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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

Ghana president defends LGBTQ rights

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo emphasized the need for civil debate and tolerance as parliament works towards a vote on a controversial bill that would make it a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgender.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Youth call for independence fuel Sahara clashes

For nearly 30 years this swath of North African desert about the size of Colorado has existed in limbo, awaiting a referendum that was supposed to let the local Sahrawi people decide their future.

Associated Press

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

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Libya to start registering election candidates

Registration of candidates for Libya’s elections will open next month, the High National Election Commission has said ahead of the landmark vote scheduled for December.

Al Jazeera

Sudan’s military fires on coup protesters

Sudan’s military seized power from a transitional government and killed at least three people and wounded 80 as street protests broke out against the takeover.

Al Jazeera

US suspends aid to Sudan after military seizes power

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

China researchers score a quantum leap

Scientists in Hefei, China have established the world’s first integrated quantum communication network.

Asia Times Online

India tests mobile ballot despite privacy fears

The Indian state of Telangana is testing voting by mobile phone for the first time in the country, which could reduce the cost of elections and increase turnout, even as technology experts warn of privacy risks.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

New mummy discovery could rewrite history

The ancient Egyptians were carrying out sophisticated mummifications of their dead 1,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to new evidence which could lead to a rewriting of the history books.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Vaccinated Singapore sets worrying example

With 84% of Singaporeans fully vaccinated against COVID, many had expected authorities would be easing restrictions. But island nation maintains restrictions to cope with its largest outbreaks since the start of the pandemic.

Asia Times Online

Nigeria has unregulated human egg industry

In the booming fertility business, young women face unfavourable conditions and undergo multiple egg donations at the risk of their health.

Al Jazeera

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Judith Butler):

Why is the idea of ‘gender’ provoking backlash the world over?

Guardian

Column (Ploy Achakulwisut):

It’s time to hold governments to task for fossil fuels they permit

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Column (Alfred De Zayas and Adriel Kasonta):

US drone strikes’ errors and the cost in human life

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

‘Hope Buses’ bring classroom to students

In India’s underprivileged communities, hope sometimes arrives on a bus. A project started seven years ago to bring the classroom to those with little access to education has seen enrollment swell since the pandemic struck.

Deutsche Welle

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

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

$120M pledged for access to COVID treatment

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a commitment of up to $120 million to accelerate access for lower-income countries to the investigational antiviral drug molnupiravir.

Philanthropy News Digest

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

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Indian households cut back on spending

In India, the festival season from October to December boosts overall consumption but because of the economic fallout from COVID households in this festive season have been tight-fisted.

Asia Times Online

Greed fuels Lebanon’s medicine shortage

The country’s economic depression has been driven by a rapid depletion of public finances, exacerbated by what the World Bank says was “deliberate” mismanagement of the crisis on the part of the ruling elite.

CNN

Children in Jakarta’s slums get a second chance at education

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

Green infrastructure creates huge savings

Replacing traditional infrastructure with green alternatives such as mangroves to help stem rising seas is a cost-effective strategy that could save $248 billion a year while combating climate change, researchers said this week.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Songhaï: A ‘zero waste’ agricultural system to increase food security in Africa

BBC

Experts doubt China leadership on biodiversity

Amid an unprecedented extinction event, scientists have warned that protecting biodiversity is essential to protecting human life. However, experts are unsure whether China has the experience to lead the effort.

Deutsche Welle

US plastics to outstrip coal emissions by 2030

The plastics industry in the United States is on track to release more greenhouse gas emissions than coal-powered electricity generating plants by the end of the decade, according to a new report.

Guardian

Chemicals used in packaging may play role in 100K US deaths a year

Guardian

Photo of the Day

Sahrawi refugees in a territory in the Western Sahara receive humanitarian aid as they wait for a United Nations-promised referendum. (Photo by EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid) Photo used under CC BY

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