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Protesters wave a banner during the Climate Change Camp at Heathrow Airport in London. Despite the pandemic, global carbon dioxide levels have now reached the dangerous milestone of being 50% higher than when the industrial age began – and the average rate of increase is faster than ever. (Photo by Andrew) Photo used under CC BY

UN: Nations must slash CO2 levels to avert ruin

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere hit 419 parts per million this year. To meet the goals of the Paris climate accords, a United Nations Environment Program report says countries need to cut their global emissions by 7.6% every year for the next decade.

Guardian

Climate change could push temperatures at the Tokyo Olympics into the ‘danger-zone’ for athletes, report warns

CNN

Uyghurs being deported from Muslim countries

More than a dozen accounts detail the alleged detention and deportation of Uyghurs at China’s request in three major Arab countries: Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

CNN

Pandemic has left millions unable to afford electricity

The economic toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has left more than 25 million people in Africa and Asia unable to afford electricity, threatening a global goal to provide power to everyone by 2030.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

WHO aims to get more COVID data from China

A top WHO official has said they cannot compel China to divulge more data on the origins of COVID, although it will propose studies needed to take understanding of where the virus emerged to the “next level.”

Al Jazeera

COVID deaths in rural India are underreported

The second wave of COVID-19 ravaged India as hospitals and then crematoriums ran out of space. Now experts believe that the number of deaths in rural India is much higher than official statistics.

BBC

Women falling behind in India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive

Thomson Reuters Foundation

‘Black fungus’ new scare in India as second COVID wave ebbs

Al Jazeera

Iranian Kurds in Iraq hopelessly seek asylum

Tens of thousands of Iranian Kurds live in dire conditions in the Kurdish region of Iraq as they await UN help or opportunities to transfer to a third country.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Belarusian law threatens protesters with prison

Belarus’ authoritarian president has signed a law that threatens demonstrators with years in prison — the latest move in a relentless crackdown on protests against his rule.

Associated Press

Ugandans denied services over digital ID cards

Millions of Ugandans struggle to access vital public services and entitlements as they lack digital identity cards, six years after they were introduced, human rights groups say.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Nigerians fight Twitter ban with legal action

Almost 200 Nigerians filed a lawsuit this week seeking to lift a ban on Twitter, describing the government’s decision to block the site as stifling “any dissenting voice” and digital rights.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

African women fight to end genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation has revived under COVID, but activists are pushing hard to save girls at risk.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Women score huge wins in Mexico’s elections

Women were poised to win a record number of state governors’ offices in Mexican midterm elections, capturing territory long dominated by men and giving them a bigger political platform to reach the presidency one day.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Japan, Australia want scrutiny of China abuses

Japan and Australia voiced “serious concerns” this week over reports of human rights abuses against Uyghur and other Muslim minorities in China’s western region of Xinjiang, but Beijing dismissed the remarks as a malicious smear.

Reuters

Myanmar people’s army bleakly target military

Myanmar’s National Unity Government, a parallel government formed to overthrow the military-formed junta, will be hard-pressed to form a force that can credibly challenge the 350,000-strong military force.

Asia Times Online

Could phone footage put Myanmar’s leaders in jail?

BBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

New type of COVID vaccine could debut soon

A new kind of COVID vaccine could be available as soon as this summer. It‘s what’s known as a protein subunit vaccine. It works differently from current vaccines but is based on a well-understood technology.

NPR

New species of dinosaur found in Australia

A new species of dinosaur discovered in south-west Queensland has been officially recognized as the largest ever found in Australia and among the biggest in the world.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Thailand starts controversial vaccine drive

Thailand has started its COVID vaccination campaign amid concerns over the supply of doses, which are mainly being produced locally by a royal-owned company that has no prior experience of making vaccines.

Guardian

Africa left desperately short on COVID vaccines

In the global race to vaccinate people against COVID-19, Africa is tragically at the back of the pack. In fact, it has barely gotten out of the starting blocks.

Associated Press

In boost for Africa, Senegal aims to make COVID shots next year

Reuters

UN urges immediate action to end AIDS

The U.N. General Assembly approved a declaration this week calling for urgent action to end AIDS by 2030.

Associated Press

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Umar Lateef Misgar):

Kashmir: Surviving COVID-19 under the military boot

Al Jazeera

Column (Ayan Khan):

Deforestation hampering Pakistan’s climate policy

Asia Times Online

Column (Jonathan Gornall):

Renaming COVID-19 variants will help fight racism

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Descendants of Lee, slaves unite for change

An extensive overhaul of Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, by the National Park Service brought together descendants of both General Lee and enslaved people who once lived and labored on his estate.

CBS News

Life a struggle for 10-year-old chess master

After fleeing Nigeria in 2017, 10-year-old Tanitoluwa Adewumi’s family lived in a homeless shelter, where he first learned chess. Now he’s the nation’s newest chess master, ranking in the top 1 percent of all players in the country.

NBCNews.com

Programmer makes video games more accessible

NowThis

Organization flies at risk dogs to loving families

A Plus

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Foundation to spend $1.3B to vaccinate Africa

The Mastercard Foundation says it will spend $1.3 billion over the next three years to acquire and deliver COVID-19 vaccines for more than 50 million people in Africa.

Associated Press

Celebrities fundraise for wildfire victims

More than a dozen celebrities have customized wine bottle labels as part of a fundraising auction that will benefit victims of the 2020 California wildfires.

NonProfit Times

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

India’s rising fuel prices could crush economy

As India battles the second COVID wave, fuel prices are scaling new heights on account of hardening global crude prices and high taxes. Economists are worried that high fuel prices will have a cascading effect on inflation.

Asia Times Online

India’s low-income front-line workers burned by rising fuel prices

Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

Amazonians lived sustainably for 5K years

A study that dug into the history of the Amazon Rainforest has found that indigenous people lived there for millennia with “causing no detectable species losses or disturbances.”

BBC

‘Bubble Barrier’ protects oceans from plastic

“The Bubble Barrier” was developed as a simple way to stop plastic pollution flowing from waterways into the ocean.

CNN

Waste from face masks threaten marine life

Face masks and personal protective equipment have saved countless lives during the COVID pandemic. But without proper disposal, they can pose a threat to marine life.

Deutsche Welle

Norway to conduct ‘cruel’ minke whale tests

Plans to capture and run six-hour-long sound tests on young minke whales are set to go ahead in Norway despite condemnation from more than 50 international scientists and wildlife experts as “completely unacceptable.”

Guardian

Photo of the Day

Marionettists put on a show in the ancient city of Bagan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar, in 2014. The UN special reporter for Myanmar warns that mass deaths from starvation, disease and exposure could occur in Kayah State after many of the 100,000 forced to flee into forests from junta bombs are now cut off from food, water and medicine by the junta that took over the government on Feb. 1. (Photo by Caroline Jones) Photo used under CC BY

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