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Last weekend’s earthquake in Haiti almost razed some towns and triggered landslides that hampered rescue efforts in two of the hardest-hit communities. (Photo by USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance via Wikimedia Commons) Photo used under CC BY

At least 1,297 have died in 7.2 Haiti earthquake

The death toll from a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti has climbed sharply, with at least 1,297 dead and more than 5,700 injured. People in the Caribbean nation rushed into the streets to seek safety and to help rescue those trapped in the rubble of collapsed structures.

Guardian

Medics, aid workers rush to reach Haiti quake zone before storm

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Rapid change in Antarctica bodes catastrophe

The WMO says temperatures on the Antarctic peninsula have risen 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit in the last 50 years. That has led to an increase in melting ice, which raises global sea levels and threatens coastal cities across the world.

CNN

Western Kenya’s climate refugees

Deutsche Welle

US withdrawal will undo Afghan women’s progress

The U.S. withdrawal is expected to undo much of the progress made in Afghan society over the last two decades, especially the investments made in girls’ education and the advancement of women.

PBS NewsHour

Interview:

Floggings to forced marriages: Women’s freedoms under threat from Taliban

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Thousands seek refuge as Taliban overtake Kabul

Asia Times Online

Colombian activists hit by wave of arrests

When mass protests began in Colombia, youth armed themselves to protect protesters from police. Now members of this front line, or Primera Linea, accuse authorities of using prosecutions to weaken the push for change.

Al Jazeera

Detainee says China has secret jail for Uighurs

A Chinese woman says she was held for eight days at a Chinese-run secret detention facility in Dubai along with at least two Uighurs, in what may be the first evidence that China is operating a “black site” beyond its borders.

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong backers of 2019 democracy rallies disband

Asia Times Online

Spain slammed for deporting Moroccan kids

Human rights groups have denounced Spain’s expulsion of hundreds of unaccompanied children to Morocco, calling the deportations illegal and urging a halt to the process.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Ghana’s anti-gay bill condemns sexual minority

A Ghanaian bill criminalizing LGBTQ people will establish “a system of state-sponsored discrimination and violence” against sexual minorities, U.N. human rights experts warned, urging authorities to reject the proposed law.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Indonesia ends female soldier virginity tests

A decades-old “two finger” virginity test for female soldiers in Indonesia was terminated after a teenage daughter of a top general campaigned against the controversial practice.

Asia Times Online

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Opposition leader wins Zambia presidency

Business tycoon and opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was declared winner of Zambia’s hotly contested presidential election, defeating incumbent Edgar Lungu.

Al Jazeera

China bans karaoke songs for ‘national security’

China will ban karaoke songs perceived to “endanger national security,” as state controls attempt to muzzle the mics of karaoke bars.

Asia Times Online

First Hong Kong election under revamped system to be largely uncontested

Reuters

Taliban capture two major cities, tightening grip on Afghanistan

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

AI tool could be used to diagnose dementia

Artificial intelligence may be able to diagnose dementia from a single brain scan. Researchers are starting a trial to test the approach.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Rich nations dip into COVAX supply for poor

Some rich countries, including those in the European Union, calculated that they had more than enough doses available through bilateral deals and ceded their allocated COVAX doses to poorer countries.

Associated Press

Ivory Coast notes 1st case of Ebola in 25 years

Ivory Coast has recorded its first case of the Ebola hemorrhagic virus in 25 years, according to the country’s health minister. Officials confirmed the case in an 18-year-old woman who traveled from Guinea.

Al Jazeera

WHO to trial malaria, arthritis drugs on COVID

The World Health Organization will test three new drugs as potential treatments for people in hospital with severe COVID-19 as it expands its global trial to 52 countries.

Al Jazeera

Indonesia is now Asia’s pandemic hot spot

Deutsche Welle

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Salimata Cisse):

Improving women’s access to contraception can help them tackle climate impacts

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Column (PK Semler):

Tunisia in overdue constitutional crisis, not coup d’état

Asia Times Online

Column (Hussain Abdul-Hussain):

The roots of Lebanon’s failure

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Sisters create app to help people with scoliosis

Twin sisters Hadley and Delaney Robertson created the BraceTrack app to help people who use scoliosis braces to track their time in and out of the brace.

Good Morning America

After a year of passing by him, woman helps homeless man get back on his feet

CBS17.com

Singer’s voice comforts cancer patients

Amanda Visconti tunes her acoustic guitar and warms up her vocals, as the 25-year-old singer-songwriter prepares for her audience at Miami Cancer Institute, as a member of the Art in Medicine program.

Microsoft News

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

What do we know about aid going into Tigray?

With conflict continuing in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and nearby areas, the government has made a series of claims about the problems in accessing much-needed food supplies.

BBC

Foundation commits $17.5M for wildfire relief

The Athens-based Stavros Niarchos Foundation has announced a $17.59 million emergency grant in support of wildfire response and relief efforts in Greece.

Philanthropy News Digest

Parents create nonprofit to find a cure for son’s rare disease

Good Morning America

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Congo’s child miners swap hammers for books

A new scheme in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which costs more than a third of its $6.8 billion budget, has enabled 4 million children to go to school, according to the education ministry.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Life grinds to a halt in Lebanon’s blackouts

Lebanon’s worsening fuel crisis has reached a painful crunch point, with bakeries, businesses and hospitals either scaling back operations or shutting down, making life even harder for Lebanese enduring a financial meltdown.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

July was world’s hottest month ever recorded

July was the world’s hottest month ever recorded, a US federal scientific and regulatory agency has reported.

BBC

Flash floods sweep through northern Turkey

Eleven people were killed in flash floods in Turkey’s Black Sea region this week that sent water and debris cascading through through streets in the second natural disaster to strike the country this month.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Northern Turkey hit by severe flash flooding

BBC

Madagascar has worst drought in decades

The Indian Ocean island nation’s worst drought in 40 years has left hundreds of thousands of people fighting for survival as the crisis gets more dire by the day.

Deutsche Welle

Photo of the Day

A young Congolese boy walks to school in the town of Kitschoro, Democratic Republic of Congo. Recent education initiatives in Congo have helped make schooling more accessible to Congolese children. Despite these initiatives, poverty prevents millions of Congolese children from receiving an education. (Photo by M. Hofer) Photo used under CC BY

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