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In 2018, more than 10,000 Yemenis have been killed and 53,000 wounded since the start of the coalition intervention in Yemen. Today, the number is projected to be much higher couple with torture, and mass disappearances of war critics. (Photo by Felton Davis) Photo used under CC BY

Yemenis cope with torture, war, mass disappearances

An independent rights group, Mwatana, has been monitoring cases of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture and deaths in detention across Yemen. The phenomenon has become increasingly worse in the past four years as fighting across the region intensifies.

BBC

Kenyan lockdowns linked to teen pregnancies

Kenya has long had one of the highest underage pregnancy rates in the world. But since early the country-wide school shutdowns due to COVID-19 in early March, counties have reported thousands of cases.

NPR

Importance of educating young girls to combat global gender inequality

NBC News

Coronavirus immunity may fade within weeks

Many patients who have recovered from COVID-19 may lose their immunity to the disease within months, according to research from scientists at King’s College London, which, if proven true, will have wide implications for vaccine development.

Forbes

Virus surges, nations head in wrong direction

The WHO slammed some leaders for eroding public trust by sending mixed messages on the coronavirus and warned that their failures to stop their countries’ outbreaks mean there would be no return to normality anytime soon.

TIME

Coronavirus crisis may get “worse and worse and worse,” WHO chief warns

CBS News

Global vaccine plan overlooks poor countries

Activists warn that without stronger attempts to hold political, pharmaceutical and health leaders accountable, vaccines will be hoarded by rich countries in an unseemly race to inoculate their populations first.

Associated Press

Sudan’s liberalization for the chosen few

It almost sounds like another revolution in Sudan: The crime of apostasy scrapped, female genital mutilation banned, alcohol allowed. But what lies behind Khartoum’s legal amendments, and who will actually benefit?

Deutsche Welle

HUMAN RIGHTS

Pakistan salons employing acid attack survivors

Every year Pakistani women are attacked with acid, despite legislation aimed at preventing such attacks. The beauty salon in Lahore, employs acid attack survivors in an attempt to return freedom to the female victims.

Guardian

Venezuelan migrants struggle, stuck at border

Venezuelan migrant workers, who left the country when its economy collapsed, are trying to return as coronavirus cases surge across the region. Now thousands are stuck at the Colombia border in worsening conditions.

CNN

Kashmiris struggle to survive as India restores mass coronavirus lockdowns

Al Jazeera

Deaths of migrants shine light on Italy’s farms

The pandemic has exposed the extent to which Italy is reliant on its migrant workforce, many who work with no formal contracts or official paperwork. Up to 500,000 Italian migrants and refugees work as farm laborers.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Arab states attempt to target extremism online

With the rise of the “Islamic State,” a host of Arab-led initiatives were created to disrupt extremist content online. But their activities have triggered concerns about their wider role in countering terrorism.

Deutsche Welle

States sue US government over new ICE rules

A group of states asked a federal court to block a U.S. ICE rule that bars foreign students from taking online-only coursework in the fall, arguing that the challenges faced by schools during a pandemic that has yet to abate.

CBS News

S. Africa reimposes virus curfew, alcohol ban

In a somber speech broadcast South African President Cyril Ramaphosa reimposed a ban on the sale and distribution of alcohol in hopes that alcohol-related incidents will plummet and open up beds for COVID-19 patients.

NPR

Japan says COVID-19 adds to security threat by China

ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

What COVID-19 contact tracers really do

Contact tracing for the coronavirus is the subject of colorful conspiracy theories. In fact, contact tracing is a straightforward process of notifying people if they’ve been exposed to someone who is sick.

NPR

Space explorers seek understand life on Mars

In the next few weeks, a flotilla of probes will be blasted into space from launch pads round the world and propelled towards one of the solar system’s most mysterious objects: the planet Mars.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Dengue prevention efforts stifled by pandemic

The effects of the coronavirus restrictions are hampering efforts to cope with seasonal outbreaks of dengue, an incurable, mosquito-borne disease that is also known as “breakbone fever” for its severely painful symptoms.

Associated Press

What doctors say about children and COVID-19

Evidence suggests that children aren‘t as susceptible as adults to COVID-19, but the risks aren’t the same for all young people.

NBC News

Fake pharmaceutical industry thrives in Africa

The counterfeit pharmaceutical industry is thriving in West Africa, with law enforcement agencies battling to crackdown on foreign-linked criminal syndicates.

BBC

New Ebola outbreak spreads in DR Congo

Ebola is spreading in the western Democratic Republic of the Congo, with nearly 50 known cases across a large region bordering the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, the WHO has said.

Al Jazeera

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Misty Heggeness):

Coronavirus will erase progress in gender equality unless we act now

The Hill

Column (Frances Ryan):

To get people to use face masks, we need solidarity, not shaming

Guardian

Column (Aaron Garth and Christian Barnard):

For more evidence of racial bias, look at school funding

The Hill

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GOOD NEWS

Millionaires urge governments to tax the rich

A coalition of some of the world’s wealthiest people, including entertainment heirs Abigail and Tim Disney, have signed an open letter urging governments to tax them more to pay for the coronavirus crisis.

Forbes

Madeline Swegle becomes first US Navy’s Black female tactical fighter pilot.

Good Morning America

Nursing home residents recreate album covers

A nursing home in Edgware, North London, has demonstrated its creativity in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic by photographing residents recreating classic album covers.

The Independent

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

George Soros donates $220M to racial justice

Billionaire philanthropist George Soros has pledged to invest up to $220 million in organizations and leaders working to improve conditions in Black communities and racial justice initiatives.

Forbes

Girl helps homeless mask up during COVID-19

At just seven years old, Olivia Tyler is on a mission to protect Chicago’s homeless from COVID-19 — one mask at a time. Olivia came up with the idea after hearing of a statewide order requiring face coverings in public places.

Good Morning America

Mobile network helps people amid pandemic

The Rosie May Foundation started using pink tuk-tuk drivers to deliver essential supplies to vulnerable communities amid the virus crisis. Operating in Asia and the UK, the bright colored vehicles have gained a lot of attention.

Positive News

ENVIRONMENT

Comet streaking past Earth, provides show

A newly discovered comet is streaking past Earth, providing a stunning show after buzzing the sun and expanding its tail. Comet Neowise is the brightest comet visible from the Northern Hemisphere in a quarter-century.

Associated Press

Canceled historic agriculture show goes online

An agricultural show has gone virtual during the virus lockdown. The Great Yorkshire Show, canceled for only the third time in its 162-year history, is posting videos highlighting different aspects of farming life in the county.

BBC

Zimbabwe bird sanctuary houses 400 species

With an estimated 400 species of birds on an idyllic spot on Zimbabwe’s Lake Chivero, the Kuimba Shiri bird sanctuary has been drawing tourists for more than 15 years. Now the coronavirus is proving a stern test.

Associated Press

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Abortion pill available by mail, court rules

A federal court ruled that women can obtain abortion pills by mail or delivery during the coronavirus pandemic, which an attorney for the plaintiffs called a “tremendous victory” for “science and common sense.”

Forbes

Coronavirus threatens global remittances

Money sent from overseas is a huge part of the Mexican economy. But as the coronavirus sweeps the US, mass layoffs and business closures could soon make it difficult for many to send money back home.

CNN

Photo of the Day

Children seen in a boat on the Shari-Goyain River in Ratargul Swamp Forest, a natural heritage site, in Bangladesh. (Photo by Abdul Momin) Photo used under CC BY

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