The Daily Source: Quality News from Around the Internet

Home

About us

Our Team

Opinion

Yemenis are struggling to feed themselves amid a grinding civil war that has pushed the Arab world‘s poorest nation to the brink of famine. U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order temporary denies Yemenis entry to the U.S. (Photo by Julien Harneis) Photo used under CC BY

What life is like in nations on Trump’s travel ban list

Trump‘s executive order on immigration bars citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for 90 days. What’s life like for people in those seven nations? For many, conflict, human rights abuses and long-term unemployment are the norm, and are reasons to flee or try to immigrate.

CNN

Massacre raises awareness of radicalization

The shock from the deadly the Quebec mosque shooting is slowly waning. Now, the community is turning to introspection. Questions are being raised in the province around radicalization and whether there is a climate of intolerance that needs to be addressed.

BBC

Quebec mosque shooting suspect a fan of Katy Perry, Trump

USA TODAY

Britain pardons gay men in ‘Turing law’

Thousands of gay and bisexual men who were convicted of now-abolished sexual offenses in Britain have been posthumously pardoned, the UK Justice Ministry announced.

CNN

US protesters stand up for immigrants, refugees

Protests against right-wing US President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and immigrants from several Muslim-majority countries have been held in cities across the United States, including in New York City and Washington, DC.

Al Jazeera

Iraq pushes back with ‘reciprocity measure’ against Trump’s ban

USA TODAY

Trump’s next immigration move to hit closer to home for tech

Bloomberg

Columbia rebels facilitate demobilization

Colombia’s FARC rebels march one last time, to demobilization camps Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebels are on the move one final time, traveling by boat, road and on foot across jungle and mountains to demobilization camps, as part of a deal to end more than 50 years of war, guerrillas and the government said.

Reuters

Criminal gangs are taking over coca production, rebels say

WBOC

San Francisco sues over sanctuary city order

The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order that directs the federal government to withhold money from so-called sanctuary cities that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement agents.

USA TODAY

Trump picks Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court

Nearly a full year after Justice Antonin Scalia‘s death left the Supreme Court shorthanded, President Trump nominated federal appeals court Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the void, setting off a pitched battle over the direction of the nation’s highest court.

USA TODAY

HUMAN RIGHTS

Kurdish forces accused of child torture in Iraq

Children have been tortured after being detained by Kurdish security forces here on suspicion of collaborating with the Islamic State, a Human Rights Watch report charges.

USA TODAY

Yemen human rights breaches ‘staggering’

The UK Ministry of Defense is “tracking” 252 allegations of humanitarian law violations by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, the BBC has learned. The UN estimates that up to 10,000 people have died in the country since war began in March 2015.

BBC

China urged to probe claims of torture

The European Union has called on China to promptly probe reports that three human rights lawyers have been tortured during their 18-months-and-counting detention following a nationwide crackdown.

Sputnik News

Philippines shuts anti-drug units after killings

The Philippines police will disband anti-drugs units following the killing of a South Korean businessmen by rogue officers, but the country’s president vowed to forge ahead with his war on drugs until the last day of his term.

Asia Times

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

France vows to defend Iran nuclear deal

France vowed on Monday to act as defender of Iran’s nuclear deal, which U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to tear up, but said it was imperative Tehran abide strictly by the conditions of the accord.

Reuters

German inflation highest since July 2013

Inflation in Europe‘s largest economy has picked up considerably, Germany’s national statistics office has reported. The most recent hike in consumer prices was attributable to more expensive energy and foodstuffs.

Deutsche Welle

Fighting ensues in Eastern Ukraine

Heavy artillery and rockets hit residential areas in eastern Ukraine amid a new outburst of fighting between government troops and Russia-backed separatist rebels, leaving at least eight people dead and dozens injured.

Time

Fraud claims, uncertainty dog French election

Now that the primaries are over, the real presidential race begins in France. The campaign has already been marked by scandals, surprises and fluid allegiances.

Deutsche Welle

Putting Bannon on Security Council ‘crazy’

Steve Bannon’s placement on the National Security Council is “stone-cold crazy,” says Susan Rice, who served as Barack Obama’s national security advisor. Bannon, who serves as President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, was elevated to the interagency group.

Raw Story

Steve Bannon’s Russian roulette

U.S. News & World Report

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Fruit flies yield clues on tumor hot spots

Florida State University researchers have found that the epithelial tissues that line the surfaces of organs throughout the body intrinsically have hot spots for cancerous tumors. They discovered this by examining a common household pest — the fruit fly.

Florida State University News

Scientists find ‘oldest human ancestor’

The research team says that Saccorhytus is the most primitive example of a category of animals called “deuterostomes” which are common ancestors of a broad range of species, including vertebrates (backboned animals).

BBC

Your distant ancestor a ghastly sack of cells with fierce mouth, no anus

Popular Science

GLOBAL HEALTH

WHO finalists vow reform amid funding cut fears

The three finalists in the running to take the helm of the World Health Organization vowed today to reform the UN agency, as fears grew of deep funding cuts by Washington. The finalists offered their visions for the organization to reporters in Geneva.

Indian Express

Paper toy inspires potential public health boon

Game-changing innovation can come in low-tech forms. Consider the “paperfuge,” a 20-cent modified version of an ancient spinning toy that can be used like a regular centrifuge to test whether or not blood samples carry HIV, malaria, and other pathogens.

Fortune

Toy-inspired Paperfuge could help diagnose diseases

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Site edited by: Jameson O'Neal, Catherine Lux, Iris Belen and Talena Ramnath.

GOOD NEWS

Diner leaves $450 tip — and message of unity

It‘s not every day Rosalynd Harris gets a $450 tip at the cafe where she works, but this week, that’s exactly what happened — and you’ll love the reason why.

NBCNews.com

$800K raised to replace burned mosque

After a blaze ripped through the mosque, the Islamic Centre of Victoria set up a fundraising drive on GoFundMe to help rebuild the mosque. On Monday, the campaign was close to hitting its target of $850,000, thanks to more than 18,000 donations from as far as Europe.

Time

Heinz eschews SB ad, gives workers a holiday

Dreaming of the time when the day after the Super Bowl is a national holiday and you don’t have to work? That will be a reality for the salaried employees of Kraft Heinz Co. this year. The company has announced the day off for all of them following the Super Bowl LI showdown.

NBCNews.com

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Type I diabetes venture philanthropy started

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation has announced the launch of the JDRF T1D Fund, a venture philanthropy vehicle devoted to identifying and funding early-stage high-impact opportunities that will accelerate efforts to cure, treat and prevent type 1 diabetes.

Philanthropy News Digest

Mission Society rebrands as TMS Global

The Mission Society is now TMS Global, a pivot aimed both at fitting the organization’s desire to work into least-reached areas of the world and protecting its missionaries while doing so.

NonProfit Times

Nonprofits see support surge amid migrant ban

Many groups said they saw spikes in donations in response to their communications about the president’s action, which sparked outrage at nonprofits that work with Muslims and refugees from the affected countries.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

ENVIRONMENT

World Bank accused of backing fossil fuels

A new report says the World Bank’s Development Policy Financing programs continue to subsidize builders of coal, oil and gas projects - going directly against its own proclaimed low-carbon and pro-climate policies.

Deutsche Welle

A guide to choosing sustainable seafood

Eating fish has complex environmental consequences. Now, several organizations help consumers isolate tasty, sustainable options. Perhaps the best thing consumers can do is ask their local fishmonger or restaurant the all-important question: Where did this come from?

emagazine

BUSINESS

Muslim travel ban plunges airlines into chaos

Global airlines have been caught largely off guard by new US rules barring entry for people from seven Muslim-majority countries, upsetting carriers‘ crew rosters and triggering fears for the industry’s business.

Deutsche Welle

Starbucks pledges to hire 10,000 refugees

The refugee hiring proposal will begin with a focus on people who have served with U.S. troops as interpreters and support personnel.

CNNMoney

Starbucks in crosshairs as Mexico boycott campaign simmers

Reuters

Tech execs rail against immigration order

Leaders in the U.S. technology sector say President Trump’s executive order banning immigrants from some Muslim-majority countries will sow confusion in their businesses and undercut the diversity that has been a linchpin of the industry’s growth.

NPR

Trump acts to roll back business regulations

U.S. President Donald Trump‘s latest executive action, fulfilling another campaign pledge, will eliminate two regulations for every new one enacted. Trump signed the action during an Oval Office photo op, saying, “We’re cutting regulations massively for small business and large business.”

NPR

Photo of the Day

Americans have protested U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on entry from seven predominantly Muslim nations. This protest was held Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at San Francisco International Airport. (Photo by Daniel Arauz) Photo used under CC BY

DailySource Most Popular

Features

About us

Ways to help

Other