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Armed locals protested in support of the Afghan government in Jowzjan Province during the Taliban offensive in July. The nation is now in the hands of the Taliban. (Photo by Abdulbasir Ilgor (VOA)) Photo used under CC BY

Taliban clamp down violently on protesters

In Afghanistan, the first signs of defiance since the Taliban took power are emerging. Demonstrations took place in several cities. Witnesses say the Islamists shot dead at least three protesters in Jalalabad who were waving the national flag.

Deutsche Welle

LGBTQ Afghans fear death under Taliban

Gay men in Kabul say they fear for their lives under Taliban rule, as they hide at home, holding out in hope of a Western evacuation before Islamists carry out a threat to punish LGBTQ Afghans with death.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Afghans watch nervously as Taliban regime takes shape

CNN

Facebook moves to protect Afghan users’ accounts

BBC

Blockade keeping food aid from getting to Tigray

The United States is warning that food aid will run out this week for millions of hungry people under a blockade imposed by Ethiopia’s government on the embattled Tigray region.

Associated Press

Uganda suspends more than 50 rights groups

Authorities in Uganda have suspended more than 50 civic groups for allegedly not complying with regulations, dealing a blow to hundreds of thousands of people who directly benefit from the organizations’ activities.

Al Jazeera

Cubans remain defiant in face of protest crackdown

BBC

UN hopes $40B will accelerate gender equality

The outgoing head of the UN women’s agency is hoping that in five years the $40 billion recently pledged to promote gender equality will pull women out of poverty and put women in leadership roles.

Associated Press

Fewer worldwide give blood amid pandemic

From Seoul to Paris, and Moscow to Bangkok, concerned citizens are lining up for shots as COVID-19 case numbers swell. That may ease pressure on stretched hospitals around the world, but with it comes a hangover, a severe shortage of blood donors.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Overdosing for asylum in Europe

Some refugees hoping to enter the EU via Croatia are deliberately ingesting dangerous substances in the hope of getting into hospitals rather than pushed back across the border.

Al Jazeera

4,000 Gaza students displaced by Israel attacks

While children around the world check their school supplies list and prepare to attend classes, 4,000 Palestinian students are caught up in uncertainty.

Al Jazeera

Deported migrants stranded in Guatemala

Most of the them hail from Honduras, El Salvador or Nicaragua and have no connection to Guatemala.

NBCNews.com

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Russia was prepared for Taliban’s victory

When the Taliban swept over Afghanistan, Russia was ready for the rapid developments after working methodically for years to lay the groundwork for relations with the group that it still officially considers a terrorist organization.

Associated Press

Turkey pursues resolution to Tigray conflict

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan backs a peaceful resolution to Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict, which has displaced tens of thousands and left millions hungry. He also says Turkey is willing to mediate between Ethiopia and Sudan.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Cuttlefish remember details of their last meal

Cuttlefish have one of the largest brains among invertebrates and can remember what, where, and when specific things happened right up to their final days of life, according to new research.

Guardian

Japan aims to get soil samples from Mars moon

Japanese space agency scientists said they plan to bring soil samples back from the Mars region ahead of the United States and China, which started Mars missions last year.

Associated Press

Human remains in Pompeii tomb are best yet

The mummified remains, including hair and bones, of a slave who rose through the ranks have been found in the city of Pompeii in what has been described as the best-preserved human remains ever discovered in Pompeii.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

W. Africa strained by Ebola, COVID outbreaks

The World Health Organization has warned that on top of the COVID-19 pandemic, West Africa is facing new outbreaks of the viral hemorrhagic fevers Marburg and Ebola, risking huge strains on ill-equipped health systems.

Al Jazeera

Child COVID-19 hospitalizations soar

Around the U.S., child hospitalizations for COVID-19 have increased to levels not seen since January, when U.S. cases and deaths were at their highest levels, according to the latest government data.

NBCNews.com

Britain urges halt to Myanmar clashes to allow vaccination

ABC News

What’s behind rising gun violence in the US?

After a decline, gun violence in US cities has been increasing since 2018, including Washington DC despite the city having some of the nation’s toughest gun laws.

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Anietie Ewang):

Hunger during the pandemic shows Nigeria’s social security gaps

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Column (Mimi Mefo Takambou):

US failure in Afghanistan: What lessons for Africa?

Deutsche Welle

Column (Joe Macaron):

What will the Taliban victory mean for the Middle East?

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Bangladesh street kitchen battles hunger

When the pandemic started, charity aid was sufficient in Bangladesh. But due to coronavirus fatigue and growing economic hardship, donors have become less willing to pull out their wallets.

Deutsche Welle

Disney introduces adaptive costumes for kids

The company unveiled its new line of inclusive new costumes that will allow kids with special needs to dress up as their fan favorites.

People

Atlanta teachers help students start their day with confidence

Today

Nashville woman offers free hair braiding for kids returning to school

Inside Edition

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Nonprofits are regaining jobs at rapid pace

Nonprofit job growth saw its strongest two-month recovery since last summer and could return to pre-pandemic levels in about a year, according to the latest estimates from the Center for Civil Society Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

NonProfit Times

COVID surges kill in-person fundraising

Summer and fall were supposed to be times of reopening, and fundraisers started to plan in-person events. But the Delta variant proved even more contagious than previous strains, and live events are starting to be shuttered.

NonProfit Times

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

‘Painful days ahead’ as Haitians try to recover

Haitian officials slowly tallied the dead and disappeared in remote villages, after the toll from last weekend’s earthquake passed 2,000 and Prime Minister Ariel Henry warned the Caribbean nation faced painful times ahead.

Reuters

Haiti earthquake: The forgotten villages cut off from help

BBC

Fish, livelihoods poisoned by S. African spill

A warehouse storing chemicals was set ablaze during recent looting, poisoning a nearby estuary and strangling incomes of fishermen already crimped by repeated COVID lockdowns.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Afghans fear for their jobs, daughters’ futures

Many Afghan women, taking no chances with the new Taliban leaders, are deleting social media accounts, closing businesses and donning Burqas to avoid being identified.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

IMF suspends Afghanistan’s access to funds

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

1B kids at ‘extreme risk’ from climate impacts

Almost half the world’s 2.2 billion children are already at “extremely high risk” from the impacts of the climate crisis and pollution, according to a report from UNICEF. The UN agency’s head called the situation “unimaginably dire.”

Guardian

Spain’s Sierra Nevada fights water scarcity

In Andalusia, several groups are fighting large mineral water companies. In the Ducral Valley, citizens are especially worried about water scarcity as millions of liters of drinking water are being diverted.

Deutsche Welle

Why are wildfires getting worse?

The combination of extreme heat, changes in our ecosystem and prolonged drought have in many regions led to the worst forest fires in almost a decade,.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

Taliban fighters patrol Kabul, Afghanistan, in a Humvee on Aug. 17. Despite the Taliban‘s assurances, residents fear a return to the organization’s oppressive rule before the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001. (Photo by Voice of America News, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) Photo used under CC BY

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