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A crowd in Myanmar holds slogans protesting dictatorship. The crisis that began in early February continues, with 60 protesters dead and over 2,000 detained since the coup began. (Photo by MgHla (aka) Htin Linn Aye) Photo used under CC BY

Second Myanmar official dies amid torture claims

An official from deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy died in custody this week, a former parliamentarian said, the second party figure to die in detention in almost as many days.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar police refusing to fire on protesters

Police officers from Myanmar have told the BBC they fled across the border into India after refusing to carry out the orders of the military which seized power in a coup last month.

BBC

Many feared dead at Yemen migrant center

A fire at a migrant detention center in Yemen is feared to have injured more than 170 people. The cause of the fire, which occurred on the same day as the Saudi-led coalition airstrike, was not immediately clear.

The Independent

Pandemic devastating to migrants, refugees

From Australia to Egypt, migrants and refugees have been especially hard hit by job losses and economic pain during the coronavirus pandemic, with many struggling to access health care and state aid, according to the Red Cross Red Crescent Global Migration Lab.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Hospitals in Brazil on verge of collapsing

Health systems in most of Brazil‘s largest cities are close to collapse because of COVID cases, its leading health institute warns. More than 80 percent of intensive care unit beds are occupied in the capitals of 25 of Brazil’s 27 states.

BBC

Resistance to vaccines plagues Ukraine’s COVID fight

Associated Press

Eli Lilly’s therapy for COVID cuts illness, death

Reuters

Mexican rights activists clash with police

Mexican protesters clash with police, calling for the government to address the country‘s poor record on the murder of women, often referred to as femicide, and gender-based violence, at a march to mark International Women’s Day.

BBC

Bitcoin rise leaves massive carbon footprint

The surge in bitcoin’s price since the start of 2021 could result in the cryptocurrency having a carbon footprint the same as that of London, according to research. Most of the cost of bitcoin mining is the electricity used.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Portugal quelled ‘centuries of violence, trauma’

There are monuments and statues up and down Portugal dedicated to navigators, missionary priests responsible for the conversion of Indigenous people to Catholicism, or soldiers who fought against African independence.

Al Jazeera

Elderly musician sues over vaccine inequality

Joseph al-Hajj, an 80 year old Lebanese man, filed suit against the health ministry with help from his son, feeling impelled to fight for his right to be vaccinated, after noticing younger lawmakers jumping the vaccination queue.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Swiss back proposal to ban face coverings

Swiss voters appeared on course, narrowly approve a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn by a few Muslim women in the country and the ski masks and bandannas used by protesters.

Associated Press

In Pictures: Lebanon on the edge as protests continue

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Myanmar’s curfew defiance, media shut down

Demonstrators in Myanmar’s biggest city came out for their first mass protests in defiance of an 8 p.m. curfew, seeking to show support for an estimated 200 students trapped by security forces in a small area of one neighborhood.

Associated Press

Myanmar nun de-escalates military violence

Guardian

Senegal opposition leader released as new clashes erupt across the country

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Researchers in Japan create robot that paints

A team of researchers from IBM Japan, the University of Tokyo and Yamaha Motors have created a robot that uses canvas, paint and a brush to create paintings on its own.

Engadget

Rare meteorite may contain ‘ingredients for life’

Fragments of the space rock discovered on a driveway in the Cotswolds could provide answers to questions about the early history of the solar system and life on Earth.

CNN

How CRISPR may revolutionize mankind

CBS News

Photos from Perseverance’s mission to Mars

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Brazil’s hospitals at risk due to climate change

As health facilities battle the coronavirus pandemic, extreme weather presents another threat, with 70% of Latin America’s hospitals at risk from floods, hurricanes or earthquakes.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Alaska 1st to give vaccines to everyone over 16

Yahoo! News

Italian hospital overrun by virus variant

The 160-bed hospital in the Po River Valley town of Chiari has no more room for patients stricken with the highly contagious variant of COVID-19 first identified in Britain.

Associated Press

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GOOD NEWS

Meet Bangladesh’s first trans news reader

Bangladesh is home to an estimated 1.5 million transgender people, who face rampant discrimination and violence. Now, the country has introduced its first transgender news reader, Tashnuva Anan Shishir, on air.

Guardian

Cards from strangers help patients recover

The former Wall Street executive and nurse put out a call on social media asking her community to start writing cards for sick patients. Within hours, hundreds arrived on her doorstep.

CBS News

Meet the 78-year-old female weightlifter breaking world records

ABC 13

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Teen donates sports equipment to kids in need

A local high school student is making sure all kids have a chance to get involved in sports. Luke O’Brien has spent the last year creating a foundation called Gear to Share donating sporting equipment to underprivileged kids.

WCVB News

A lifetime of volunteering for at risk kids

10News San Diego

LGBTQ people in need get free, safe space

Ceyenne Doroshow founded Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society, or G.L.I.T.S., in 2015 to help trans and sex-worker communities with issues like housing and health care.

TIME

ENVIRONMENT

Is this end of forests as we’ve known them?

In western North America, huge swaths of forested areas may become unsuitable for trees owing to climate change, say researchers.

Guardian

Can red wolves come back from the brink of extinction again?

Guardian

Most tropical rainforests degraded globally

Humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover, new data reveals – raising alarm that a key natural buffer against climate change is quickly vanishing.

Reuters

How to grow food in a concrete jungle

Building flourishing farms in the heart of cities used to be just a utopian fantasy. Now it’s an important step towards developing a smart, diversified food system capable of feeding a growing world population.

BBC

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Poor nations demand equal access to vaccines

South Africa, India, and more than 100 other nations have called on the World Trade Organization to temporarily waive patents for COVID-19 vaccines, saying they are being prevented from immunizing their people.

Al Jazeera

Norway fund to probe for Uighur labor links

The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, which has massive market influence because it owns 1.5 percent of the world’s listed shares across 9,100 companies, operates under ethical guidelines set by parliament.

Al Jazeera

Photo of the Day

A young boy pets a calf on his family farm in Meerut, India. Three new agricultural laws introduced by India late last year have led to months of protests by farmers who say the legislation benefits large private buyers at their expense. (Photo by Anupdulhera) Photo used under CC BY

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