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Children washing clothes near a polluted stream in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. An estimated 1 million people have been displaced by violence in Burkina Faso. (Photo by Hélène Figea) Photo used under CC BY

Violence, virus displaces 1M in Burkina Faso

A record 1 million people are displaced by violence in Burkina Faso amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the Norwegian Refugee Council reports, resulting “in some of the worst crimes including murders, kidnappings and bombings."

Associated Press

Clean water solutions for residents of Kibera

In Kibera, Kenya’s biggest informal settlement, public toilets and showers are often the only amenities available. But things are improving since the beginning of the pandemic.

Deutsche Welle

World Bank: Poor nations need COVID debt relief

The head of the World Bank has called for a more ambitious debt relief plan for poor countries after warning that the COVID-19 recession is turning into a depression in the most challenged parts of the globe.

Guardian

Schools lack sanitation as millions return

More than 800 million children around the world lack basic handwashing facilities at their schools, putting them at an increased risk of catching COVID when schools reopen, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.

Al Jazeera

Millions of women lose contraceptives, abortions in COVID-19

Associated Press

How Indonesia failed to control COVID

Reuters

World struggles to stop spread of COVID

USA TODAY

Lebanese mourn loved ones lost in Beirut blast

With a mix of grief and rage, Lebanese nationals have entered a period of mourning following the powerful blast which killed at least 171 people, injured thousands and plunged Lebanon into a deeper political crisis.

CBS News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Egypt acts to protect IDs of sex crime victims

Egypt’s parliament gave its final approval to a law protecting the identity of victims of sexual harassment and assault, aimed at encouraging women who fear social stigma.

Reuters

Syria deadliest place to be an aid worker

There has been a sharp rise in the number of aid staff killed in the first six months of this year with Syria at the top of the list of the deadliest places to be a humanitarian worker.

Guardian

Are Zimbabweans being silenced?

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Thai students protest, demand democracy

High school students in Thailand’s capital held blank signs and flashed three-fingered salutes to show opposition to the government, and about 2,000 university students joined a protest on the outskirts of Bangkok as the youth-led pro-democracy movement spread.

Associated Press

Mutiny forces Malian president to resign

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita went on state television to announce his resignation after soldiers mutinied. Soldiers reportedly detained Keita after surrounding his residence.

NPR

Mali president resigns after military mutiny

Al Jazeera

Israel slashes electricity to Gaza over conflict

Gaza’s sole power plant shut down, leaving the territory’s 2 million residents with only around four hours of electricity a day after Israel cut off fuel supplies in response to incendiary balloons launched by Palestinian militants.

ABC News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Asteroid makes closest fly-by of Earth on record

A car-sized asteroid just made the closest-known approach to Earth without actually colliding with the planet. And researchers didn’t even know about it until hours after it had already passed.

CBS News

Deep-sea species found near Galapagos

USA TODAY

Large asteroid slips NASA in fly-by of Earth

CBS News

Boffins fazed by dip in Earth’s magnetic arc

Scientists are keeping a close eye on a growing “dent” in Earth’s magnetic field over a swath of the Atlantic Ocean that stretches from South Africa westward into Brazil.

NBCNews.com

GLOBAL HEALTH

Australia gets dibs on likely COVID vaccine

Australia says it has secured access to a promising coronavirus vaccine and will be able to offer free doses to its entire population of 25 million people.

BBC

Kenyan doctors strike over lack of PPE

Dozens of doctors in at least two of Kenya’s 47 counties have gone on strike over delayed salaries, inadequate personal protective equipment for handling COVID-19 patients and lack of medical insurance.

Reuters

Virus in US nursing homes hits new high

The number of new coronavirus infections in U.S. nursing homes has surpassed the country’s previous peak level in May.

Forbes

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Christoher Murray):

With looming decline in GDP, US must allow more immigration

The Hill

Column (Moira Donegan):

The 19th amendment is a reminder that the right to vote is unfinished business

Guardian

Column (Arthur Evans Jr.):

For a COVID-19 vaccine to succeed, look to behavioral research

The Hill

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GOOD NEWS

Donors inspired to pay it forward to jobless

An anonymous donor is stepping up to help those still waiting for unemployment checks. The only thing the donor asked was for the recipient to pay it forward through a simple act of kindness to someone else in need.

ABC Action News

Bandage company founded for people of color

Browndages was founded in 2018 when Intisar Mahdi and her husband, Rashid, were inspired to provide a better experience for their family.

Vogue

Surfer teaches kids valuable life lessons

Surfer Lou Harris tells why he started an East Coast chapter of the Black Surfing Association. The group gives surfing lessons and teaches kids water safety skills, regardless of their ability to pay.

Today

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Nonprofit gives a voice to the homeless

Invisible People is a nonprofit that is fighting homelessness by giving those experiencing it a platform to tell their story.

A Plus

COVID pandemic spurs gifts to foundations

Donor-advised funds, DAF, continue to report record increases in donations and distributions in 2020 in response to the coronavirus and other current events.

NonProfit Times

ENVIRONMENT

Amazon continues to burn despite promises

A year ago, more than 100,000 fires broke out in the Brazilian Amazon. President Jair Bolsonaro pledged to control the burning, but the smoke is again so thick that motorists have crashed because they can’t see.

Associated Press

Amazon forest gatherers dread drought and fires

Thomson Reuters Foundation

SE Asian activists clash with UN over park

Associated Press

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

SE Asia ponders spending risk on COVID

From the “too big to fail” mantra in 2008 to the debate over capital controls in the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, each economic raises the question of how much state intervention should be applied to ease market pains.

Asia Times Online

Brazil, India, S. Africa face harsh recoveries

CNBC

Photo of the Day

Belarusians gather in Minsk to protest the rule of President Alexander Lukashenko. The embattled dictator has stepped up efforts to reassert his control after 10 days of street protests and strikes triggered by disputed elections. (Photo by Максим Шикунец) Photo used under CC BY

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