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Ukrainian civilians took refuge in Mariupol’s steel plant for weeks before Russian forces attacked again this week. Dozens of refugees have reached safety, but many are still trapped in the Russian-occupied city. (Photo by Reuters) Photo used under CC BY

Evacuees from Mariupol steel plant reach safety

Dozens of evacuees who took refuge for weeks in the bunkers of a steel works in Russian-occupied Mariupol reached the safety of Kyiv-controlled Zaporizhzhia.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Russian troops accused of weaponizing rape in Ukraine

Deutsche Welle

Ukraine war is making Indians poorer, hungrier

Falling earnings dented by inflation, which has been exacerbated by the war, is hurting household diets in India.

Al Jazeera

Ethiopian drought spurs increase in child marriage

Drought-afflicted areas of Ethiopia are seeing “dramatic” increases in child marriage as the worst climate-induced emergency for 40 years pushes people to the brink.

Guardian

Rights groups in Zimbabwe hope new law will end child marriages

Voice of America

Why is femicide crisis in Mexico on the rise?

The widely-reported discovery of a dead woman in northern Mexico has shocked people across the country and highlighted an ever-worsening national femicide crisis.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka opposition declares no confidence

Sri Lanka’s main opposition party issued a no-confidence declaration aiming at ousting Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Cabinet.

Associated Press

‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continues

Pristine rainforests were once again destroyed at a relentless rate in 2021, prompting concerns governments will not meet a COP26 deal to halt and reverse deforestation by the end of the decade.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Disabled kids ‘dumped’ in Ukraine institutions

There are claims that thousands of severely disabled Ukrainian children have been forgotten and abandoned in institutions that can’t look after them.

BBC

How humanitarian parole for Afghans works

The number of Afghans in the U.S. applying for this parole has skyrocketed since the fall of Kabul, and many families have yet to be accepted or denied.

PBS NewsHour

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Russian mercenaries linked to Mali massacres

Russian mercenaries in Africa have been linked to massacres in which several hundred civilians have died, raising new fears about the impact of Moscow’s intensifying interventions.

Guardian

Putin to send ‘doomsday’ warning to West

President Vladimir Putin will send a “doomsday” warning to the West when he leads celebrations marking the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Russian firing hampers aid of Mariupol civilians

Ukrainian officials accused Russia of violating a ceasefire aimed at evacuating scores of civilians trapped in a bombed-out steelworks in the city of Mariupol.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Mariupol plant evacuees feel relief, grief

Associated Press

Moldovans fear being drawn into Russia’s war

In villages close to the breakaway Moldovan region of Trans-Dniester, many residents fear they could be dragged into Russia’s war on Ukraine. For some, the current events bring back painful memories of conflict.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Fake charity websites exploiting Ukraine war

Online scammers have been using hundreds of fake charity websites to trick people wanting to donate to Ukraine.

BBC

Scientists want to use rays to map pyramids

Scientists are raising money to develop a high-powered telescope to map the Great Pyramid of Giza’s internal makeup from all angles.

NBCNews.com

GLOBAL HEALTH

World’s true pandemic death toll nearly 15M

The COVID pandemic has caused the deaths of nearly 15 million people around the world, the World Health Organization estimates. That is 13 percent more deaths than normally expected over two years.

BBC

China warns ‘zero COVID’ doubters

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Risks women would face if Roe is overturned

Should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, the change would pose a profound threat to maternal health in the U.S., experts said.

NBCNews.com

Pro-abortion rights protests across the US

Al Jazeera

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Robert Mahoney):

Why no one dare tell China’s Xi the awful truth – zero-COVID isn’t working

CNN

Column (Swaran Singh):

Focus on Ukraine has pushed Afghans’ plight to periphery

Asia Times Online

Editorial:

Banning Russian oil: defunding Putin’s war machine

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Woodworker, 12, helping Ukraine children

The talented, young craftsman recently launched a raffle for one of his handmade bowls — etched with a blue and yellow ring, the colors of Ukraine’s flag — to raise money for Ukrainian children.

People

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Nicaragua shutters 50 nonprofits in crackdown

Among the NGOs shut down are groups defending human rights, organizations providing medical help and those promoting educational projects.

BBC

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Russian forces go after Ukraine’s food supply

Russian forces are stealing farm equipment and thousands of tons of grain from Ukrainian farmers in areas they have occupied, as well as targeting food storage sites with artillery.

CNN

Aid cuts force 40K Syrian kids out of school

More than 40,000 Syrian children are out of school as a direct result of British aid cuts and more schools could soon close, a leading charity has said.

Guardian

Poland asks EU to support Ukraine refugees

More than 3 million refugees have arrived in Poland since the start of the war. Many have found homes with Poles who took them in. But many volunteers are exhausted. The government says they need help.

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

Europe’s billion-dollar illegal trash industry

Romania’s capital is buried in smoke from burned trash that comes from all over Europe. The dubious business is being investigated.

Deutsche Welle

Haiti gangs endanger marine biologists’ work

The environmental group Global Witness released a report last year noting that 2020 saw a record number of environmental activists killed around the world.

Associated Press

Amazon deforestation hits new April record

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon surged to record levels for the month of April, nearly doubling the area of forest removed in that month last year.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

African mangrove forests to fight climate woes

In a bid to protect coastal communities from climate change and encourage investment, African nations are increasingly turning to mangrove restoration projects.

Associated Press

Photo of the Day

Ukraine‘s Natalia Usmanova, 37, described what it was like when Russian forces bombed the Avozstal steelworks while civilians were hiding below. “We didn’t see the sun for so long,” she said. “You just can’t imagine what we have been through - the terror.” (Photo by Reuters) Photo used under CC BY

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