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Bill Gates pledges to infuse nearly $1 billion into global health initiatives

The Gates Foundation is pledging to infuse more than $900 million into the global fight against diseases like HIV and malaria. The donation comes as the U.S. has cut more than $10 billion in foreign and humanitarian aid.

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Agencies urge more aid to Afghanistan after major quake

The European Union and the United Kingdom have both donated to aid organizations at work in the region, side-stepping the Taliban government.

Euronews

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Sleepaway camps offer hope to Ghana's vulnerable children

In Ghana, many vulnerable children face daily challenges in accessing basic needs, education, and personal development opportunities. Now, local humanitarian organizations — supported by international partners — are introducing sleepaway...

DW News

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Nonprofit working to train people for available manufacturing jobs

An Ohio-based nonprofit is working to educate and engage people on the available careers in manufacturing. In part, to help fill the more than 400,000 open jobs in that sector. Ian Lee reports.

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Judge blocks Trump administration from closing sites that help at-risk kids

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helped to fund NPR and PBS, is winding down operations because Congress recently terminated its funding. Now, some government officials are turning their attention to funding cuts for an age...

CBS America

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Andy Cohen's garage sale for charity

Andy Cohen hosted a garage sale of his personal items, where all profits go to a New York City nonprofit fighting homelessness and AIDS. FOX 5 NY's Meredith Gorman talked to fans that shopped till they dropped.

Fox News

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Bracelet charms help keep memory of Camp Mystic victims alive

The James Avery Workshop in Kerrville, Texas, has been working with Camp Mystic for decades, providing bracelet charms for campers to take home as keepsakes.

CBS America

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Thousands of riders hit the road for annual Seattle to Portland bicycle ride

The Cascade Bicycle Club's annual Seattle to Portland (STP) ride began early this morning from the University of Washington. Over 6,000 cyclists registered for the up to 207-mile journey, which supports the Cascade Bicycle Club's advocac...

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Head of U.S.-backed Gaza aid foundation quits as strikes kill dozens

The head of a U.S.-backed foundation set to begin aid deliveries in Gaza resigned unexpectedly, saying it could not uphold humanitarian principles amidst war, as an Israeli airstrike on a school building killed dozens of Palestinians she...

France 24

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Prince Harry faces bullying accusation after leaving charity

Prince Harry resigned last week from the charity he co-founded, Sentebale, citing a breakdown in the relationship between the organization's board and chair, Dr. Sophie Chandauka. In an interview with Sky News, Chandauka said she experie...

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FireAid concerts held for Los Angeles wildfire relief

The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and more took to the stage and performed at FireAid, two star-studded shows in Inglewood, California to support Los Angeles’ wildfire relief efforts.

CNN

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How sustainable farming is combatting hunger

Drought and crop failure are a pervasive threat in Guatemala where hunger and malnutrition run rampant, particularly in rural areas – a reality that international aid programs are trying to curb.

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World Central Kitchen chef says aid workers were deliberately targeted

Celebrity chef Jose Andres told Reuters in an emotional interview that the Israeli airstrike that killed seven of his World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza had been deliberately targeted, and he rejected Israeli and U.S. assertions t...

Reuters

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U.N. Secretary-General urges nations to "flood" Gaza with aid

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stood near a long line of waiting trucks and declared it was time to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid," calling the starvation inside the enclave a “moral outrage.” He urged an immediate cease...

France 24

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Aid ship arrives in Gaza as Israel prepares Rafah attack

A boat full of aid and supplies has landed in Gaza shores for the first time since the latest war began. It is a pittance of what is needed by the desperate population of the territory because not enough aid is being allowed in.

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Humanitarian ship reaches Gaza carrying food, aid

A Cyprus ship carrying 200 tons of aid has reached Gaza, aiming to feed 600,000 Palestinians amid severe blockade. The ship's arrival comes as Gaza continues to face dire humanitarian conditions due to the ongoing blockade imposed by Isr...

Al Jazeera

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Aid efforts intensify in Gaza as famine looms

Efforts grow to get more aid into the war-devastated Gaza Strip, where the U.N. warns of famine and desperate residents have stormed relief shipments. After mediators failed to reach a truce between Israel and Hamas militants for the Mus...

France 24

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Staffer killed by Israeli strike on U.N. aid facility in Gaza

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said one of its staff members was killed on Wednesday in an Israeli strike on a food distribution centre in war-hit Gaza. The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip had earlier said...

France 24

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First Gaza aid ship expected to depart from Cyprus soon

The first aid ship to use a new maritime aid corridor is expected to depart for Gaza this weekend, where aid agencies are warning that a famine is looming as hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians struggle to find basic necessit...

Reuters

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Gaza's Health Ministry says children are dying of malnutrition

Nearly five months into Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip and resulting mass displacement, acute shortages of food have led to what the United Nations is describing as a nutrition crisis, part of a wider humanitarian catastrophe. Gaza's...

France 24

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Nine killed by Israeli bombing of aid truck in Gaza

At least nine people have been killed and many others injured in an Israeli bombing of an aid truck in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, according to witnesses cited by the Wafa news agency. Israeli army also bombed residential bu...

Al Jazeera

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U.S. to airdrop aid into Gaza, Biden says

U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to carry out a first military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza, a day after the deaths of Palestinians queuing for aid threw a spotlight on an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the crowd...

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Aid agencies warn Gaza is on the brink of famine

Aid agencies are warning that the unfolding humanitarian crisis there will soon reach a tipping point. Palestinians across the strip are being forced to go days without food or water. And are struggling to fend off starvation, as Israel'...

Al Jazeera

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Israel bombs U.N.R.W.A. building in Gaza

Casualties are being reported from an Israeli bombing of a U.N.R.W.A. building housing displaced people in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. An Israeli raid was targeting a Palestinian vehicle east of the camp at the t...

Al Jazeera

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Basic necessities in Gaza face severe inflation

Gaza's high costs and low income make diapers a luxury. With prices around $1 per diaper, many parents are forced to find alternatives, such as pieces of cloth. The situation is worsened by the lack of aid and basic hygiene products, mak...

Al Jazeera

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U.S. pauses funding for UNRWA over Hamas connection

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees fired a number of its staffers in Gaza suspected of taking part in the October 7 attack by Hamas and other militants on southern Israel, its director said. The move prompted the United States, the a...

France 24

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Foreign aid enters Gaza after Hamas-Israel deal

Desperately needed medicine and other humanitarian aid has entered Gaza. It was sent from Qatar hours after a deal was reached between Israel and Hamas to allow the supplies to be distributed.

Al Jazeera

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UNICEF: Afghanistan in crisis from October earthquake

96,000 Afghan children are in desperate need of support after last year's devastating earthquakes. That is according to UNICEF, which says the atmosphere in villages is "thick with suffering" as a bitter winter grips the country. At leas...

Al Jazeera

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Third convoy of international aid enters Gaza

At least 400 Palestinians have been killed in some of the worst overnight attacks on the territory, according to health officials in Gaza. Humanitarian aid continues to enter as hospitals are in dire need of medical supplies. Thousands o...

Al Jazeera

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U.N. warns Gaza's water supply reaching crisis point

The United Nations has warned about the lack of clean and safe water for the people of Gaza. The enclave receives its supply from pipelines from Israel, desalination plants and wells. But after the Hamas attack, Israel cut off its water,...

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