The Daily Source: Quality News from Around the Internet

Home

About us

Our Team

Opinion

Myanmar police escorting detained Reuters journalist Wa Lone in 2017. Like Wa Lone, Myanmar pro-democracy protesters have been imprisoned for highlight conflicts in Myanmar under military rule that resulted from a military-led coup in February 2021. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has recently put pressure on the Myanmar military, which has led to promises from the military that thousands of activists will be freed from imprisonment. (Photo by VOA Burmese) Photo used under CC BY

Myanmar military to free activists after ASEAN snub

Myanmar’s junta chief this week announced the release of more than 5,000 people jailed for protesting against a February coup, days after a regional bloc delivered a major snub to the military regime but more than 7,300 are currently behind bars.

Asia Times Online

Myanmar: Mass release of political prisoners

BBC

Myanmar junta leader blames opponents for prolonging unrest

Reuters

France confronts colonial history with Algerians

Hundreds of people, including Algerian protesters and their descendants, this week commemorated the 60th anniversary of a bloody police crackdown in Paris during the final year of Algeria’s independence war.

Associated Press

10K Yemeni kids killed, maimed during long war

At least 10,000 children in Yemen have been killed or injured in violence linked to years of war in the impoverished country, a spokesman for UNICEF said, noting a likely undercount of the real toll because many child deaths and injuries go unrecorded.

Associated Press

Iran, Venezuela to sign cooperation accord

Iran will sign a 20-year cooperation accord with Venezuela when President Nicolas Maduro visits Tehran “in the next few months,” in an effort to help defend multilateralism and fight United States intervention.

Al Jazeera

Ivory Coast’s ex-leader vows return to politics

Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo told supporters this week that he’ll be involved in politics until his dying day, detailing his ambitions publicly for the first time since being acquitted of war crimes charges.

Associated Press

China to punish parents for kid’s behavior

China’s parliament will consider a draft of the Family Education Promotion Law this week that could punish parents with family education guidance programs if their young children exhibit “very bad behavior” or commit crimes.

Reuters

China denies testing nuclear-capable hypersonic missile

BBC

Why are there fears China and Taiwan could go to war?

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

WHO to use experts to combat sexual abuse

The World Health Organization said it is deploying experts on preventing sexual exploitation in 10 “high-risk” countries, after a major scandal in the Democratic Republic of Congo where aid workers abused women.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Migrants stuck in cold at Belarus-Poland border

Hundreds of people are believed to be stranded in an exclusion zone on the border between Poland and Belarus.

Deutsche Welle

Refugees trapped between Belarus and Poland

CNN

Tensions grow in Chile over migrant arrivals

More and more people are crossing into Chile, most of them coming from Venezuela. Anti-immigration protesters are demanding tighter control of the borders.

Deutsche Welle

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Myanmar junta prepares onslaught on activists

An impending military campaign in Myanmar seeks to destroy pro-democracy defense forces but the massive offensive could ultimately bolster the resistance.

Asia Times Online

Myanmar’s resistance movement on the rise

CNN

EU urges Tunisia’s leader to reopen parliament

The European Union this week called on Tunisia’s President Kais Saied to restore the democratic order in his country after he suspended parliament and seized near total control in July.

Reuters

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Spacecraft will visit record 8 asteroids

NASA is set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit and even bash some of the solar system’s most enticing space rocks.

Associated Press

Diver finds crusader’s sword on Israeli seabed

A sword believed to have belonged to a crusader who sailed to the Holy Land almost a millennium ago has been recovered from the Mediterranean seabed thanks to an eagle-eyed amateur diver.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Iran braces for new COVID wave as jabs rollout

Iran is bracing for a sixth major wave of COVID infections even as its nationwide vaccination efforts have accelerated in recent weeks.

Al Jazeera

Russia’s total COVID infections exceed 8M

Russia’s total number of COVID infections has topped 8 million, more than 5% of the population, and the daily infection toll hit a new record.

Associated Press

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Site edited by: Jameson O'Neal, Catherine Lux, Matthew Leonard and Ashley Nawn.

GOOD NEWS

Dad walks 1.2K miles for daughter’s treatment

One dad is going the extra mile for his daughter. Chris Brannigan is currently walking 1,200 miles from Maine to North Carolina in order to fund research on gene therapy for his daughter who has a rare genetic disorder.

Good Morning America

School steps in to give classes to Afghan children living in hotel

BBC

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Organizations pledge $54M to fight inequality

Organizations have announced ten initiatives totaling $54 million to fight inequality and promote inclusive growth by supporting financial inclusion, small businesses, workforce development, and access to capital.

Philanthropy News Digest

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

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Brain drain hits Afghanistan as women flee

The exodus of working women from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover could set the country back decades and deprive the next generation of role models.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Turkey’s Erdogan fails to impress on inflation

President Tayyip Erdogan has wheeled a shopping cart around a new grocery stores he hopes will bring Turkey’s “exorbitant” prices under control, but his efforts to combat inflation are failing to impress shoppers.

Reuters

Over 1M in US fear utility shutoffs as debts rise

Millions of people in the United States have fallen behind on utility bills since the pandemic started pushing utility debt to an estimated $32 billion dollars.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Activists battle for solar power in Puerto Rico

Many people in Puerto Rico suffered following power cuts in the aftermath of two hurricanes, but advocates say solar power will help the country withstand future disasters.

Guardian

11-year-old aims to clean up Seine River

Deutsche Welle

True costs of coal mining in India

Deutsche Welle

Photo of the Day

A taxi driver collects money through a protective screen during the COVID pandemic in Tehran, Iran. Iran is bracing for a sixth major wave of COVID as the country attempts to ramp up vaccinations. (Photo by Mohammad Sadegh Nikgostar) Photo used under CC BY

DailySource Most Popular

Features

About us

Ways to help

Other