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Central American gangs coerce drivers in Mexico

Organized crime groups have long maintained a presence along the border between Mexico and Guatemala, but their numbers have increased over the past year, Mexican authorities say, as El Salvador’s government cracks down on gang members and their criminal enterprises.

Associated Press

Cartels using drones to monitor Border Patrol

YouTube

Doctors in Middle East driven away by violence

Most doctors in the Middle East say they have experienced violence in the workplace. Since the pandemic began in 2020, reports of aggression have increased, and so have the numbers of physicians leaving their homes.

Deutsche Welle

Survivors of sexual terror demand justice in Haiti

Sexual violence has surged in Haiti amid widespread gang killings and political disarray, as gangs vying for control of territory have enacted a campaign of terror, using sexual violence to punish residents, a UN official said.

Al Jazeera

Humanitarian crises could worsen in Haiti, Venezuela

Yahoo! News

Brazil Yanomami region a ‘concentration camp’

Brazil’s military should evict illegal gold miners who have caused malnutrition and starvation in a region of the Yanomami reservation, the country’s indigenous health secretary said, adding “it looks like a concentration camp.”

NBCNews.com

Pakistan’s transgender community ostracized

Controversy around the film “Joyland” has put the spotlight on the issue of transgender people in Pakistan. However, the community is still discriminated against in society.

France 24

Middle East currencies hitting historic lows

While the U.S. dollar is making a roaring comeback, indicating an ease in inflation worldwide, some Middle East regional currencies are recording historic lows.

i24 News

Lebanese protest record-low value of local currency

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Rights group files suit against Myanmar military

A human rights group and 16 people from Myanmar have filed a criminal complaint in Germany seeking punishment of Myanmar’s generals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Associated Press

Myanmar opposition attacks military’s population survey

Associated Press

Yazidi women kept as slaves by IS appeal to UN

Five Yazidi women held as slaves by an Islamic State fighter are appealing to the UN to intervene in their case for compensation in a move lawyers hope will help fix a “lawless” global system that is failing torture survivors.

Guardian

Islamic State group claims deadly attack in DRC

Suspected Allied Democratic Forces fighters have killed at least 23 people in eastern DR Congo, local officials said, in the latest violence in the turbulent region claimed by the Islamic State group.

France 24

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Burkina Faso asks France to withdraw troops

Burkina Faso asked France to withdraw its troops out of the country within a month, ending a 2018 military accord, media reported.

i24 News

China supplies Russia with tech amid sanctions

Russia is still able to import significant amounts of technology for use by its defense industry thanks in part to China and Hong Kong.

Newsweek

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

World of Warcraft to go offline in China

Millions of Chinese players of the roleplaying epic World of Warcraft will bid a sad farewell to the land of Azeroth, with the game set to go offline after a dispute between the U.S. developer and its local partner.

Guardian

Internet growth, smartphone use stalls in India

With more than a billion users, India boasts the world’s second-largest mobile phone market. Yet, internet growth in this vast market appears to have stalled.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Yemen cancer patients hardest hit by shortages

Around 81,000 patients registered with the National Oncology Center in Yemen are seeking free treatment, which has increasingly been limited by shrinking funds and restrictions on the flow of goods in the import-reliant country.

FOX News

Africa CDC aiming to be more tech-savvy

At least 41 African countries have digital health strategies and while some have started to implement them, others gather dust.

Devex

WHO calls for action after cough syrup deaths

Contaminated cough syrups have been linked to hundreds of child deaths in Africa and Asia. The WHO is reportedly investigating potential connections between the pharmaceutical companies that made the products.

Deutsche Welle

Kenya’s medical schools face cadaver shortage

Medical training is in demand in Kenya, but hesitancy on body donation means students have little to work with, while an illicit trade in transplant organs flourishes.

Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Nickolay Mladenov):

Preparing for perfect storm of conflict and climate change

Asia Times Online

Column (Kelley E. Currie and Amy K. Mitchell):

If women are the Taliban’s kryptonite, let’s send our best and brightest

The Hill

Column (Arturo McFields Yescas):

Venezuela’s dictator loves dollars but lashes out at democracy

The Hill

Column (Marco Rubio):

TikTok, other social media controlled by our enemies must be banned now

FOX News

Column (David A. Andelman):

Asia is hurtling toward a tectonic power shift

CNN

Column (Rear Admiral Mike Studeman):

China’s rampant illegal fishing is endangering the environment and the global economy

Newsweek

Column (Ruth Segal):

Big corps controlling seeds will never solve food insecurity

Devex

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GOOD NEWS

Boxing club opens doors to women in Gaza

Around 40 girls train at a boxing club in Gaza, with its full-size boxing ring, defying expectations in a region where boxing has traditionally been a sport for men.

Reuters

Archery thrives among indigenous in India

The ancient skill of archery thrives in the capital of the Indian state of Meghalaya. Almost every day, behind a row of liquor shops and next to a motor garage, an event is held.

Al Jazeera

Tech from Avatar film used in disease research

Motion-capture suits that bring characters to life in films like Avatar are helping researchers track the onset of diseases that impair movement, such as Friedreich’s ataxia and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

BBC

Avatar movies and clinical research

YouTube

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Volunteers use Japanese tree-planting method

French volunteers are using a pioneering Japanese tree-planting method to create pocket forests in Paris in the hope they will slow climate change.

France 24

Gates: Ukraine War stops development goals

Billionaire Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates believes the war in Ukraine means that the chances of meeting the UN sustainable development goals on time have been scuppered.

Newsweek

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Palestinian refugee agency appeals for $1.6B

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees launched a “global appeal” for $1.6 billion in financial aid, citing rising costs and underfunding.

i24 News

India commits to helping Sri Lanka on debt

India has committed to help ease the debt burden of its crisis-stricken neighbor Sri Lanka as part of a possible International Monetary Fund-supported program, the IMF said.

Reuters

Nigeria bets on China-funded port for growth

The Nigerian president has marked the opening of a $1.5 billion, Chinese-funded deep seaport in the commercial hub of Lagos that authorities hope will help grow the West African nation’s ailing economy.

Associated Press

Yellen calls for action on food security in Africa

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called for urgent action to improve long-term food security in Africa and around the world, while adapting agricultural practices and technology to the changing climate.

Reuters

Rising prices, food insecurity add to ranks of hungry

Associated Press

ENVIRONMENT

Can carbon removal help meet climate targets?

To prevent further global heating, humans need to stop burning fossil fuels. But that’s not enough — experts now say we also need to remove billions of tons of CO2 from the atmosphere. What are our options?

Deutsche Welle

The village being destroyed for a coalmine

After Lützerath in Germany was emptied of its residents to make way for the Garzweiler coalmine, protesters occupied the deserted village while waiting for a showdown.

Guardian

Fashion sneakers propel sustainable rubber

A Brazilian co-op called Cooperacre has reenergized the production of a sustainable forest product and improved the lives of hundreds of rubber tapper families.

Associated Press

Photo of the Day

Internally displaced women wear head-to-toe burkas and no coats as they huddle together with a baby, waiting in the winter cold for aid in the Farah province of Afghanistan. (Photo by Master Sgt. Tracy DeMarco) Photo used under CC BY

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