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The 2011 “Arab Spring” uprising that inspired the rebellion against the Syrian regime had already taken down leaders elsewhere. Many predicted that President Assad would be next. Instead, by brutally crushing dissent, he has confounded his critics and clung to power. (Photo by EPA/STR) Photo used under CC BY

Syria mourns thousands of lives lost in dark decade

On March 15, 2011, protesters inspired by “Arab Spring” uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, rallied in Syria to call for an end to their own repressive regime. While much of the fighting in Syria has subsided, massive displacement of people remains prevalent.

NPR

Telling Syria‘s human stories so that the ‘victors’ don’t write its history

CNN

Libya’s peaceful transfer of power offers hope

A new Libyan government overseeing the north African nation took power in the capital, formally ending a messy seven-year period during which rival administrations in the east and west claimed authority over the country.

The Independent

Myanmar forces kill scores of peaceful coup protesters

Security forces have killed scores of their countrymen after a morning of peaceful marches in parts of Myanmar, and the U.N. has put the nationwide death toll at 149 since the coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government.

Associated Press

Myanmar police brutality escalates, death toll mounts

Deutsche Welle

Outrage after Myanmar activist tortured to death

Guardian

Mozambique’s militants beheading children

Aid agency Save the Children says Islamist militants are beheading children in Mozambique. More than 2,500 people have been killed and 700,000 have fled their homes since Islamist insurgency began in 2017.

BBC

Kosovo war crimes suspect arrested by authorities

ABC News

Countries halt AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine

More than two months after pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca released their COVID vaccine, countries in Europe and elsewhere are pausing its use amid reports that some recipients have experienced fatal blood clots.

TIME

Morocco’s COVID-19 vaccination drive bypasses undocumented migrants

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Myanmar orders martial law in Yangon

Myanmar’s ruling junta has declared martial law in a wide area of the country’s largest city, as security forces killed dozens of protesters in an increasingly lethal crackdown on resistance to last month’s military coup.

ABC News

Scores dead in bloodiest day of Myanmar protests

Reuters

Islamist attacks kill 30 soldiers in Nigeria

Islamist militants have killed about 30 government soldiers in a series of clashes in northeast Nigeria since last week, military and civilian militia sources said.

Reuters

Catholic church cannot bless same-sex unions

The Vatican said that priests cannot bless same-sex unions and that such blessings are not valid, in a ruling that greatly disappointed gay Catholics who had hoped their Church was becoming more welcoming under Pope Francis.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Australian march against sexual assault

Tens of thousands of people have turned out to marches across Australia, protesting against the sexual abuse and harassment of women in the country.

BBC

Mali’s ongoing conflict ‘is about justice’

Camps for refugees are growing as old rivalries between Fulani herders and Dogon farmers are exacerbated in Mali’s war on Islamist militants.

Guardian

India’s interfaith couples on edge after new law

A controversial new anti-conversion law that criminalizes interfaith love has put Hindu-Muslim couples on edge. Now, they face the wrath of not just their families, but also the Indian state.

BBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Researchers find fossil in 70M year old rocks

Scientists are celebrating the first discovery of a dinosaur preserved while sitting on a nest of eggs with fossilized embryos, including at least three that were visible.

CNN

Electronic textiles pave way for smart clothing

A wearable interactive display made of a flexible, breathable electronic fabric can display simple maps and text messages, potentially for use in future smart clothing, a research group reports in its latest paper.

MSN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Jordanians protest COVID restrictions

Protests erupted across many of Jordan’s cities and provincial towns against the government’s COVID restrictions, a day after oxygen ran out at a state hospital leading to the deaths of at least six COVID patients.

Reuters

Europe tightens anti-pandemic rules

Tighter restrictions aimed at reining in surging coronavirus infections took hold in much of Italy and parts of Poland, while in France, Paris risks a weekend lockdown as ICUs near saturation with COVID-19 patients.

ABC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Eleanor Gordon):

Peace-building suffers during pandemic obsession

Asia Times Online

Column (Nesrine Malik):

When my family in Sudan caught COVID, the sheer injustice of fate sank in

Guardian

Column (Nabil Salih):

Baghdad: A solitary walk through a crime scene

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma gives impromptu performance

Yo-Yo Ma treated unsuspecting strangers to an impromptu performance at a vaccination site in the Berkshires.

Today

Community surprises little boy with parade to celebrate his last day of chemo

Good Morning America

Kid CEO empowers Black girls to embrace hair

At just 9 years old, Zoe Oli is already behind Beautiful Curly Me, a fledgling business that hopes to make a change for young Black girls around the country with its line of Black dolls with curly and braided hair.

People

Zimbabwe‘s 16-year-old motocross champion on ’beating the boys’

BBC

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Doctor cares for protesting farmers in India

Dr. Swaiman Singh boarded a flight to India last December to provide free medical services for protesting farmers. His plan was to stay for a week, months later, he’s still there with no plans to leave.

CNN

Family nonprofit donated 30K pounds of food

When a Virginia family learned about the increased need food pantries experienced amidst the pandemic, they started a small food drive called the Be The Good Project and ended up donating over 30,000 pounds of food.

Southern Living

California teen to swim 25-mile marathon to fight food insecurity

ABC 7

ENVIRONMENT

China’s has worst sandstorm in a decade

The Beijing Meteorological Observatory warned that the elderly, children and people suffering from respiratory conditions should stay inside.

NBCNews.com

European droughts ‘worst in 2,000 years’

The series of severe droughts and heatwaves in Europe since 2014 is the most extreme for more than 2,000 years, research suggests.

Guardian

Singapore intensifies homegrown food production

Deutsche Welle

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Burkina Faso’s women fall back on hard labor

Once-fertile land is now dry, forcing farmers that used to survive by cultivating it to change professions, often toiling from dawn until dusk in jobs that make it hard to scrape by.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Venezuelan kids seek valuables, food in trash

For some children in Venezuela, garbage is the main source of their livelihood. This has been the case for several generations of garbage collectors in Venezuela.

Associated Press

Photo of the Day

Brazil’s government has initiated its COVID vaccination campaign. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) has discovered that Pfizer employed “high-level bullying” against Brazil and Argentina during negotiations to acquire vaccines, including requesting the nations put sovereign assets as collateral for payments. (Photo by Governo do Estado de São Paulo) Photo used under CC BY

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