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Bangladesh‘s garment industry, the engine of the nation’s economy, is facing disruptions from fashion brands exiting Russia, turmoil in shipping, and rising energy prices. The government launched a food subsidy program as food prices spiked. (Photo by Fahad Faisal) Photo used under CC BY

Russia’s war in Ukraine is changing the world

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered seismic repercussions: a fast-moving refugee crisis, unprecedented sanctions against a major economy, and a shakeup of global relationships, including a reinvigorated NATO.

NPR

EU plan aims to help get wheat from Ukraine to the world

Associated Press

UN looking into Russia’s alleged rights abuses

The U.N. Human Rights Council passed a resolution by a strong majority, setting up an investigation into allegations of rights abuses by Russian troops.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Malawi struggling to curb human trafficking crisis

Efforts to curb human trafficking remain a struggle in Malawi, where half of the population lives below the national poverty line. “Harmful cultural practices” also make Malawians more susceptible to trafficking.

Deutsche Welle

Children more vulnerable to human trafficking in Africa

YouTube

Female Afghan medics must rely on Red Cross

Female medics continue to save lives, but rely on the Red Cross to get by because the Taliban cannot pay their salaries.

Guardian

UN: Lebanese state violated human rights

Lebanon’s government and its central bank have committed human rights violations by impoverishing people through the “callous destruction” of the country’s economy, an independent United Nations report said.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Ghana aims to solve debt crisis without IMF

Ghana is committed to managing its debt without assistance from the International Monetary Fund. The nation’s finance minister expressed confidence that government measures were working.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Ukraine’s Roma refugees unwelcome in Poland

A warm welcome has been given to most people fleeing Putin’s war, but Roma women and children are struggling to find homes.

Guardian

Ukrainian camp offers haven for child refugees

DW’s Emmanuelle Chaze visited a school camp in a western Ukrainian town. There, locals have mobilized resources and manpower to give displaced children a safe haven.

Deutsche Welle

Palestinians vow to stay on West Bank land

The leader of a Palestinian village council on the West Bank vowed to continue fighting eviction from land the Israeli military is claiming as a firing range.

CNN

Kenyan mothers fighting to end police brutality

Mothers whose sons were killed by police have united to fight for justice and protect other young men.

Al Jazeera

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Finland seeks NATO membership ‘without delay’

Finland said it would apply to join NATO “without delay,” as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine looked set to bring about the very expansion of the Western military alliance that Vladimir Putin aimed to prevent.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

How Finland joining NATO could affect Russia

YouTube

Ukraine civilian deaths may be thousands higher than official toll

Guardian

Sri Lanka unrest flares despite curfew, patrols

The overnight violence capped a day of unrest that saw PM Mahinda Rajapaksa quit, but this failed to bring calm.

BBC

Sri Lanka gives emergency powers to army, police after violence

Al Jazeera

Colombian cartel shuts towns over extradition

The Gulf Clan drug cartel shut down dozens of towns in northern Colombia for four days in reaction to its leader being extradited to the U.S. for trial.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Facebook sued in Kenya over work conditions

A man who says he is “destroyed” after working as a content moderator for Facebook has filed a lawsuit accusing the company of human trafficking Africans to work in an exploitative and unsafe facility in Kenya.

Associated Press

Scientists say to mine e-waste, not the Earth

The recycling of e-waste must urgently be ramped up because mining the Earth for precious metals to make new gadgets is unsustainable, scientists say.

BBC

Scottish spaceport’s prototype rocket unveiled

The first full-scale prototype of a rocket designed for launching small satellites from a Highlands spaceport has been unveiled.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

North Korea reports first COVID-19 outbreak

North Korea has called for a nationwide lockdown after the omicron coronavirus variant was detected in Pyongyang, raising fears of a humanitarian disaster in one of the world’s few unvaccinated countries.

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong‘s ’cage men’ devastated by COVID

For almost two years Hong Kong managed to control the spread of COVID-19, not at least due to China’s controversial zero-COVID policy. But the omicron variant overwhelmed the healthcare system.

BBC

Electric scooters speed up health care in India

A new state initiative looks to improve access to medical care, particularly for communities impacted by years of mining.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Saleemul Huq and Mohamed Adow):

Climate change is devastating the Global South

Al Jazeera

Column (Veronica Gago):

What Latin American feminists can teach American women about the abortion fight

Guardian

Column (Asoka Bandarage):

Sri Lanka: debt crisis, neocolonialism and geopolitical rivalry

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Mattel unveils inclusive Barbie and Ken dolls

The new line includes the first Barbie with behind-the-ear hearing aids, a doll with a prosthetic leg and a Ken doll with vitiligo.

People

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

World Bank grants Lebanon $150M food loan

The World Bank approved a $150 million soft loan for food security in crisis-hit Lebanon to stabilize bread prices over the coming months, the economy minister said.

Associated Press

Donors urged to help as Ukraine war hits Syria

The European Union’s top diplomat warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is making the plight of poverty-stricken Syrians far worse and urged donors to dig deep to help the Middle East country.

Associated Press

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa

United Nations agencies are warning that price hikes sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will worsen a food crisis in Africa.

Reuters

Thailand providing free cannabis plants

Thai officials hope that a major new cannabis industry will blossom, as to generate millions of dollars each year, attract foreign tourists and aid the country’s farmers.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Great Barrier Reef sees mass bleaching event

Warming waters from escalating climate change have caused coral bleaching in 91 percent of reefs surveyed along the Great Barrier Reef this year.

CNN

Smart tech helping save China’s giant pandas

The biggest threat to the wild panda population in China is habitat loss. Now, conservationists hope smart tech can help safeguard the panda’s future.

CNN

Photo of the Day

Sister Diogena Tereshkevych comforts people displaced from eastern Ukraine inside a bomb shelter during an air raid alert in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. (Photo by Finbarr O’Reilly for The New York Times) Photo used under CC BY

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