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Israeli attacks kill Oxfam partner colleague, destroy clinics in Gaza.

Israel’s destruction of 3 Oxfam partner premises this week underscores the threat to Gaza’s humanitarian workers and facilities, including services to protect pregnant women. oxf.am/gaza-partner...

AP: Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

Children around the world have died because Trump and Musk needlessly destroyed USAID. These are some of their stories.

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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

In the last two years, a staggering 64,000 children have reportedly been killed or maimed across the Gaza Strip in a devastating war that is an affront to our shared humanity. Israeli strikes on Gaza City and other parts of the Gaza Strip continue. For the sake of all children in Gaza, this war must end now. - Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director

Israeli strikes on Gaza City and other parts of the Gaza Strip continue. We call on Israel to ensure full protection of the lives of all civilians.

For the sake of all children in Gaza, this war must end now.

Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell: https://unicef.link/3KG01sT

Child marriage puts girls at risk of violence, limits their independence and their ability to make choices about their lives. We're standing with girls as they call on decision-makers to take immediate action to #EndChildMarriage
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A Venezuelan singer won asylum. ICE detained him for two more months. The singer known online as Davicito59 won his asylum case in July. Still, ICE kept him in custody for two more months — a holdup several experts called unlawful.

When a judge told Claudio David Balcane González “Welcome to the United States,” he sobbed. He had finally been granted asylum.

Then ICE detained him for 63 more days @marialuisapaul.bsky.social reports

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Peaceful connections, between 2 nuclear powers, is a GOOD thing.

‘We called ourselves the lifeboat crew’: how fired USAID workers launched a rescue project ‘to save as many babies as we can’ After the Trump administration closed the organisation down, a group of former staff secured new funding for almost 80 programmes, benefiting an estimated 40 million people

‘We called ourselves the lifeboat crew’: how fired USAID workers launched a rescue project ‘to save as many babies as we can’.

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Jane Goodall was awesome.
Articles on her work in National Geographic were inspiring. A real trailblazer. She will be missed.

Pope Leo rebukes climate skeptics after Trump calls warming a ‘con job’ The Illinois native’s comments come a week after the U.S. president derided the fight against climate change.

Pope Leo XIV denounced people who deny climate change today, arguing that they are contributing to the destruction of God's creation.

Jane Goodall was awesome.
The articles on her work in National Geographic were inspiring. A real trailblazer. She will be missed.

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

One of the loveliest people has left us. Jane Goodall not only taught us so much about the social world of chimpanzees, she also taught us a lot about ourselves. The importance of kindness, and that of mutual respect. Thank you Jane for all you so selflessly gave to this world. We need more Janes.

Who benefits from the world's critical mineral riches? | Context by TRF New report shows resource-rich nations earn little as minerals flow from Global South mines to factories in China and markets in the West

"Tesla earns about $3,150 in profit per car, each containing roughly 3kg of cobalt. The Congolese government receives less than $10 in royalties for that cobalt, while a miner may see about $7, Oxfam said."

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MSF forced to suspend activities amid Israeli offensive in Gaza City | MSF The intense Israeli forces' offensive in Gaza City, Palestine, is putting our staff and patients at an unacceptable level of risk to continue our lifesaving activities.

“We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities, as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces... This is the last thing we wanted.”

We have been forced to suspend our activities and leave Gaza City.

At UN, Ghana's leader warns against normalizing anti-migrant 'hatred'

At UN, Ghana's leader warns against normalising anti-migrant 'hatred':

"We cannot normalise cruelty. We cannot normalsze hatred. We cannot normalise xenophobia and racism," he said.

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The US and several countries show reduced numbers of jobs ads from 2024-Q1 to 2025-Q1. Only Syria jobs are more than last year.

A multiple line graph showing Jan to March 2025 the lowest for 12 years in terms of new job ads on aid job board ReliefWeb.

Line graph: New US-based humanitarian jobs used to be hundreds per month. That’s cratered to under 30 in Feb 2025.

Postings are cratering on aid job board ReliefWeb:

⬇️ Q1 2025 has the least new postings since 2014.

📉 In Feb, there were only 29 US-based vacancies.

🌐 Among major locations, only Syria has more jobs in Q1 2025 YOY.

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Me: posting in a personal capacity

Opinion | Trump’s Most Lethal Policy

According to a State Department memo, the shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development will cost taxpayers an extra $6.4 billion.

That amount could save more than one million children's lives, and this administration is instead stealing our money to eliminate programs that save lives.

Cameroon: Amnesty calls for release of 36 activists, five years after crackdown Cameroon on Monday is marking ​​five years since protests organised by the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (MRC) were violently repressed by the authorities. More than 500 people were arbitrarily arrest...

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Cholera outbreak kills 58 in northeast Nigeria A cholera outbreak has killed 58 people and infected more than 250 across Bauchi State in northeast Nigeria, authorities said on Friday, prompting the launch of new committees to bolster emergency response and prevention efforts.

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We cannot turn a blind eye to the tremendous suffering in Sudan. America must continue working to press for an end to this horrific conflict and ensure the release of more humanitarian aid.

Human rights experts join rising chorus that accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.'s Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

BREAKING: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a team of independent experts commissioned by the U.N.’s Human Rights Council concludes.

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement * Middle East crisis – live updates A UN commission of inquiry concluded on Tuesday that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had incited these acts. It cited examples of the scale of the killings, aid blockages, forced displacement and the destruction of a fertility clinic to back up its genocide finding, adding its voice to rights groups and others that have reached the same conclusion. Continue reading...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry

Scientists link hundreds of severe heat waves to fossil fuel producers' pollution A new study finds dozens of heat waves would be "virtually impossible" without the activity of major fossil fuel producers, including oil companies.

A new study finds dozens of heat waves would be "virtually impossible" without the activity of major fossil fuel producers, including oil companies.

What is happening in Gaza has shaken the conscience of the world.

Man-made famine can never be a weapon of war. This must stop.

EU aid to Gaza far outweighs that of any other partner.

But of course, Europe needs to do more.

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their client's imminent removal cannot be reconciled with the TVPRA's access to counsel requirements. 8 U.S.C. § 1232(c)(5); see also ECF No. 20-1 at 16-17.1º Third, Defendants' actions in apparently suspending Plaintiffs' and putative class members' immigration cases in the middle of proceedings also violate the TVPRA and the INA, as well as the HSA. Recently, for example, ORR sent immigration judges a list of six putative class members allegedly "amenable" to voluntary departure even though they have not requested it. See Ex. P, Donovan-Kaloust Decl. 1 5. Two putative class members attended immigration court hearings on August 29, 2025, where a judge stated they were on a list to take voluntary departure. Reply Ex. M, M.A.L.R. Decl. 1 4; Ex. L, C.M.L. Decl. 9 4; Although both declined and stated that they wanted to pursue relief from removal, Defendants nonetheless awoke them at night on August 31, 2025, preparing to expel them to Guatemala. See id. Congress has made clear that ORR does not have authority to determine whether an unaccompanied child receives an immigration benefit, including voluntary departure, 6 U.S.C. § 279(c),"' and that unaccompanied minors have a right to seek voluntary departure in accordance with the INA, 8 U.S.C. § 1229c; 8 U.S.C. § 1232(a)(5)(D)(ii). These procedures purportedly implemented by Defendants violate the TVPRA, the INA, and HSA. They would-and very nearly did-result in erroneous expulsions of Plaintiffs and putative class members.

The Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is statutorily responsible for looking after the best interests of unaccompanied migrant children, has been giving immigration judges lists of kids who are “amenable” to voluntary departure, even though they aren’t

Judge says Trump administration’s effort to end TPS protections for Venezuelans and Haitians is illegal Washington — A federal judge in California ruled Friday that the Trump administration's attempt to end the Temporary Protected Status program for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan and Haitian migrants was unlawful. The move by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen effectively sets aside the administration's attempt to end temporary legal protections and work permits for certain people from Venezuela and Haiti — unless his ruling is overturned on appeal. Chen ruled in favor of the National TPS Alliance, an organization that represents TPS holders across the country, and a group of Venezuelan migrants who received protections under the program.

Judge says Trump administration’s effort to end TPS protections for Venezuelans and Haitians is illegal

Washington — A federal judge in California ruled Friday that the Trump administration's attempt to end the Temporary Protected Status program for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan and Haitian…

When Floods Favour The Powerful Floods in Pakistan reveal deep social inequalities, where elites protect assets while the poor face devastation, displacement, and cycles of vulnerability

Floods in #Pakistan reveal deep inequalities: elites protect assets while the poor face devastation, displacement.

While #ClimateChange, deforestation, unregulated urbanisation, & governance failures remain critical drivers, floods do not affect all equally.
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Cut to the bone: The cost of ration cuts and delivery delays in Kenya's refugee camps New research demonstrates the overwhelming impact reducing rations has on local camp economies and people’s survival.

In June, WFP cut rations to refugees in Kenya to the equivalent of 20 cents per day. It is almost impossible to survive on so little. Hunger is now widespread.

Watchdog Warns Trump’s Cuts at FEMA Pose a ‘Major Challenge’

FEMA helps communities recover after disasters. They’re essential to keeping working people safe.

The Trump admin’s work to “downsize” the department is putting thousands of lives at risk.

Right now, @unicefsupply.bsky.social is packing and shipping lifesaving supplies from the UNICEF Global Supply Hub in Copenhagen to support the emergency response in #Afghanistan.

Here's how you can support these efforts to help children and families affected by the earthquake: bit.ly/42b4wl4