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A man carries a pallet of bread in Egypt in 2013. A global food crisis, started by Russia’s war on Ukraine, is worsening as export bans increase and prices on staples such as wheat are raised. Russia and Ukraine contribute nearly 30% of global wheat exports. (Photo by Mohanad5ayman) Photo used under CC BY

Ukraine invasion spurs export bans, food crisis

A global food crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine escalated as Indonesia tightened curbs on palm oil exports, adding to a growing list of key producing countries seeking to keep vital food supplies within their borders.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Middle East faces severe wheat crisis over war in Ukraine

Deutsche Welle

1M kids leave behind lives, friends in Ukraine

More than 1 million children have fled Ukraine in the less than two weeks since Russia first invaded the country, something UNICEF called “a dark historical first.”

Associated Press

Brazilian activists protest anti-environment bills

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Brazil’s capital to denounce what environmentalists call a historic assault on the environment under President Jair Bolsonaro. Pending legislation would greenlight mining on indigenous lands and boost land grabbers.

Guardian

Russian, Syrian forces step up bombing

Syria’s war has escalated in the last months, marked by intensified shelling and aerial bombing by Syrian and Russian forces on rebel-held areas.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Pakistan hijab marches promote Islamic values

More than 1,000 veiled women attended marches to promote Islamic values in cities across Pakistan on International Women’s Day to counter pro-gender equality rallies.

Guardian

Aurat march vs. hijab march

YouTube

First Afghan refugees arrive at center in US

A first group of Afghan refugees have arrived at a new temporary housing facility in Northern Virginia as the U.S. works to resettle people who fled the Taliban takeover.

Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

Indian court upholds school, college hijab ban

A high court in India’s Karnataka state has ruled that the hijab is not “essential” to Islam in a landmark case that could have implications across the country.

BBC

Hijab bans deepen Hindu-Muslim fault lines in Indian state

Associated Press

How Israel is pulling Palestinian families apart

Known locally as the “family reunification law,” the legislation bars Palestinians with Israeli citizenship or residency from extending their legal status to spouses holding PA passports.

Al Jazeera

Close to 3 million have fled fighting in Ukraine

Nearly three weeks into the war, the number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad has approached 3 million, the United Nations said.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Thousands evacuated from besieged city of Sumy

Al Jazeera

Man burned alive in Ethiopia sparks outrage

A video posted on social media showing armed men burning a man to death in western Ethiopia has drawn condemnation and renewed fear over horrific incidents of ethnic violence.

Guardian

California conceals missing Indigenous women

Indigenous families are demanding justice for crimes such as kidnapping and murder they say stem from centuries of oppression.

National Geographic

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Double tap attacks in Yemen’s ongoing civil war

While much of the world is focused on events in Ukraine, the violence in Yemen is some of the worst it’s seen in the eight years of conflict.

BBC

Yemen crisis: Why is there a war?

BBC

Why has the Syrian war lasted 11 years so far?

A peaceful uprising against the president of Syria 10 years ago turned into a full-scale civil war. The conflict has left half a million people dead and devastated cities.

BBC

Myanmar army engaged in torture, war crimes

Myanmar’s military has engaged in systematic human rights violations, many amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the United Nations said.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

India aims to rival China in quantum computing

With a wary eye toward China, India is investing in quantum technology to gain a computing and information edge.

Asia Times Online

GLOBAL HEALTH

China COVID outbreak leads to two-year high

China has posted a steep jump in daily COVID-19 infections with new cases more than doubling from a day earlier to a two-year high as a virus outbreak expanded rapidly in the northeast of the country.

Guardian

S. Korea has record deaths amid omicron surge

South Korea had its deadliest day yet of the pandemic, with 293 deaths reported in the latest 24 hours, as the country grapples with a record surge in coronavirus infections driven by the fast-moving omicron variant.

Associated Press

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Winnie Byanyima):

Two years on, complacency still plagues global COVID-19 response

Al Jazeera

Column (Michael A. Newton):

War crimes expert: Russian invaders are crossing a line

CNN

Column (Quinn Marschik):

An Indo-Pacific NATO is a bad idea

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Boy escapes Ukraine solo, unites with siblings

Nearly 3 million refugees have fled Ukraine since war erupted on Feb. 24. Among them is Hassan Al-Khalaf, an 11-year-old boy from Zaporizhzhia.

Good Morning America

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Polish hotels, hostels welcoming Ukrainians

Poland’s hoteliers and hostel owners are opening their doors without charge to Ukrainians. Poland is better known for rejecting refugees.

Deutsche Welle

Ukraine women head home to aid war effort

While more than 3 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, a small but growing number are heading in the other direction. Increasingly, women are going back.

Associated Press

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Attacks on aid workers rise in South Sudan

Looting of emergency food supplies and attacks on aid workers are rising in South Sudan, where hunger is causing unrest.

Guardian

Infection, hunger as Ukrainians hide in cellar

Hundreds of people are crammed into the basement of a large public building in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, but are running out of food, with many also in need of urgent medical help.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Russian war risks greater carbon pollution

When President Vladimir Putin sent Russian troops into Ukraine in late February, he upended the same energy system that is indirectly bankrolling his illegal war.

Deutsche Welle

Woman protects S. Sudan from war, poaching

Bibiana Martin was 12 years old when she joined the forest rangers. Twenty years later, she is still protecting the parks and their animals and inspiring other women.

Al Jazeera

Mountain bongos released in Kenya sanctuary

Five mountain bongos have been released into a sanctuary in Kenya, a milestone in the fight for the animals’ survival with fewer than 100 left in the wild.

Guardian

Gold rush bringing bitcoin miners to Kentucky

The Kentucky boom comes as environmentalists campaign to limit the spread of bitcoin mining, which consumes as much energy as a country about the size of Malaysia each year.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Photo of the Day

Hundreds in London protest Yemen’s civil war. The war in Yemen, which has been going on for eight years, seems to be getting more violent, with millions facing hunger and “double-tap” attacks targeting people coming to citizens’ aid. (Photo by Alisdare Hickson) Photo used under CC BY

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