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A young Afghan refugee eats a piece of candy. He is one of hundreds of Afghans who live in a dirt field in the middle of Kabul. An estimated 14 million Afghans are going hungry as Afghanistan’s economy nears collapse from the instability of the recent Taliban takeover. (Photo by DVIDSHUB) Photo used under CC BY

Climate change, instability leave 14M Afghans hungry

About 14 million people in Afghanistan are currently going hungry. And the number of Afghans facing famine is likely to increase further because of the country’s increasing instability and economic crisis — as well as climate change.

Deutsche Welle

Bread and water: The starvation diet of Afghan kids

Asia Times Online

Afghan children face death from malnutrition

NBCNews.com

Gender gap emerges amid Africa’s vaccines

Experts are seeing a growing number of women in Africa’s poorest countries consistently missing out on vaccines. Officials now fear that the stark gender disparity means African women are the least vaccinated population in the world.

Associated Press

African farmers use digital tools to boost crops

Across Africa, a growing number of smallholder farmers are tapping into digital technologies to access information, services and products to improve efficiency, boost crop yields and increase incomes.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Armed clashes erupt near Beirut blast protest

Several people have been killed and dozens of others wounded when gunfire erupted during a protest in Beirut by the armed group Hezbollah against the lead judge investigating last year’s massive explosion at the city’s port.

Al Jazeera

Deadly protest erupts into Lebanon’s worst violence in a decade

YouTube

Myanmar junta silences ex-leader’s lawyer

The head lawyer representing Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi said this week authorities in the military-ruled country had imposed a gag order on him because they said his communications could cause instability.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Egyptian band helps women tackle taboos

Misogyny, child marriage, and female genital mutilation are not the usual topics one may expect to inspire a band in Egypt. But a feminist duo is critique abuses faced by women and girls in the conservative north African country.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Wives earn less than husbands worldwide

A new global study of the difference in earnings between couples over a four-decade period — 1973 to 2016 — found that most women worldwide earn less than their husbands.

BBC

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Detained Rohingya lack right to relocate

A deal for the UN to start work on a remote Bangladeshi island where the government has sent thousands of Rohingya refugees offers no guarantee they can move to the mainland.

Al Jazeera

Far-right surge jolts France before election

With six months to go, the 2022 presidential election is a major talking point in France. Much of the French media is focused on the rise of the far right instead of President Emmanuel Macron’s chances of winning re-election.

Al Jazeera

India’s power shortage worsens

State after state in India has been reporting power outages as the second most populous nation in the world is facing a huge energy crisis. If some urgent and appropriate steps are not taken, many states could have blackouts.

Asia Times Online

Escaping the Taliban: Afghan policeman’s struggle to enter Turkey

BBC

Gay marriage possible for Dutch monarch

In the country that first legalized gay marriage, the Dutch crown princess has the right to marry a person of any gender without giving up her right to the throne, the prime minister said.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Australia plans rover to find oxygen on moon

Australia has agreed to build a 44-pound semi-autonomous lunar rover for NASA to take to the moon as early as 2026 in search of oxygen.

Associated Press

Old winemaking complex discovered in Israel

Israeli archaeologists this week said they have unearthed a massive ancient winemaking complex dating back some 1,500 years.

Associated Press

Coding program for Afghan girls determined to continue after Taliban takeover

NBCNews.com

GLOBAL HEALTH

Pandemic unfairly burdens Filipino nurses in US

Grim statistics emerged as the COVID pandemic continued, highlighting how it disproportionately affected Filipinos and other health care workers of color.

CNN

Russia sets another daily COVID deaths record

Russia this week reported another record of daily COVID deaths amid a slow vaccination rate and authorities’ reluctance to tighten restrictions.

Associated Press

Brazil leader ‘bored’ by COVID death questions

Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Robert Reich):

Is America experiencing an unofficial general strike?

Guardian

Column (Loice Ombajo):

Vaccine equality has to start at home

Al Jazeera

Column (Rahim Nasar):

Taliban’s revival: Implications for Pakistan

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Couple get wedding shoot for 77th anniversary

Royce King, 98, and his wife, Frankie, 97, were finally able to take wedding photos after 77 years together thanks to a sweet gesture by their hospice workers.

Today

Businessman helps struggling teen students

An Inland Empire man is using his success to help give back to less fortunate high school students in Ontario.

ABC 7 News

Man makes house a monument of love

In a small town in northern Bosnia, 72-year-old Vojin Kusic modified the family home such that it rotates full circle to satisfy his wife’s shifting desires as to what she would like to see when she looks out of its windows.

Associated Press

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Small nonprofits hardest hit by donation drop

While most charities saw increases in contributions between 2015 and 2019, that trend was reversed in 2020 for many, and small organizations were particularly hard hit, a report from the Urban Institute finds.

Philanthropy News Digest

Cookbook author donates royalties to charity

People

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Poor countries’ debt hit record $860B in 2020

The World Bank this week warned of a significant 12% rise in the debt burden of the world’s low-income countries to a record $860 billion in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and called for urgent efforts to reduce debt levels.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Hunger rises in Lebanon amid food cost hike

Families skip meals and forgo staples as Lebanon’s paralyzing fuel crisis causes food prices to skyrocket.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan faces looming humanitarian crisis

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

EU vows to protect key environment in Arctic

The European Union has announced plans to open a representation in the Arctic and vowed to protect environment in a region the bloc says is of key strategic importance.

Associated Press

Climate change is causing problems for puffins

Maine’s population of rare Atlantic puffins took a hit this year, as the number of chicks to survive a tough summer plummeted.

NPR

Kenyan farmers call for withdrawal of toxic pesticides

Deutsche Welle

Photo of the Day

Electrical circuits in a building in Kolkata, India. State after state in India has been reporting power outages as India, the second most populous nation in the world, faces a huge energy crisis. Many states could soon experience blackouts. (Photo by Jorge Royan / http://www.royan.com.ar) Photo used under CC BY

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