Opinion | Trump’s Withdrawal From the W.H.O. Will Be Disastrous for Global Health
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Opinion | Trump’s Withdrawal From the W.H.O. Will Be Disastrous for Global Health

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States has long been a leader in global health, and it is critical to the safety of Americans that we remain so — which is why some of President Trump’s isolationist impulses are worrisome. On Monday, hours after taking office, Mr….

Gazans and Israelis Dare to Hope as Cease-Fire Takes Hold
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Gazans and Israelis Dare to Hope as Cease-Fire Takes Hold

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The sounds of celebration replaced those of explosions in the Gaza Strip on Sunday as a fragile cease-fire came into effect after 470 days of war, allowing some hostages to return home to Israel, Palestinians imprisoned in Israel to be released, and displaced…

Israeli Government Approves Cease-Fire Deal for Gaza
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Israeli Government Approves Cease-Fire Deal for Gaza

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Israeli government approved a cease-fire deal with Hamas early Saturday that calls for the release of dozens of hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners after hours of deliberations, setting up the first reprieve in a 15-month, devastating war in the Gaza Strip….

Gaza: start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need: UN humanitarians

Gaza: start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need: UN humanitarians

Trucks with relief supplies continued to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing from Egypt on Friday after the entry into force of a four-day pause in fighting, UN humanitarians said. Read the full story, “Gaza: start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need: UN humanitarians”, on…

Gaza: start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need: UN humanitarians

Clashes in eastern DR Congo displace 450,000 in six weeks — Global Issues

Violent clashes between non-state armed groups and government forces have displaced more than 450,000 people in the last six weeks in Rutshuru and Masisi territories in North Kivu province. People arriving in the town of Sake, located near the provincial capital Goma, spoke of having to make harrowing choices, with…

Gaza: start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need: UN humanitarians

UN delivers more aid into Gaza on first day of humanitarian pause — Global Issues

Gaza has a population of over two million, with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugee, UNRWA, hosting more than a million displaced people in 156 of its installations across the enclave. The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Friday that 200 trucks were dispatched from Nitzana, a town…

With Gaza truce on horizon, UN relief teams stand ready to ramp up aid — Global Issues

With Gaza truce on horizon, UN relief teams stand ready to ramp up aid — Global Issues

According to media reports, ongoing negotiations over the Israel-Hamas agreement on a four-day humanitarian pause and the freeing of hostages held by the Palestinian armed group since its 7 October terror attacks indicated that the deal’s entry into force was believed to be unlikely before Friday. Amid rising hunger, UN…

Gaza: start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need: UN humanitarians

UN welcomes deal for pause in fighting, hostage-release pact — Global Issues

“This is an important step in the right direction, but much more needs to be done,” Mr. Guterres said via a statement from his spokesperson Farhan Haq. The top UN official leading efforts to secure a lasting peace in the Middle East, Tor Wennesland, echoed those comments and also welcomed…

Gaza: start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need: UN humanitarians

Funding shortfall puts WFP operations in Chad at risk — Global Issues

The warning comes as aid agencies scramble to respond to a fresh wave of displacement sparked by the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Darfur region of Sudan, with reports of mass killings, rapes and widespread destruction. The crisis is occurring amid the ongoing war between the Sudanese army and the…

Gaza: ‘Unprecedented and unparalleled’ civilian death toll: Guterres — Global Issues

Gaza: ‘Unprecedented and unparalleled’ civilian death toll: Guterres — Global Issues

In reply to a question at a press conference dealing with the latest emissions report, Secretary-General António Guterres said that in all the reports issued during his tenure, on children in conflict, it was clear that the current war in Gaza has seen thousands of child deaths – compared with…