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Tag: World Food Program

Global hunger crisis escalates: 343 million face food insecurity, 1.9 million...

A shocking 343 million people face acute hunger worldwide, with funding shortfalls and rising conflicts pushing millions closer to catastrophe. The World Food Program urgently calls for $16.9 billion to avert disaster.

Israel’s ‘starvation strategy’: IDF targets World Food Program vehicle as Gaza’s...

As famine spreads across Gaza, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are accused of targeting humanitarian workers, including a World Food Program vehicle, in what some are calling a deliberate strategy to starve the Palestinian population.

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Teamsters launch largest strike against Amazon in US history to demand fair wages and...

Amazon workers launch historic nationwide strike, demanding better wages, safer conditions, and union recognition from the $2 trillion corporation.

Pregnant woman in labor cited under Kentucky anti-homelessness law

Pregnant homeless woman in labor ticketed under Kentucky’s anti-camping law, sparking national outrage over the criminalization of homelessness.

Elon Musk for Speaker of the House? Republicans float billionaire amid spending bill fight

Republicans propose Elon Musk as Speaker of the House after his role in sinking a spending bill, raising unprecedented ethical and governance concerns.

Israeli soldiers enforce kill zone in Gaza, targeting civilians and leaving bodies to rot

Israeli forces implement open-fire policies in Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor, targeting civilians and leaving corpses uncollected as a warning to others.

Syria’s new fundamentalist government: Women ‘biologically’ unsuited to politics, universities to be segregated

The comments provoked a firestorm of protest among Syrian women and, well, non-fundamentalists.