockton, Calif., collection site when she noticed an unexpected donation.

ABC News

NGOs

NGOs concerned about UK’s aid approach

NGOs have raised concerns that British aid funding will be diverted away from supporting the world’s poorest people towards facilitating trade have been raised by NGOs. Writing in the Daily Mail, the new international development secretary Priti Patel announced she would “challenge and change the global aid system.”

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

World getting serious about tiger farms

Tiger farms supply the black market with skins, bones, and other parts. Now, at an international wildlife trade conference, China and other Asian countries face pressure to shut them down.

National Geographic

Five-second rule for food on floor is false

Two Rutgers scientists debunked the “five-second rule” after testing various foods dropped on different types of flooring.

Daily Targum

Photo of the Day

GTBites, a diner in the Georgetown district of Washington, D.C., is polling customers regarding their preferences in the presidential election. (Photo by Mr. Gray) Photo used under CC BY

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