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Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 570,000 people in Gaza are on the brink of experiencing famine levels of hunger amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according to a United Nations official. About one-quarter of the population — 576,000 people — are “one step away from famine” and facing a “grave […]
Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A meeting between top representatives from the United States, Mexico and Guatemala on Wednesday will result in “several important announcements” about “commitments for deeper cooperation” on managing migration between the countries involved, according to senior Biden administration officials. Officials said those announcements would include a joint statement that […]
Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images (GAZA) — For the last 25 years, pediatrician Dr. John Kahler has participated in humanitarian aid missions around the world from Syria to Haiti to Tanzania. Despite providing medical services for years, Kahler said treating people in Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war is incomparable to the work he’s done […]
Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images (PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA) — Rhino poaching increased in South Africa in 2023, the government said. The new data, released by South African officials, shows 2023 saw a total of 499 Rhinos poached across the Southern African nation, an increase of 51 from to the previous year. […]
Master/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal and international law enforcement are warning of Russian cyber actors using “compromised” internet routers for cyber operations. Russian state-sponsored hackers are exploiting Ubiquiti EdgeRouters and using their default credentials to break into them, the FBI and its international partners warned in a cyber alert dated Feb. 27. “The U.S. Department […]
Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (SANTA BARBARA, C.A.) — The student body president at the University of California, Santa Barbara is calling out alleged antisemitism on campus after she says she was targeted in unauthorized signs displayed at the university’s multicultural center. Reports of antisemitism and Islamophobia have flooded universities across […]
TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images (ROME) — Pope Francis on Wednesday visited Rome’s Gemelli hospital following his general audience at the Vatican, the Vatican said. “After the general audience Pope Francis went to the Gemelli Isola Tiberina Hospital for some diagnostic tests,” a Vatican official said. “Afterwards, he returned to the Vatican.” During his weekly […]
Hannah Wagner/picture alliance via Getty Images (MOSCOW) — One of Russia’s best-known human rights defenders was sentenced by a Moscow court Tuesday to two and a half years in prison for criticizing the war in Ukraine, amid a continuing crackdown by the Kremlin on dissent. Oleg Orlov, 70, has long been a leading voice in […]
Suellen Desmarais (NEW YORK) — It’s been over one week since an American couple went missing from their yacht in the Caribbean after three escaped prisoners boarded their boat. Police said Monday that Ralph Hendry and his wife, Kathy Brandel, are likely dead, however, their bodies have not been found. Here’s how the case has […]
Bill Stafford/NASA (NEW YORK) — NASA is offering volunteers an otherworldly experience here on Earth where participants eat, live and communicate as if they were over 200 miles away in space. Paving the way for future human exploration of Mars, NASA’s Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) program is currently recruiting qualified individuals for […]
