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After the death of George Floyd the world reacted with mass protests against police brutality. However, months later, violence persists across the African continent. The US Black Lives Matter movement has inspired Africans to take to the streets and demand justice. (Photo by Fibonacci Blue) Photo used under CC BY

African stability threatened as police brutality persists

From Soweto to Nairobi, police brutality cases are on the rise, and citizens are outraged. Police brutality has become a hot topic globally, with some African countries seeing an increase in violence after governments imposed curfews to contain the spread of COVID-19.

Deutsche Welle

What lies ahead for Mali after the coup?

Al Jazeera

Stranded at sea, Rohingya refugees reach land

Nearly 300 Rohingya refugees landed in Indonesia after six months at sea. Fleeing persecution in Myanmar, the Rohingya have for years sought refuge in Southeast Asian nations.

NBCNews.com

Virus outbreak predicted before COVID-19 spread

In 2017, a team of experts at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security published a scenario as part of a training exercise that they believed could happen in the not-so-distant future. The scenario was the novel coronavirus outbreak.

CNN

Pandemic’s impact on global child marriage

When schools around the world began closing due to COVID-19, child protection experts predicted that large numbers of children in the poorest parts of the world might never return to the classroom, some may even get married.

Guardian

War torn Yemen’s COVID-19 struggle

BBC

India’s COVID crisis is catching up to the U.S.

In just one month, the number of coronavirus infections in India has doubled from 2 million to more than 4 million. That puts the Asian giant right behind the United States as the second worst affected country in the world.

CBS News

Report shines light on pollution related deaths

One in every eight deaths in Europe can be linked to pollution, according to a new report by the EU’s environment agency. The report noted that poorer communities and vulnerable people were the hardest hit by pollution.

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Classes in Kashmir held in meadows amid virus

Education has gone open-air across the valley in Indian-administered Kashmir and this is one of the many makeshift community classes that have sprung up in response to the repeated closure of schools due to the pandemic.

Guardian

Schools are struggling to feed students

NPR

Beirut children traumatized after blast

Deutsche Welle

Quarantined Ecuador groups sue over oil spill

In a lawsuit, communities demanded urgent reparations from the government and oil companies for environmental damage, but the case has been dismissed.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Brazil sparks fears fears over Indigenous land

Land rights activists in Brazil have argued that the new proposal, which would make Indigenous protected areas available for development, is unconstitutional.

Al Jazeera

Africa leaders press Mali for new president

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS called on Mali’s new military government that seized power last month to appoint a civilian to head a transition government by September 15.

Al Jazeera

China says Indian forces crossed border

China said Indian forces crossed into territory it holds along their disputed border and fired warning shots at a Chinese patrol in a move it called a “serious military provocation” and a violation of their agreements.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Talking robots used to combat loneliness

Talking robots that interact with older people could be introduced into care homes to help fight loneliness and mental ill health. The robots have been designed to be “culturally competent” and stay active for over 18 hours.

CNN

Super telescope’s giant camera spies broccoli

How do you test the new sensor for the world’s largest digital camera? You take a picture of broccoli, of course. This 3.2 gigapixel device is going to help unlock some of the key outstanding questions in astronomy.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

New ads target minorities in vaccine efforts

A group funded by the National Institutes of Health has released a series of emotional ads asking Black people and Latinos to roll up their sleeves and become study participants in clinical trials for coronavirus vaccines.

CNN

Costa Rica boffins turn to horses for treatment

Researchers in Costa Rica are due to begin trials of an inexpensive coronavirus treatment based on antibodies taken from horses injected with the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to scientists.

Al Jazeera

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Brandi Morin):

Indigenous women are preyed on at horrifying rates

Guardian

Column (Monica Ramirez and Olivia Golden):

COVID-19 — include immigrant families and children in relief effort

The Hill

Column (Ulises Mejias):

Why we need a non-aligned tech movement

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Nigerian teacher can ‘teach the whole world’

A teacher from a Lagos public school is helping students across the country, and internationally, learn math virtually during COVID restrictions that have prevented most children from returning to class in Nigeria.

Associated Press

Teacher shows kids where history happened

Since 2020 is no regular year, the dedicated Texas educator has been hitting the road. She’s embarked on a self-funded road trip to teach history at the places where it happened.

Inside Edition

Woman shares cards of kindness with flyers

An airport may be one of the last places people would expect to find random acts of kindness, but one frequent flyer is doing what she can to lift spirits.

CBS News

Girl’s secret wing sauce gains popularity

Good Morning America

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Mexico tortilla shop gives free supplies to kids

A tortilla shop has started giving free wifi and television access for kids in Mexico City whose homes don’t have them, or whose brothers and sisters are already using the services for remote learning during the pandemic.

ABC News

Lowe’s partners with nonprofit in grant giving

The nonprofit Local Initiatives Support Corporation, LISC, is giving out grants thanks to home improvement chain Lowe’s, $55 million contribution.

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Remarkable way animals understand numbers

After decades of research, it turns out that processing numbers offers a significant benefit for survival, which is why this behavioral trait is present in many animal populations.

BBC

Australian flying foxes ‘among Earth’s most mobile mammals’

BBC

Fukushima: the ghost towns behind the gates

Fukushima was forever changed by one of the world’s biggest nuclear disasters nearly a decade ago. The Japanese government has poured billions of dollars into recovery efforts. But what does recovery really mean?

NPR

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Ecuador faces worst unemployment crisis

Early on in the pandemic, Ecuador took the lead with the highest number of COVID-19 related deaths in Latin America. Now, it is leading the region in unemployment.

Al Jazeera

Virus-idled Indian workers boost water security

Thousands of jobseekers in India have been recruited into a trench-building scheme aiming to boost scarce water supplies by catching rainfall and restore depleting aquifirs.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Photo of the Day

Syrian and Iraqi refugees arrive from Turkey to Skala Sykamias, Lesbos island, Greece. Volunteers, wearing the yellow-red clothes, from the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms help the refugees. (Photo by Ggia) Photo used under CC BY

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