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Alarm is growing over the fate of the Tigray region’s some 6 million people as fighting is reportedly as fierce as ever between Ethiopian and allied forces and those supporting the now-fugitive Tigray leaders who once dominated Ethiopia’s government. (Photo by Rod Waddington) Photo used under CC BY

Malnutrition ‘very critical’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

The United Nations says Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region faces a “very critical malnutrition situation” as vast rural areas where many people fled during three months of fighting remain out of reach of aid.

Associated Press

Ethiopia’s war-ravaged Tigray hit by power blackout amid hunger crisis

Yahoo! News

US prepares to rejoin Paris Climate Accord

The US will soon reenter the Paris Agreement, a climate treaty dedicated to lowering greenhouse gas emissions. It was initially signed during the Obama administration and withdrawn from by President Trump in 2020.

CBS News

US announces $4B plan for global vaccine effort

White House officials say Joe Biden will use his first big presidential moment on the global stage at the G7 meeting to announce that the U.S. will soon begin releasing $4 billion for an international effort to bolster the purchase and distribution of COVID vaccine for poor nations.

The Independent

Can the global distribution of COVID vaccines ever be fair?

Deutsche Welle

Controls on vaccine exports ‘hold back’ pandemic recovery, WTO warns

NPR

COVID hospitalizations in the US dip to lowest level since November

CNN

Violence rages in S.Sudan despite peace deal

Violence still rages in swathes of South Sudan a year after a peace deal was signed to end a civil war that began in 2013. Attacks by armed groups against civilians intensified in 2020 and victims are targeted along ethnic line.

Reuters

The protests that shook Algeria are back

Mass street protests are back in Algeria and the government is nervous. Cries of “Algeria, free, democratic” have once again been heard as thousands from all walks of life thronged to Kherrata, a town east of the capital, Algiers.

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Witnesses recall killing of Myanmar protesters

Witnesses have described the moment Myanmar’s security forces opened fire on protesters, killing two people, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets again in defiance of the military.

Guardian

Combating sexual violence in South Africa

Frustrated by the grim statistics, a group of teenagers in Port Elizabeth, South Africa are using social media to speak out against the scourge of femicide.

Deutsche Welle

Journalism students shine light on unsolved murders of 51 Chicago Women

People

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Sudan devalues currency to aid debt relief

Sudan’s central bank sharply devalued the currency, announcing a new regime to “unify” official and black-market exchange rates in an effort to overcome a crippling economic crisis and access debt relief.

Reuters

WHO urges Tanzania to share COVID data

The head of the World Health Organization has urged Tanzania’s authorities to take “robust action” against the coronavirus pandemic amid increasing warnings that the country is witnessing a deadly resurgence in infections.

Al Jazeera

Iran demands US lift sanctions before it reenters nuclear deal

NPR

Israel starts reopening, 50 percent vaccinated

People in Israel are one step closer to returning to normalcy as the country’s economy began reopening after almost half the population received coronavirus vaccine shots.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Endangered ferret cloned from long-dead ferret

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the successful birth of a cloned black-footed ferret. Scientists cloned Elizabeth Ann from a ferret that died 30 years ago.

MSN

NASA reveals 1st photos from Mars

Just minutes after NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover nailed its touchdown on the Red Planet, the spacecraft sent back the first two images of its new home in Jezero Crater.

SPACE.com

What are the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccines?

Al Jazeera

GLOBAL HEALTH

Detroit vaccinates people with disabilities

While most COVID vaccination clinics in the U.S. are focused on first responders, essential workers and seniors, Detroit, Michigan is now offering shots to residents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other disabilities.

NBCNews.com

30K person survey reveals day in pandemic life

From April to July 2020, researchers collected data on the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 from over 30,000 households in nine lower- and middle-income countries.

NPR

Anti-vaccination protesters rally in Australia

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Christoph Strack):

Judaism has belonged in Germany since the beginning

Deutsche Welle

Column (Rhi Storer):

Covid has created legions of unpaid carers who urgently need support themselves

Guardian

Column (John Naughton):

Australia shows the way. It’s the job of governments not big tech to run democracies

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

New Zealand schools get free sanitary tools

All New Zealand schools will have free access to sanitary products from June, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Thursday, an initiative aimed at stamping out period poverty in the country.

CNN

Woman gets 50 year lost wedding ring back

A Chicago woman who lost her wedding band nearly 50 years ago was reunited with the ring just in time for Valentine’s Day.

CNN

Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury dubbed into Noongar

Fist of Fury is the classic 1972 Bruce Lee film that took the world by storm. Now, in a world first, Fist of Fury has been dubbed into the Indigenous Australian Noongar language.

Al Jazeera

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Texas neighbors open their homes amid crisis

People across Texas who‘ve been stuck at home have shared stories of kindness from neighbors they hardly knew and friends they didn’t expect so much from.

CNN

Comedian gave $13K to NY hospitality workers

A New York City waitstaff received a surprise gift after a comedian handed out thousands of dollars raised by her online fans. Robyn Schall gave $13,000 in tips, all donations to employees at Lily’s Cocktail and Wine.

CNN

Teacher, retired firefighter deliver desks to help kids learn from home

WCVB

17-year-old donates 30k shoes for homeless

When Lindsay Sobel was 12 years old, she attended a basketball game at LA’s Staples Center arena and was struck by the high levels of homelessness in the area.

A Mighty Girl

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic drilling plan in Alaska hits roadblock

Plans for seismic surveys to help find oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have fizzled due to a lack of protection for polar bears, according to a brief statement Saturday from the Department of the Interior.

Reuters

Pilot whales die in Indonesia’s Madura Island

Forty-six whales stranded on a beach on the Indonesian island of Madura have died, while rescuers managed to push three back out to sea, the provincial governor said.

Al Jazeera

In Pictures: Jakarta slammed by monsoon floods

Al Jazeera

Texas freeze led to release of air pollutants

The largest U.S. oil refiners released tons of air pollutants into the skies over Texas this week, according to figures provided to the state, as one environmental crisis triggered another.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Cuba’s artists took to the kitchen in lockdown

As COVID pushed Cuba’s economy to the brink of collapse, musicians and film-makers found another way to be creative – cooking, baking and selling.

Guardian

Gaming studio creates to diversify industry

At age nine, Nicodemus Madehdou moved from Liberia to Philadelphia and discovered how video games could connect him to a new culture. Now, he creates space for other young people to bridge their own cultural gaps through his video game production studio.

CNN

DIY-style school helps educate Indian migrants

ModSkool was designed for the children of farmers living along the Yamuna river in Delhi, India, after their school was demolished. It was built with locally-sourced materials in just a few weeks by the community.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Photo of the Day

Citizens of Myanmar gather in Yangon on Feb. 6 to protest the military coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Another hundred thousand people poured on to the streets in Myanmar on Wednesday to voice their anger at the coup and reject an army claim that it has majority support. (Photo by Alireza Zahraee) Photo used under CC BY

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