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An IDP camp near Sittwe, Myanmar, can only be accessed by sea with boats transporting vital aid supplies such as rice and cooking oil. (Photo by European Commission DG) Photo used under CC BY

Nearly 125,000 Rohingya flee Myanmar persecution

In less than two weeks, rampant violence has driven nearly 125,000 members of a Muslim ethnic minority from their homeland. Crossing the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh, they tell brutal stories of the systematic rape, murder and arson they escaped.

NPR

Who are the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army?

BBC

Syrian forces end ISIS siege of stronghold

Syrian government forces have reached troops besieged for years by Islamic State in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, one of the militants’ last major footholds, state media said.

Christian Science Monitor

US aircraft are striking stranded ISIS fighters if they try to take a leak

Yahoo! News

N. Korea poses ‘global catastrophe,’ Putin warns

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the escalating crisis over North Korea’s weapons program risks developing into a “global catastrophe” with mass casualties. But Putin, speaking in China, cautioned against “military hysteria” and said that the only way to resolve the crisis was through diplomacy.

CNN

China is angry, but what can it do about North Korea?

Guardian

Brazil charges ex-presidents in graft probe

Brazil has formally charged ex-presidents Dilma Rousseff and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with racketeering for plotting to skim funds from Petrobras, the state oil giant.

France24

Fiery journalist Lankesh ‘silenced’ in India

Journalist Gauri Lankesh, an ardent leftist known for her fiery speeches, was shot dead at her residence in Rajarajeshwari Nagar, reportedly by three men, just as she had got home from work.

Times of India

Panel issues subpoenas over Trump dossier

The U.S. House Intelligence Committee has issued subpoenas to the Justice Department and FBI for documents related to a dossier that alleged Russia collected compromising material on Donald Trump, a panel member said.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

European court backs workers on privacy rights

The European Court of Human Rights has issued a ruling upholding workplace privacy, capping a decade-long struggle by a Romanian man to challenge his dismissal for using his employer’s internet connection for personal reasons.

Fortune

Group finds ‘assembly line’ of torture in Egypt

An international rights group says Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has given a “green light” to systematic torture inside detention facilities, allowing officers to act with “almost total impunity.”

Associated Press

UN: Syria used chemical weapons 27 times

Syrian forces used chemical weapons at least 27 times over the course of the civil war, UN investigators have found. The UN report also decries the US for failing to protect civilians in its attacks on Islamist forces.

Deutsche Welle

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Hungary, Slovakia ordered to grant asylum

The European Court of Justice has rejected a challenge brought by Hungary and Slovakia against the European Union‘s power to force member states to admit asylum seekers. The two nations opposed a 2015 decision by the EU’s top policy body.

Euronews

Special section:

Hungary rages at EU asylum verdict

BBC

White Christians down in US but dominate GOP

White Christians are no longer a majority in America, but they still make up nearly three-quarters of the Republican Party, according to a sweeping new study of faith in America.

USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Humans still evolving, genetic study shows

In a study analyzing the genomes of 210,000 people in the United States and Britain, researchers have found that the genetic variants linked to Alzheimer’s disease and heavy smoking are less frequent in people with longer lifespans, suggesting that natural selection is weeding out these unfavorable variants in both populations.

ScienceDaily

Zika could one day help combat brain cancer

Zika’s damaging neurological effects might someday be enlisted for good — to treat brain cancer. In human cells and in mice, the virus infected and killed the stem cells that become a glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, but left healthy brain cells alone.

Science News

GLOBAL HEALTH

Malaria may be back in Italy amid hot summer

Malaria killed a 4-year-old girl in Italy, raising fears that the mosquito-borne disease has returned to the country after decades. The girl had never traveled to a risk-prone country.

NBCNews.com

Oklahoma records 1st West Nile virus death of 2017

U.S. News & World Report

Blood clot risk might be tied to height

How tall you are might hold clues to your risk of various health problems, such as blood clots, according to a new study. Height can be an independent predictor of your risk for venous thromboembolism, or VTE, also known as blood clots, according to the study.

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Ed Mabaya):

Service learning overseas is worth the risks. Parents should be proud, not scared.

USA TODAY

Column (Sean Illing):

College football is a moneymaking sham

Vox

Column (Michelle Malkin):

There is no such thing as a ‘deserving DREAMer’

Creators Syndicate

Column (Dean Obeidallah):

GOP has a white supremacy problem. Dems don’t have an antifa problem.

Daily Beast

Column (Kevin Rudd):

Chances of second Korean War between 20 and 25 percent

Sydney Morning Herald

Column (Jill Filipovic):

Hillary Clinton is right about Bernie Sanders

CNN

Column (James Fallows):

Why the GOP will come to regret rolling back DACA

The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

How Harvey brought out America’s best

This week we saw what a trillion gallons of water can cover. But more importantly, we saw what it can uncover -- our potential as a nation. Remember what was in the news before this? We were at each other’s throats over race, religion, immigration and, of course, politics.

CBS News

Memorializing stories of ‘Greatest Generation’

High school senior Andy Fancher has interviewed more than 50 World War II veterans as part of his efforts to preserve their war stories in short films.

NBCNews.com

Prince William, Kate expecting 3rd child

NBCNews.com

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Library hides banned books around DC

Most know the last week in September best as bringing the start of autumn. However, for book lovers and First Amendment aficionados, it’s also the time for the national weeklong celebration of books that have been banned.

Nonprofit Quarterly

The best nonprofits to work for in 2017

Recognition, trust and support — both monetary and otherwise — are among the critical tenants that make up a great nonprofit to work for, according to The NPT’s 2017 Best Nonprofit To Work For.

NonProfit Times

Mexico readies relief aid for Texas flood victims

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Does ‘sustainability’ help the environment?

Nitrogen is the essential ingredient for growing corn and most other crops. Farmers around here spread it on their fields by the truckload. The problems with nitrogen fertilizer start at its creation, which involves burning lots of fossil fuels. Then, when farmers spread it on their fields, it tends not to stay where it belongs.

NPR

Climate change intensifies weather events

Cyclones are expected to be less likely in the future due to climate change, though the intensity and impact of extreme weather will be greater, according to a senior climatologist. Dr. Blair Trewin says tropical cyclones are holding more moisture and dumping more rainfall.

Australian Broadcasting Network

How climate change fueled Hurricane Harvey

Wired

BUSINESS

Americans work harder than anyone in world

The average American works harder than our Japanese counterparts or the average European worker. The American worker records about 500 more working hours per year than his or her French counterpart.

New York Post

Bitcoin tumbles as offerings declared illegal

Bitcoin tumbled the most since July after China’s central bank said initial coin offerings are illegal and asked all related fundraising activity to be halted immediately, issuing the strongest regulatory challenge so far to the burgeoning market for digital token sales.

Bloomberg

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A sari-sari store, or neighborhood variety store, in Bacolod City, Philippines. The word sari-sari is Tagalog for “variety.” Such stores form an important economic and social location in a Filipino community. (Photo by Brian Evans) Photo used under CC BY

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