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In 2011, crowds swarmed the streets of Tokyo, protesting against the creation of nuclear power plants. This week similar demonstrations took place across the city, with people protesting Japan’s decision to start releasing massive amounts of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. (Photo by Yuya Tamai) Photo used under CC BY

Japan faces harsh criticism for nuclear waste program

Japan has announced it will begin dumping a million tons of treated but still radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. The decision was criticized by the local fishing community, environmental groups and Japan’s neighbors.

NPR

Oil a blessing and a curse for Nigeria’s Niger Delta

Deutsche Welle

Afghan’s females push for legal representation

The women on the Afghan negotiating team told members of Congress the benchmarks for a successful political settlement with the Taliban require female participation amid the looming summit on the future of Afghanistan.

CBS News

19M Brazilians go hungry as health crisis worsens

Nearly 19 million Brazilians have gone hungry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts point to high unemployment exacerbated by the virus, reductions to social programs and sharp price increases on basic food staples as some of the reasons behind the problem.

Al Jazeera

India reels amid COVID-19 surge, affecting world vaccine supply

Associated Press

Arab American COVID data remains invisible

Collecting more precise census data about Arab Americans is important for understanding public health inequalities, but current groupings require these communities to identify as white muddling health data.

NPR

Muslims mark Ramadan amid COVID curbs

Muslims across the globe marked the start of Ramadan, but a spike in coronavirus cases in several countries has once again put curbs on the holy month’s signature feasts and lengthy prayers in mosques.

Associated Press

Mali human rights groups, activists fight FGM

Mali‘s failure to outlaw female genital mutilation is being challenged in West Africa’s highest court by rights groups, who accused the country of failing to protect women “a grave and systematic violation.”

Thomson Reuters Foundation

HUMAN RIGHTS

Egyptian activist pushes for sexual justice

An Egyptian activist welcomed a court decision this weekend to jail a former university student for sex crimes after her campaign against his abuse and harassment of women sparked a MeToo movement in her country.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Russian feminist on trial for pornography

A feminist artist went on trial in Russia on charges of disseminating pornography after she shared artwork online depicting female bodies. Rights groups linked her prosecution to the Kremlin’s conservative stance on family values.

Associated Press

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Tanzania opposition calls for new constitution

Tanzanian opposition leader Freeman Mbowe called this weekend for the new government to prioritize a new constitution, reviving calls for limiting presidential powers.

Reuters

Myanmar protesters target power infrastructure

Darkness is descending on Myanmar. As the military regime widens a killing spree that has taken over 700 lives since its Feb. 1 coup, the besieged nation’s already creaky power infrastructure is at rising risk of blacking out.

Asia Times Online

Myanmar military denies responsibility for child deaths

CNN

NATO, US vow support for Ukraine, warn Russia

The United States and NATO members expressed strong support for Ukraine and warned Russia against pressing ahead with a major troop buildup along the former Soviet republic’s eastern border.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Facebook users can appeal harmful content

Facebook’s quasi-independent Oversight Board said that it will start letting users file appeals over posts, photos, and videos that they think the company shouldn’t have allowed to stay on its platforms.

The Independent

Google restores Drive after massive outage

Google Drive is now running smoothly again after the service experienced a widespread disruption, Google said, after an issue that kept users from opening new documents though they could still access the platform.

Forbes

GLOBAL HEALTH

African health workers left without COVID jabs

Millions of healthcare workers in sub-Saharan Africa continue to risk their lives to fight Covid-19 as authorities across the continent struggle to obtain and distribute vaccines to frontline medical staff.

Guardian

The country that vaccinated 93% of its adults

It took less than two weeks for the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to vaccinate almost all of its eligible population. The country’s vaccination campaign kicked off in March. By April 8, 93% of eligible adults had gotten their first dose.

NPR

Scammers are selling fake COVID cards online

Online criminals are looking to cash in on the U.S. immunization push against COVID-19 by selling forgeries of government-issued “vaccination record cards” that show individuals have been inoculated.

CBS News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Akin Olla):

Breonna Taylor died more than a year ago. But US policing has barely changed

Guardian

Column (Hassan A Barari):

Understanding the dynamics that led to Jordan’s royal crisis

Al Jazeera

Column (David Hutt):

Bloodshed won’t end if world recognizes Myanmar’s junta

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Inmates can earn a degree from Georgetown

Georgetown University has announced a new program that will allow some Maryland prison inmates to earn bachelor’s degrees. The Georgetown Prisons and Justice Initiative will choose its first 25 students in the fall of 2021.

CNN

Saks Fifth to stop selling animal fur products

Saks Fifth Avenue says it will stop selling animal fur products by the end of 2022 both online and in stores. The change will happen with a phased approach, starting with closing fur salons by the end of 2021.

CNN

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Canary Islands hotel offers shelter to migrants

The Canary Islands and their year-round sunny beaches normally attract millions of northern European tourists each year. Today, it is a place of limbo for thousands of migrants denied access to the Spanish peninsula.

Associated Press

Nearly 1 in 3 give to US crowdfunding drives

Nearly one in three Americans say they donate to a crowdfunding effort each year. And all indications are that the pandemic has made people even more likely to give to informal campaigns on GoFundMe and elsewhere.

Seattle Times

Familiarity breeds crowdfunding donations

NonProfit Times

ENVIRONMENT

European vultures poisoned by livestock drug

A recently approved veterinary drug has been confirmed as the cause of death of a vulture in Spain. Conservationists say the incident could be the tip of an iceberg, and warn that the drug could wipe out Europe’s vultures.

Guardian

What causes volcanic eruptions?

Deutsche Welle

Apache tribe fights to save its centuries-old holy place

Yahoo! News

New Zealand may require climate impact data

New Zealand has become the first country to introduce a law that will require banks, insurers, and investment managers to report the impacts of climate change on their business, minister for climate change has said.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Sustainable farms for biodiversity in Mexico

Deutsche Welle

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

IMF warns Mideast, Central Asia debt to rise

The International Monetary Fund has said countries in the Middle East and Central Asia need to curb their financing requirements, as a surge in government debt, exacerbated by the pandemic, threatens recovery prospects.

Al Jazeera

Far from hosting Ramadan, Iraqis go hungry

Faced with sharp price rises, a decline in buying power of the dinar and rising unemployment, Iraqis enter the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan with a feeling of dread. UN said Iraqis were trapped in a vicious circle.

Asia Times Online

Photo of the Day

People celebrate Gudhi Padwa, the Hindu springtime festival, in the Indian state of Maharashtra in 2009. This year, Gudi Padwa and Ugadi are both being celebrated in India on April 13. Gudi Padwa is celebrated in Maharashtra, and the people of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh observe Ugadi. Both festivals mark the first day of the new year, according to the Hindu calendar. (Photo by Abhijit Tembhekar) Photo used under CC BY

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