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An 18-month-old Afghan child is treated for malnourishment in Paktya, Afghanistan. Child malnutrition has long been a problem in Afghanistan, but data collected by UNICEF shows a massive surge in the number of children with severe acute malnutrition admitted to hospitals, from 2,407 in August 2021, to 4,214 in December 2021. (Photo by Capt. John Severns) Photo used under CC BY

Hungry Afghan children are susceptible to measles

Every few seconds a sick child is brought in to the emergency room of the main hospital in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, in a race against time to save the youngest casualties of Afghanistan’s hunger crisis.

BBC

Biden shields Afghans in US from deportation

The Biden administration will provide immigration relief to tens of thousands of Afghans in the U.S., shielding them temporarily from deportation.

CBS News

Zelenskiy invokes 9/11 in plea to US Congress

In an address to the U.S. Congress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged American lawmakers to do more to protect his country from Russia’s invasion.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Russia-Ukraine war’s unseen medical horrors

A doctor in Ivano-Frankivsk reflects on the war’s “indirect” victims – patients who can no longer find medical care.

Al Jazeera

Babies among innocents of war in Ukraine

Associated Press

Yemen aid organizations running out of money

The war in Yemen grinds on. Many locals are alive thanks to external aid. But those organizations too could run out of money.

Deutsche Welle

UN raises only $1.3B of $4B sought for Yemen aid

Yahoo! News

Somalia drought leaves millions in need of aid

Somalia is facing the driest conditions in more than four decades after three consecutive rainy seasons failed, according to the United Nations’ World Food Program.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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

Dozens of children killed, maimed in Yemen in two months

Al Jazeera

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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