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A malnourished Ethiopian child gazes at the camera. At least 2 million people (37 percent of the population) in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray are suffering from an extreme lack of food, with the conflict between rebels and the government impeding humanitarian access. (Photo by UK Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

2 million in Tigray suffer from extreme lack of food

At least 2 million people in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray are suffering from an extreme lack of food, with the 15-month conflict between rebel and government forces pushing families to the brink.

Guardian

Fresh fighting resumes in Ethiopia, threatens relief missions

YouTube

Doctors beg for food as Tigrayans wallow in food shortage

YouTube

Afghanistan people facing a ‘horrific’ situation

Millions of people in Afghanistan are facing a dire situation as they struggle to cover their basic needs, David Beasley, the executive director of the UN‘s World Food Program, told DW’s Giulia Saudelli.

Deutsche Welle

Some Indian men oppose criminalizing marital rape

A section of Indian men has taken to social media platforms to lobby against the criminalization of marital rape, as a court hears a petition against marriage-linked exemptions in the nation’s laws against rape.

Deutsche Welle

Russia accuses NATO of ignoring its concerns

The U.S. and its NATO allies have ignored Russia’s main security concerns, President Vladimir Putin said in a call with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Guardian

West must not create panic, Ukraine says

BBC

Russia moves blood supplies near Ukraine, adding to US concern

Reuters

Syrian fighters give IS a deadline to surrender

U.S.-backed Kurdish-led fighters searched near a Syrian prison for Islamic State group militants and gave an ultimatum to dozens of armed extremists holed up in a small part of the jail to surrender or face an all-out attack.

Associated Press

Burkina Faso suspended over W. Africa coup

West Africa’s main regional bloc has suspended Burkina Faso from its governing bodies over this week’s military coup but stopped short of imposing any sanctions, its member states said in a statement.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Taliban diktat sparks debate on women’s attire

Many Afghan women in the capital Kabul have protested against a poster campaign launched by the Taliban, encouraging women to wear a burqa or hijab.

Al Jazeera

Life under the Taliban

BBC

Yemen people bear brunt of Houthi-UAE conflict

The United Nations forecasts January will “almost certainly” be a record-shattering month for civilian casualties in Yemen.

Al Jazeera

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Russia keeps door open to talks with US, NATO

Russia said it was clear the United States was not willing to address its main security concerns in their standoff over Ukraine, but kept the door open for further dialogue.

Reuters

Russia, Ukraine agree to uphold cease-fire in Normandy talks

Deutsche Welle

Qatar in talks to supply gas to Europe if Russia cuts supplies

Guardian

More than 15K displaced in new Darfur violence

Renewed tribal violence near the western Sudanese city of El Geneina over the past week has displaced more than 15,000 people, the United Nations said.

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

SpaceX rocket on a collision course with Moon

A rocket launched by Elon Musk’s space exploration company is on course to crash into the Moon and explode.

BBC

Mysterious strands found at heart of Milky Way

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is home to a multitude of intriguing features -- including nearly a thousand mysterious magnetic strands, according to a new telescope image.

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

COVID hits one of the last uninfected places

When the coronavirus began spreading around the world, the remote Pacific archipelago of Kiribati closed its borders, ensuring the disease didn’t reach its shores for nearly two full years.

Associated Press

Lead poisoning present in Dominican Republic

At least 100 companies and two industrial parks operate in Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic. The release of toxic smoke from the dozens of factories is ever-present in the lives of residents living near the industrial zone.

Al Jazeera

New omicron subtype BA.2 is spreading quickly

A new subtype of the omicron coronavirus variant is spreading in Denmark, the UK, India, Sweden and many other countries. The exact impact of the genome mutations is still unclear.

Deutsche Welle

US, China in undiplomatic ‘zero-COVID’ kerfuffle

China’s government has expressed “serious concern” over a U.S. diplomatic request to allow its staff to temporarily leave to avoid being affected by tightening anti-COVID measures during the upcoming Olympics.

Asia Times Online

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Gordon Brown and Helen Clark):

There is an urgent need to make WHO financially fit for purpose

Al Jazeera

Column (George Monbiot):

Carbon offsetting is not warding off environmental collapse – it’s accelerating it

Guardian

Column (Chen Feng):

The West, not Russia, faces a Ukrainian quagmire

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

California forest returned to indigenous tribes

A group of native tribes in California has regained ownership of more than 500 acres of redwood forestland they were forcibly removed from centuries ago.

BBC

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Benefit concert will support Afghan musicians

Benefit concert “Songs of Hope” is organized by Afghanistan International TV and aims to support musicians in Afghanistan where music has been banned in public places.

Yahoo! News

Chiefs fans donate to NY children’s hospital

Buffalo Bills fans are typically the ones making donations after a game, but after the Bills lost 42-36 to the Kansas City Chiefs in an epic AFC divisional round, Chiefs fans decided to step up to the plate.

CNN

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Syria’s displaced people face wrath of winter

Bitter winter conditions have compounded the poverty of millions of displaced people in northwest Syria.

Al Jazeera

Mexican town survives on remittances from US

In Comachuen, a Purepecha Indigenous community of about 10,000 inhabitants, the town survives because of the money sent home by migrants working in the U.S.

Associated Press

Peru’s oil-affected businesses are suffering

An oil spill off the coast of Peru is affecting livelihoods from fishing to tourism. Now the government is demanding compensation.

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

The link between climate change and racism

Climate change tends to be divided along racial lines. There is a stark divide between who has caused climate change and who is suffering its effects.

BBC

Jerusalem covered in white after rare snowfall

Jerusalem has been blanketed in white after a winter storm covered much of the region’s higher altitudes with snow.

Al Jazeera

Orcas recorded killing, feeding on blue whales

For the first time, female-led pods of killer whales have been recorded hunting the planet’s largest animal – the blue whale – in coordinated and brutal attacks.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

Pro-government militia in Darfur are seen in 2013. Conflicts between rebel groups and government forces and allied militias have displaced thousands of people since the early 2000s. (Photo by Henry Ridgwell) Photo used under CC BY

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