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Sudanese refugee children sit next to their temporary shelter at a camp in the Central African Republic. (Photo by Nicolas Rost/UNHCR) Photo used under CC BY

Sudan becoming world’s worst hunger crisis

The nearly year-long conflict between Sudan’s military and paramilitary forces has put the African nation on course to become the world’s worst hunger crisis with malnutrition soaring and already claiming children’s lives.

Associated Press

Rohingya Muslim refugees rescued at sea

An Indonesian search and rescue ship located a capsized wooden boat that had been carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees, and began pulling survivors who had been standing on its hull to safety.

Associated Press

Haiti hunger spreads amid increasing gang violence

The interim administration has still not taken power or brought about any kind of stability on the ground in Haiti. It leaves millions caught in a perfect storm of politics, violence, homelessness and hunger.

BBC

Global fertility to decline, place burden on poor

Fertility rates in nearly all countries will be too low to sustain population levels by the end of the century, and most of the world’s live births will be occurring in poorer countries, according to a recently published study.

Reuters

Extreme heat at work can double stillbirth risk

BBC

WHO: ‘Future of a generation in peril’ in Gaza

The head of the World Health Organization said that only the expansion of land crossings for aid deliveries into Gaza could help prevent famine in the densely populated enclave.

Al Jazeera

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24 hours in a Gaza hospital

The Independent

HUMAN RIGHTS

Mass grave of 65 migrants found in Libya desert

At least 65 migrants’ bodies have been discovered in a mass grave in southwest Libya, the International Organization for Migration said on social media platform X.

France 24

The kids kidnapped in Argentina’s dictatorship

Mothers of Plaza de Mayo is a human rights organization created by women whose children were kidnapped by the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983.

Associated Press

Israel-Hamas conflict is also a war over water

Problems around water supply in Palestinian territories are hardly new in this conflict, but the current Israel-Hamas war is making the issues worse.

Deutsche Welle

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Pakistan-Afghanistan ties strained after attacks

Pakistan’s latest air raids inside Afghanistan amid rising tensions between the neighbors have injected new uncertainty into ties.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan says Pakistani strikes on its territory have killed at least eight people

YouTube

Guinea-Bissau opposition fears ‘dictatorship’

Step by step, the president of Guinea-Bissau is bringing the country’s most important powers under his control. Opposition members accuse the West African head of state of wanting to establish a dictatorship.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Pakistani sentenced to death for images on app

Pakistan‘s sentencing of a 22-year-old to death for images he sent on WhatsApp has renewed concerns about the country’s use of blasphemy laws to crack down on social media posts.

Context

Buenos Aires facial ID plan fuels privacy fears

NGOs fear a controversial facial recognition system - dubbed Buenos Aires’ Big Brother - could be revived, threatening rights.

Context

GLOBAL HEALTH

Lima’s air quality causes respiratory diseases

Lima has high levels of air pollution. Environmental activists are trying to restore balance by reforesting nearby mountains.

Deutsche Welle

Kenya doctors on strike stop providing services

Kenyan doctors have stopped providing emergency services at public hospitals, as they escalated a national strike that entered its second week.

ABC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Kristina Foltz):

Colombia‘s democracy is under threat. Here’s why the world should care

Newsweek

Column (Julie Bindel):

The US war on reproductive rights should concern women everywhere

Al Jazeera

Column (Mohomad Bazzi):

The Gaza famine is human-made. And the US is complicit in this catastrophe

Guardian

Column (Joshua Schreier):

How evangelicals set in motion today’s violence in the Middle East

The Hill

Column (Mohommad Yunus):

A middle path to sustainable Indonesian palm oil

Asia Times Online

Column (Alex de Waal):

We are about to witness in Gaza the most intense famine since the second world war

Guardian

Column (Chris Fitzgerald):

Modi riding the politics of hate to reelection

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Bringing access to clean water in rural Ghana

In Ghana, fetching water and caring for the sick is a burden that largely falls on women and girls. But government efforts are underway to bring water access closer through boreholes, with dramatic effects.

Deutsche Welle

Can song breathe life into spruce plantations?

The U.K.’s timber forests are dark and eerie places, where wildlife struggles to thrive. Now, a song has become a rallying cry for these plantations to be reimagined so that nature can flourish in them.

Positive News

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Palestinian factions step in to protect Gaza aid

Armed and masked men from an array of clans and factions have started providing security for aid convoys in Gaza as Hamas tries to keep its clout in the enclave, Palestinian officials in the militant group say.

Reuters

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Pakistan economic crisis impacts celebrations

Ramadan celebrations in Pakistan have been muted this year, hit by an ongoing and crippling economic crisis. Many families say they are struggling to buy even basic foods.

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

Taps run dry across South Africa’s largest city

Thousands of South Africans have been lining up for water as the country’s largest city confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions of people.

Associated Press

Panama’s canal, and people, thirst for more

Context

India’s reservoirs hit lowest levels in five years

Reuters

Indigenous get training to track deforestation

Indigenous Communities are being trained as citizen scientists to provide valuable data that will help to give them control over their lives, their land and the future of their rainforests.

Positive News

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A mother feeds her child corn porridge made with the corn flour she received at a Red Cross food distribution in Mozambique’s Mabalane district. (Photo by Aurélie Marrier d’Unienville / IFRC) Photo used under CC BY

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