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An undernourished Yemeni mother struggles to hold up her malnourished infant son at the Yemeni hospital where she sought treatment in 2018. The COVID pandemic, conflict, inequality, climate change and job loss are combining to put millions of people at risk of starvation worldwide. (Photo by Felton Davis) Photo used under CC BY

Conflict, inequality leave 34M on brink of starvation

World leaders are being urged to act to stop multiple famines breaking out, exacerbated by the pandemic and caused by conflict, climate crisis and inequality. More than 34 million people are on the brink of starvation, and may fall into famine without immediate action.

Guardian

40 civilian casualties reported in Yemen in March

Associated Press

China, Japan coal reliance harms climate goals

International organizations warn that nations’ reliance on coal to power their economies back from the pandemic is driving the second-largest spike in CO2 emissions, and it will take more than one country to address the problem.

CBS News

Bangladeshi police kill five in wages protest

At least five people have been shot dead and dozens injured when police opened fire at workers demanding a pay rise at a Chinese-backed coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh.

Al Jazeeraa

US immigration agencies drop derogatory terms

Two U.S. immigration enforcement agencies directed staff to use words like “noncitizen” and “integration” instead of “alien” and “assimilation” as part of Biden’s effort to discard terms viewed as dehumanizing, bringing “inclusive language” to immigration.

CBS News

Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops 3M

The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India, and France.

PBS NewsHour

Eco-activist Greta Thunberg tackles vaccine inequality

NPR

India hits another record in COVID cases

The global COVID death toll has topped 3 million as the race for immunization continues and countries such as India grapple with rising infections and new lockdowns. The number of cases in India has risen to almost 14.5 million.

Guardian

Indian capital running out of medical oxygen as pandemic surges

Reuters

As COVID cases surge in India, what’s next for the economy?

Al Jazeera

Woman contests Syria’s resilient president

A woman from the capital Damascus has applied to run for president of Syria, making her the first female to make a bid for the country’s top job. The largely symbolic election is certain to be won by President Assad.

Associated Press

Syria to hold election in May after years of war

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

HRW urges world response to Xinjiang abuses

Human Rights Watch said the government’s oppression of Turkic Muslims, including Uyghurs, was not a new phenomenon but had reached unprecedented levels.

Guardian

UN criticizes UK’s report on racial equality

U.N. human rights experts rejected a review commissioned by Britain’s government into race inequality as an attempt to “normalize white supremacy despite considerable research and evidence of institutional racism”.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Rwanda finds France culpable in 1994 genocide

The 600-page report says that France “did nothing to stop” the massacres, in April and May 1994, and in the years after the genocide tried to cover up its role and even offered protection to some perpetrators.

Al Jazeera

Chauvin trial, shootings add pressure on US

The United States faces a difficult path on police reform as calls from activists to make a priority of tackling racial disparities in law enforcement mount. The nation’s attention is fixed on the issue amid the trial of Derek Chauvin.

CNBC

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Ethiopia declares state of emergency in Amhara

Ethiopia has declared a state of emergency in the southern part of Amhara regional state amid violence in various towns.

Al Jazeera

HK pro-democracy protesters get prison terms

A Hong Kong court sentenced five leading pro-democracy advocates to up to 18 months in prison for organizing and participating in a massive march during 2019 anti-government protests.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Neandertal DNA shows waves of migration

Analysis of genetic material from three caves in two countries suggests an early wave of Neandertals about 135,000 years ago may have been replaced by genetically and anatomically distinct successors 30,000 years later.

Science News

Food we eat contributing to rise of superbugs

Researchers have detected the building blocks of superbugs—bacteria resistant to the antibiotics used to fight them—in the environment near large factory farms in the United States.

Newsweek

Ingenuity’s flight on Mars rings in a new era of aviation

PBS NewsHour

New centipede species discovered in Japan

A new species of large, tropical, amphibious centipede has been discovered in Okinawa and Taiwan – only the third creature of its kind to be identified anywhere in the world.

The Independent

GLOBAL HEALTH

Madagascar turns schools into hospitals

Schools and hotels in Madagascar are being transformed into hospitals as coronavirus cases surge on the Indian Ocean island. The spike is most likely due to the South African variant, which has caused a second wave.

Africa News

Teen pregnancies on the rise in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s government reported a major increase in teenage pregnancies in January and February. Advocates are blaming the rise on coronavirus lockdowns and poverty.

Voice of America

These are the world’s most stressed-out cities

USA TODAY

WHO warns of global surge in COVID cases

The pandemic is reaching deadly new heights across the world, the WHO warned, even as the focus in some countries, including the U.S., has shifted toward how quickly to ease restrictions as vaccination figures eke upward.

ABC News

How do vaccines work?

ABC News

Cambodia uses wedding halls for COVID patients

Reuters

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GOOD NEWS

Chef raises $25M for restaurant workers

During the pandemic, celebrity chef and TV host Guy Fieri has partnered with the National Restaurant Association to create the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund, which has raised millions for those that have struggled.

Yahoo! News

Mother teaches kids kindness, compassion

Paula Osborn is a Knoxville mother, wife and now the author of the book “The Jar From Afar.” The book comes with a jar to collect items and change to give to people in need.

WVLT TV

Texas firefighters rescue squirrel stuck head first in tree

Good Morning America

Deaf-blind people find healing through pottery

Kelvin Crosby and Natalie Harding, the duo behind the DeafBlind Potter, want to not only educate about deaf-blindness, but also encourage people to go live beyond their challenges.

Good Morning America

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Nonprofit builds needed playgrounds

In Detroit and all across the U.S., the 11 million volunteers of the national nonprofit Kaboom are hard at work bringing playgrounds to children in communities often overlooked.

Click on Detroit

Philadelphia restaurant helps community

The pandemic kickstarted the People’s Kitchen, a community kitchen in Philadelphia — where 21% of the population experiences food insecurity — that feeds people in need while simultaneously addressing inequality.

Today

Nonprofit raises awareness by having trash and recycle themed prom

Denver 7 ABC

Little boy on mission to keep beach clean

5-year-old Oliver Caver of Alabama loves to pick up trash with his dad on the beach and is inspiring others through his organization Clean Horizons.

Good Morning America

ENVIRONMENT

Warming seas reduce catches in S. Korea

Climate change and environmental pollution have made finding enough sea life to harvest more difficult for South Korean haenyeo, or “sea women,” who free-dive fish without carrying oxygen.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Environmental protests criminalized globally

Peaceful environmental protesters are being threatened, silenced, and criminalized in countries around the world including the UK and the US, according to some of the world’s leading climate scientists and academics.

Guardian

U.S. must halve emissions to galvanize global climate action

Thomson Reuters Foundation

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Atlanta’s Asian businesses open in fear

A month after the fatal March 16 shootings at Atlanta-area spas that left eight people dead, including six Asian American women, Asian American businesses across the country are reeling from the spate of hate and violence.

PBS NewsHour

Racial, ethnic, gender gaps found in STEM

An analysis released in early April of federal education and employment data from recent years highlights the wide racial, ethnic, and gender gaps in STEM representation.

Science News

Photo of the Day

Indigenous people peeling maize while overlooking Quito from El Panecillo, Ecuador. Initially farmed by members of the Aztec, Mayan and Incan cultures, maize is an important crop to Native American communities and is eaten at almost every meal. (Photo by Diego Delso) Photo used under CC BY

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