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A malnourished Afghan child, weighing 14 pounds at 18 months, is treated by a U.S. Army medical team member in Paktya, Afghanistan. As the Taliban gain control of Afghanistan, humanitarian aid is pulling out which leaves millions of Afghan children at risk of death and malnutrition. (Photo by Capt. John Severns) Photo used under CC BY

UNICEF requests food aid for needy Afghan children

Ten million children in Afghanistan are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance, UNICEF Afghanistan warns as the UN’s World Food Program seeks $200 million in food aid. Approximately a million are expected to suffer from life-threatening malnutrition this year.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan: World Bank halts aid after Taliban takeover

BBC

Western nations race to complete Afghan evacuation as deadline looms

Reuters

Nepal fears third wave as COVID cases surge

As COVID cases continue to rise, Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population has warned of a third COVID wave, instructing all hospitals and health centers to gear up and prepare necessary measures.

Deutsche Welle

Labor abuses power destruction of Amazon

A spike in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest loss since right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro took power has provoked an international outcry, but the workers who do the logging, often in slave-like conditions, remain invisible, with data scarce and cases going undetected.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Indigenous protesters camp on Bolsonaro’s doorstep

FRANCE24

Coup, COVID crush mental health in Myanmar

Across Myanmar, people are reporting feelings of anger and sadness following the military’s power grab in February and its suppression of protests. These feelings have only increased as COVID cases exploded in the country.

Al Jazeera

Singapore says ASEAN not as effective as hoped in Myanmar

Reuters

Algeria breaks off diplomatic ties with Morocco

Algeria formally broke off diplomatic relations with Morocco this week. The move culminates a period of growing tension between the countries which are mired in a decades-long feud, with borders closed to each other.

Associated Press

Uncertainty reigns as Chile election kicks off

Chile‘s presidential race kicked off this week after the last candidates registered late the evening before for a contest to determine who will usher in a new constitution and confront social upheaval.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Aid leaders fear Afghan girls’ education at risk

Aid leaders urged the international community to use their leverage of foreign aid to stop a reversal of two decades of hard-won advances in girls education in Afghanistan.

Guardian

Afghan women’s hard-won land rights seen at risk under Taliban

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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

Fossils may show climate in final dinosaur era

The fossils of ginkgo trees often preserve actual plant material, which may be key to understanding the ancient climate system — and the possible future of our warming planet.

NBCNews.com

Scientists use ’nanobubbles’ to clean water

Mexican scientists have developed a unique “nanobubble” system using solar energy to improve water quality in the canals of Mexico City’s Xochimilco ecological zone, a popular tourist attraction.

The Tribune

Ancient DNA reveals unknown group of humans

The bones of a teenage hunter-gatherer who died more than 7,000 years ago on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi tell the story of a previously unknown group of humans.

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Hong Kong’s vaccination drive hits a wall

The Hong Kong government has been urged to raise its vaccination rate target to over 90% from 70% as the highly infectious Delta variant has made the original herd immunity target unachievable.

Asia Times Online

Bangladesh’s sex workers receive Chinese COVID vaccines

Deutsche Welle

Hesitancy, low supply stunt Africa’s vaccination

The pandemic has not only exposed the global North-South divide — experts in South Africa and Kenya believe that vaccine challenges on the continent are significantly different from elsewhere.

Deutsche Welle

Thailand develops robotic system to squeeze out more vaccine doses

Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Kate Aronoff):

Is democracy getting in the way of saving the planet?

Guardian

Column (Michael Shank and Raúl Grijalva):

Climate change threatens Americans’ rights to life, liberty and property

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Column (Vijay Prashad):

Afghanistan’s long struggle for funding continues

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Foster dad opens home to kids during COVID

Peter Mutabazi knew he wanted to created a safe home for children, something he didn’t have when he was a child, so he began serving as a foster parent in 2017.

Today

Nonprofit teaches refugees how to ride bikes

In Germany, a nonprofit group called Bikeygees is teaching refugee women from countries such as Iran, Iraq and Syria how to ride.

NPR

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Foundation gives $30M to promote vaccination

The CDC Foundation has announced grants totaling more than $30 million to community-based organizations across the U.S. to promote COVID-19 vaccination and reduce the disease’s burden.

Philanthropy News Digest

World Central Kitchen is helping feed Haitian residents after earthquake

Inside Edition

Nonprofits pledge continued aid to Afghans

Representatives from 16 nonprofits and non-government organizations issued a statement declaring their intent to continue providing humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan.

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

Kabul residents help Afghans displaced by war

Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

Oil firms lie about cost of blue hydrogen

Oil companies have used false claims over the cost of producing fossil fuel hydrogen to access billions in taxpayer subsidies, according to the outgoing hydrogen lobby boss.

Guardian

Oil spill from power station spreads along Syria’s coast

Associated Press

Wildfire smoke raises risk of premature birth

A new study from Stanford University has found that breathing wildfire smoke during pregnancy increases the risk of premature birth.

Guardian

Magnets can help fight microplastic pollution

Huge amounts of plastic ends up rivers and oceans every year, harming the environment and potentially also human health. But what if we could pull it out of water with the power of magnets?

BBC

Photo of the Day

Firefighter fighting a battle against a fire at Ashton Bay, Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Fires pollute air quality and, according to a recent study, put pregnant women at risk for prematurely giving birth. (Photo by Steven Terblanche) Photo used under CC BY

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