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Throwing a dinner party is a way to connect. Rookies, don't be intimidated
2 months, 1 week ago

Throwing a dinner party is a way to connect. Rookies, don't be intimidated

The Independent  

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Aid delivery in Gaza is nearly impossible. Why hasn’t the US intervened?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Aid delivery in Gaza is nearly impossible. Why hasn’t the US intervened?

Al Jazeera  

The UN says Israel is hampering efforts to deliver vaccines and other aid, but the US has offered little public pressure. “The United States government has run out of words and hasn’t even issued its usual performative statements to comment on the UN suspension of its aid operations in Gaza,” said Raed Jarrar, the advocacy director at Democracy for the …

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UN continues aid operations in Gaza despite violence, Israeli evacuation orders
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN continues aid operations in Gaza despite violence, Israeli evacuation orders

China Daily  

Children are seen outside a building targeted in an Israeli airstrike in the Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on Aug 27, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - Despite Gaza's deadly violence and several recent Israeli evacuation orders further disrupting aid operations, the head of UN security said on Tuesday that relief deliveries are continuing. He said the Israeli Defense …

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Israel talks up Rafah invasion as Hamas prepares for full-scale attack
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel talks up Rafah invasion as Hamas prepares for full-scale attack

The Telegraph  

Amid 40C heat, key players from the UN gathered in a tattered compound in Rafah to hear the organisation’s most senior security official brief them on what many expect to be a traumatic and bloody few months in southern Gaza. “We can’t predict but we can prepare,” Gilles Michaud, UN Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security, told aid workers from the …

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Christmas is in jeopardy for some New Englanders after storms and flooding knocked out power
1 year ago

Christmas is in jeopardy for some New Englanders after storms and flooding knocked out power

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — Megan Michaud and her family of five lost power for three days after a powerful storm throttled her home state of Maine, and a new challenge is creeping up on her: It’s almost time for Christmas. “This morning, my second grader told me, ‘It’s five days until Christmas’ and I told myself that can’t be right,” said …

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Paris aims to keep Olympians cool without air conditioners
1 year, 9 months ago

Paris aims to keep Olympians cool without air conditioners

Associated Press  

The Paris Olympics is going underground to find a way to keep athletes cool at the 2024 Games without air conditioners. “I want the Paris Games to be exemplary from an environmental point of view,” said Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who has resolved to tackle climate change with an ambitious action plan that aims to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions …

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Esther Nakajjigo: Family of Ugandan philanthropist decapitated by traffic gate in Arches National Park awarded $10.5m
1 year, 10 months ago

Esther Nakajjigo: Family of Ugandan philanthropist decapitated by traffic gate in Arches National Park awarded $10.5m

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The family of Ugandan …

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Ugandan activist’s family awarded $10.5 million for Utah national park death
1 year, 10 months ago

Ugandan activist’s family awarded $10.5 million for Utah national park death

LA Times  

Delicate Arch is seen in Arches National Park on April 25, 2021, near Moab, Utah. The United States will pay family members of a Ugandan human rights activist killed in an accident at Arches National Park more than $10 million in damages, a federal judge ruled Monday. Though the amount was substantially less than pursued, attorneys representing the family of …

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US government tries to dodge $140m payout to family of philanthropist decapitated by national park gate
2 years ago

US government tries to dodge $140m payout to family of philanthropist decapitated by national park gate

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Attorneys for Nakajjigo’s family say that the US …

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4.4M Americans roll up sleeves for omicron-targeted boosters
2 years, 3 months ago

4.4M Americans roll up sleeves for omicron-targeted boosters

Associated Press  

U.S. health officials say 4.4 million Americans have rolled up their sleeves for the updated COVID-19 booster shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted the count Thursday as public health experts bemoaned President Joe Biden’s recent remark that “the pandemic is over.” The White House said more than 5 million people received the new boosters by its own …

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‘Get used to it’: Recent outbreaks give a taste of living with the coronavirus
2 years, 8 months ago

‘Get used to it’: Recent outbreaks give a taste of living with the coronavirus

LA Times  

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker at the opening night of Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite” at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway late last month in New York. “If you’re not an actor in a Broadway play or a politician you might fall through the testing cracks.” The public health response will vary from community to community based on what’s happening …

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‘Get used to it': Outbreaks give taste of living with virus
2 years, 8 months ago

‘Get used to it': Outbreaks give taste of living with virus

Associated Press  

The U.S. is getting a first glimpse of what it’s like to experience COVID-19 outbreaks during this new phase of living with the virus, and the roster of the newly infected is studded with stars. “If you’re not an actor in a Broadway play or a politician you might fall through the testing cracks.” The public health response will vary …

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Covid vaccine distribution: States face tough questions about who should get Covid-19 vaccines after the initial groups
4 years ago

Covid vaccine distribution: States face tough questions about who should get Covid-19 vaccines after the initial groups

CNN  

CNN — With the first shipments of a coronavirus vaccine poised to go out as early as this week, the plan to get the shots from the manufacturers into hospitals, assisted living homes, pharmacies and – ultimately – Americans’ arms, is still riddled with unknowns. Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post/Getty Images The challenges of distributing the vaccine to the …

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National Park Service faces $270M wrongful death claim after Uganda woman decapitated by gate
4 years, 1 month ago

National Park Service faces $270M wrongful death claim after Uganda woman decapitated by gate

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The National Park Service …

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