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Demonstrators dressed as Saudi officials in reference to the investigations into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Press freedom seems in good health in less than a quarter of the 180 countries covered by the index. (Photo by Tim Dennell) Photo used under CC BY

Populist leaders fueling violence against press

The number of countries where journalists can work safely is plummeting, Reporters Without Borders annual World Press Freedom Index has revealed. Hatred of journalists whipped up by populist and authoritarian leaders is degenerating into violence across the world.

Al Jazeera

The 10 journalists now facing the ‘most urgent’ threats to press freedom around the world

TIME

The US is now a ‘noticeably problematic’ place to be a journalist, report shows

CNBC

Agency to lay off most Palestinian aid workers

Under orders from the Trump administration, the U.S. Agency for International Development is preparing to lay off most of its Palestinian aid workers in its West Bank and Gaza mission, according to U.S. government communications.

NPR

Thousands of children languish in Syrian camp

Around 2,500 foreign children are stuck in a guarded section of a Syrian camp after fleeing Islamic State’s last stronghold, a senior United Nations official said, urging governments not to abandon them.

Reuters

Mexican trafficking victim shelters under threat

Several heads of Mexico’s dozen or so civil society-run trafficking shelters said they have long struggled financially but either had closed or feared having to cut services after the government said in February it would stop funding non-profits.

Haaretz

Militias test the civility of an Arizona border town

NPR

London protesters demand climate action

Thousands of people have taken part in climate change protests in London. Major roads and bridges have been blocked by environmental protesters, who say their actions will continue all week.

NPR

El Salvador sexual crimes against girls on rise

Rates of sexual violence in El Salvador rose by a third last year, with the majority of cases involving teenage girls. More than 60 percent of the 4,304 cases of sexual violence recorded in 2018 involved 12 to 17-year-olds.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Rape, abuse in Spain’s strawberry industry?

Ten Moroccan women say Spanish authorities have ignored claims they faced human trafficking, sexual assault and exploitation on the farm where they were hired to work.

Guardian

How Venezuela’s crisis is fuelling prostitution and sex trafficking on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Telegraph.co.uk

Elephants posing threat to Rohingya refugees

Thousands of Rohingya are taking shelter in sprawling refugee camps that wild Asian elephants trespass. To tackle the problem, UN’s refugee agency is setting up elephant response brigades among the refugees.

NPR

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

US cracks down on Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela

USA under Donald Trump intensified its crackdown on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, rolling back Obama administration policy and announcing new restrictions and sanctions against the three countries.

Al Jazeera

Nicaragua refugees: ‘I don’t understand why people hate us’

BBC

New US policy in Cuba threatens EU ties

Deutsche Welle

Both Indonesia presidential rivals declare win

President Joko Widodo has declared victory in the presidential election of Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy. His rival, military strongman Prabowo Subianto has also claimed his win citing ballot-rigging.

Al Jazeera

Indonesia votes: What are the hot-button issues for the polls?

Straits Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Facebook bans UK far right groups, leaders

Facebook has imposed a ban on a dozen far-right individuals and organizations that it says “spread hate”. The ban includes the British National Party and Nick Griffin, the English Defense League and the National Front.

BBC

Study indicates AI tech is too white, too male

Research shows that AI technologies are rife with racial and gender bias and discrimination, and a new study identifies a key reason why: The people building these technologies are overwhelmingly white and male.

USA TODAY

GLOBAL HEALTH

Peru trials portable kit to treat jaundiced babies

Jaundice affects 60 percent of babies, left untreated it can be life-threatening. With treatment difficult to access in rural Peru, health workers are now trialling a revolutionary method to treat babies with jaundice.

Guardian

Study finds teen abuse in US often ignored

A study finds that some 90 percent of teenagers killed by a partner in the U.S. are girls, and that domestic violence among teens is not taken seriously enough, with one researcher declaring it a “public health issue.”

The Independent

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Bjorn Lomborg):

Power plants and poverty: Do poor countries pay the price for climate change action?

Channel NewsAsia

Column (Aditya Chakrabortty):

The billionaires’ donations will turn Notre Dame into a monument to hypocrisy

Guardian

Column (Jasmine O’Connor):

Slavery was supposed to be abolished over 180 years ago—so why is it rife within modern Britain?

The Independent

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GOOD NEWS

Mumbai school teaches acting to poor children

An acting school in a slum in Mumbai, India’s cinema capital, teaches the craft of acting to the city’s poorest students, challenging Bollywood’s rampant nepotism, colorism and caste-based discrimination.

Al Jazeera

2 cops use their singing to unite a community

After two cops, Michael Norwood and Moe Badger were recorded singing in a Buffalo restaurant, their partnership became a sensation. They now run a program to change the opinion people have of police officers.

MSN

Police officer throws 9-year-old boy party after no one showed up to his birthday

MSN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Transparent crowdfunding Increases donations

Humanitarian organizations increasingly are using crowdfunding campaigns not only to raise funds for emergencies but also to build donors’ trust, a report from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University finds.

Philanthropy News Digest

China’s new billionaires turn to philanthropy

This vast accumulation of riches at the top of Chinese society has led to record levels of inequality; it’s also fueling a rapid rise in private philanthropy in China.

Inside Philanthropy

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists building forest to save butterflies

As Monarch Butterflies’ habitats are increasingly endangered by herbicides, logging and climate change, Mexican scientists are building a new forest for the butterflies in the mountains of Mexico’s Michoacan state.

Mother Jones

Sierra Chincua, where Monarch Butterflies spend their winters

CBS News

A floating city to cope with climate change?

As glaciers melt and sea levels rise, coastal cities are looking for ways to cope with the growing threat of flooding. One startup’s concept for urban areas is designed not to resist rising water but to float on it.

NBCNews.com

Wildlife bridges make animals, people safer

Studies that looked at a cross-section of native species’ deaths on highways worldwide all showed that wildlife bridges over highways save money, and human and animal lives.

National Geographic

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

UK unemployment rate lowest since 1970s

The number of people working in the UK rose by 179,000, keeping unemployment at 3.9 percent, the lowest rate since 1975. The growth was driven mainly by women, who accounted for 140,000 of the increase.

Bloomberg

Turkey’s elections making economy worse

Turkey’s lira fell to a six-month low against the dollar as President Recep Erdogan’s ruling AK Party formally requested new elections for Istanbul. Unemployment also hit 14.7 percent in January, the highest in a decade.

CNBC

Turkish unemployment jumps to highest in nearly a decade

Reuters

Photo of the Day

Children in Ciudad Sandino, Managua, Nicaragua in March 2011. The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, estimates that 500,000 Nicaraguan children aged 3 to 17 are not in the educational system. Most live in rural areas, or are poor, indigenous or disabled. (Photo by Keely Joy Photography, Inc/Feed My Starving Children) Photo used under CC BY

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