DailySource: Quality News from Around the Internet

Home

About us

Our Team

Opinion

Thousands called for the reversal of Brexit at the Unite for Europe march and rally at London’s Parliament Square. (Photo by Garry Knight) Photo used under CC BY

Britons rally to demand reversal of Brexit

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of London to demand plans for Brexit are reversed. The protest was held just days before Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to trigger Article 50, which will formally start the process of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.

The Independent

What Brexit really means for the EU budget

Express

London attacker‘s mother ’shocked, saddened’

The mother of Westminster attacker Khalid Masood has said she is “shocked, saddened and numbed” by his actions. Massood, acting alone, killed three people when he drove a car into pedestrians. He then fatally stabbed a police officer before being shot dead.

BBC

Russian protesters demand resignation

Thousands of Russians have taken to the streets of Moscow and other cities in the biggest anti-government protests in years. The demonstrators demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Police reportedly arrested hundreds of protesters, including activist Alexei Navalny.

NPR

Russia protests: Why Navalny rattles Kremlin

BBC

U.S. condemns arrest of opposition leader

NBCNews.com

Ousted S. Korea president faces arrest

South Korean prosecutors said they are seeking an arrest warrant for the country‘s ousted President Park Geun-hye. “The suspect abused the mighty power and position as president to take bribes,” the prosecutor’s office said. Park was removed from office on March 10.

CNN

South Korea raises ferry on which 300 people died in 2014

Guardian

112 civilian bodies pulled from airstrike site

At least 112 bodies have been pulled from the site of a US-led coalition airstrike in Mosul, Iraq. The deaths have sparked renewed concerns about possible civilian casualties from coalition airstrikes targeting ISIS fighters.

CNN

HUMAN RIGHTS

Mass graves: a history of church abuse

The unearthing at the site - a former home for unmarried mothers - was the result of a government commission charged with investigating claims of abuse by religious orders.

Al Jazeera

Congo to search for missing UN officials

The humanitarian group Human Rights Watch called on Congo’s government to help locate a group of United Nations officials who went missing some two weeks ago.

United Press International

In N. Korea, 2 in 5 are undernourished, UN says

Two in five North Koreans are undernourished and more than 70 percent of the population relies on food aid, the United Nations says.

BBC

15 US firms cited for human rights abuses

The agency quoted Iran’s foreign ministry as saying the companies had “flagrantly violated human rights” and cooperated with Israel in its “terrorism” against the Palestinians and the expansion of Jewish settlements.

Reuters

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Venezuela seeks UN help for medicine shortages

Venezuela is suffering from triple-digit inflation as well as severe shortages of fuel, food, and medicines, from painkillers to chemotherapy drugs. President Nicolas Maduro has asked the United Nations for help as he struggles to combat crippling shortages.

Al Jazeera

Venezuelans protest about medicine shortages

Al Jazeera

US-led strikes linked to Mosul civilian deaths

The U.S. military said a U.S.-led coalition strike had hit an ISIS-held area of Iraq’s Mosul where as many as 200 civilians may have been killed as result of an air raid.

Reuters

Argentina activists aid shanty towns

Despite the president’s ‘zero poverty’ pledge, a third of the country lives below the line – spurring action from a team who grew up in the towns themselves

Guardian

#WelcomeRefugees policy to be assessed

A four-year study is beginning in Canada to assess the successes and failures under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s policy to welcome refugees from Syria.

ABC News

Ottawa church fights racism with lawn signs welcoming refugees

CBC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Uber suspends self-driving cars after crash

Uber has pulled its self-driving cars from the roads after an accident which left one of the vehicles on its side.

BBC

Study: Marijuana could curb opioid addiction

In states that legalized medical marijuana, U.S. hospitals failed to see a predicted influx of pot smokers, but in an unexpected twist, they treated far fewer opioid users, a study shows.

NBCNews.com

What to do to stay secure with ‘smart’ devices

“What‘s really important is that companies be transparent so people know who to hold accountable,” MacKinnon says. “If your content is being removed or you’re being prevented from accessing certain information you need to know who is responsible for that decision.”

NPR

UK minister says encryption on messaging services is unacceptable

Reuters

How to be happier at work, according to studies

Now in its sixth year, the annual World Happiness Report strives to objectively measure happiness around the world, and analyze the root causes for that happiness.

NBCNews.com

GLOBAL HEALTH

Most cancer cases arise from “bad luck”

The original “bad luck” study as well as this one compared how rates of cancer in different tissues relate to the frequency with which healthy cells in those tissues — lung, bone, brain, and more — divide.

Scientific American

Random mutations play large role in cancer, study finds

Science News

Baby boxes encourage safe sleep habits

The program is a riff on Finland‘s well-known baby box, or maternity package, which the government gives to expectant mothers who get a prenatal checkup: It’s the box, plus clothing, blankets, and other supplies.

NPR

To end TB, it must be eliminated from animals

Broadening our global health attention to include investments in developing better diagnostics and offering better clinical recognition and treatment for zoonotic TB not only would help those who suffer, but is necessary to end the scourge of tuberculosis once and for all.

Scientific American

Columns And Op-Ed

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

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

GOOD NEWS

Autistic boy raises money for his sick brother

Haden has always loved to help other people, said Davis, who lives by the mantra “you get what you give.” Twice a month, he volunteers for Meals on Wheels and he’s also helped hold fundraisers for a nearby nursing home.

MSN

Dogs and inmates change veterans’ lives

Inmates at medium-security Enfield Correctional Institution in Connecticut, work with the nonprofit organization America’s VetDogs to train service animals that will help wounded military veterans and others suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Today

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Muslim raises $30K for London attack victims

A crowdfunding campaign by a British Muslim who witnessed an attack in London that killed four people has almost reached a target of $37,000 for the victims’ families.

Al Jazeera

Boston doctors make house calls to homeless

Nearly 600,000 Americans are homeless, and many have health problems with no access to care. O’Connell and his nationally renowned team of “street doctors” are doing something about it, treating about 700 regular patients.

MSN

Cambridge receives $6.2M for research

The gift will support research on disorders such as Alzheimer‘s and Parkinson’s disease and will help the university wrap up construction on a Chemistry of Health building that will house a Center for Misfolding Diseases.

Philanthropy News Digest

BUSINESS

Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts to go mobile

In essence, both Dunkin’ and Starbucks are realizing that store designs will need to fundamentally change at some point in the near future to put mobile front and center, at least in some locations.

Business Insider

The laptop ban effects on business travelers

The justification given was security grounds, although that sounds dubious. If laptops are dangerous in the cabin, why aren’t they dangerous in the cargo hold? Meanwhile, the list excludes airports in places like Venezuela, a country about which the U.S. government has issued a travel warning.

Business Insider

Stores close due to ’oversaturated’ U.S. market

“The US market is oversaturated with retail space and far too much of that space is occupied by stores selling apparel,” he said, anticipating that retail retrenchment would continue “for the foreseeable future and may even accelerate”.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Your yoga pants are bad for the environment

Scientists at Carleton University in Canada have found that microfibers, a kind of plastic found in modern apparel like yoga pants and fleece-jackets, are contaminating rivers, streams, and oceans.

Yahoo! News

Court rules for teenagers who sued oil industry

The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a group of teenagers that the state must hold public health and environmental protection to a higher level of importance than the interests of its oil and gas industry, the Denver Post reported.

Yahoo! News

Cyclone Debbie rips through Queensland

Cyclone Debbie is doing her worst in North Queensland as the Category 4 system begins to make landfall on the mainland between Airlie Beach and Bowen.

NEWS.com.au

How California saves rainwater for future use?

It’s a particularly poignant question this year, when winter storms sent as much as 350 billion gallons into California reservoirs. Officials had to literally open floodgates and send the excess downriver, and eventually into the sea.

Popular Science

Photo of the Day

Fighters of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units, or YPG. Photo uploaded Feb. 6, 2017. The UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee says the United Kingdom should stop the conflict between the YPG and Turkey. (Photo by Kurdishstruggle) Photo used under CC BY

DailySource Most Popular

Features

About us

Ways to help

Other