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Dec302020 by adminNo Comments

Yemen war: Deadly attack at Aden airport as new government arrives

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Dec292020 by adminNo Comments

Food aid arrives at Ethiopian refugee camps in Tigray: UN

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Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Some transportation lines in northern Ethiopia's troubled Tigray region have partially reopened, and about 25,000 Eritrean refugees sheltering in two camps have received food aid for the first time since mid-October, the United Nations announced Monday. A convoy of 18 trucks delivered nearly 500 metric tons of corn soya blend, grains, pulses and vegetable oil for distribution to Eritrean refugees in the Mai Ayni and Adi Harush refugee camps by the UN World Food Program and other humanitarian groups, the agency said. Advertisement "Families, women, men, children -- even newborns -- have been cut off from supplies and essential services for many weeks, so this distribution was urgently needed," Ann Encontre, Ethiopian spokeswoman for the United Nations Refugee Agency, said ...

Dec282020 by adminNo Comments

How to make ends meet before Covid relief arrives

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Volunteers from Forgotten Harvest food bank at a mobile pantry distribution before Christmas in Warren, Michigan, on Dec. 21, 2020.Emily Elconin | ReutersPresident Donald Trump signed the $ 900 billion coronavirus relief bill on Sunday, solidifying another round of aid to Americans.Still, millions of families are staring down a gap in benefits that could stretch for weeks.On Saturday, two key unemployment programs supporting 14 million Americans expired. Even though the latest bill will extend the programs, plus an additional $ 300 per week to the unemployed, officials don't know when the programs will restart, and experts have estimated it could take three to six weeks.That leaves people with a lengthy period of no income and few options for relief 10 months into the pandemic. In additi...

Aug222020 by adminNo Comments

Putin critic ‘poisoned’ after drinking cup of tea arrives in Germany for treatment

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A prominent critic of Vladimir Putin has arrived in Germany for medical treatment, amid claims he became seriously ill after drinking a cup of tea laced with poison.Alexei Navalny, who remains in a coma after his condition deteriorated on Thursday, was transported from a Siberian hospital to Berlin on a special medical plane. His flight to Berlin was organised by Cinema For Peace, a Berlin-based charity which supports film-based projects dealing with global humanitarian and environmental issues. ...

Jul232020 by adminNo Comments

Major League Baseball arrives after pandemic pause

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July 23 (UPI) -- The 2020 Major League Baseball season finally will get underway Thursday when the Washington Nationals host the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers host the San Francisco Giants. "We can almost taste it," Yankees star Aaron Judge said Tuesday. "It has been a long journey to get to opening day. I know our team is ready. Advertisement "I'm just excited to get back on the field and play the game that I love. I hope to bring some positivity into the world, with a lot of negativity going on." Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., will serve as the venue for the first game of the abbreviated season, which was reduced from 162 to 60 games because of the coronavirus pandemic. The MLB season had been slated to start March 26, but all major professional sports leagues were ...