Crisis

How the US foreign aid freeze is intensifying humanitarian crises across the globe

CNN — Food distribution is being stopped. Health services are being shut down. Lifesaving aid is being tied up, with no way to disburse it. These aren’t warnings of what’s to come, but examples of what aid workers say is the fallout of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid and the gutting of the …

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Egypt Independent February 6, 2025

RFK Jr. says he’ll fix the overdose crisis. Critics say his plan is risky

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says faith-based, 12-step and farm- or camp-centered programs should be a major part of the U.S.

NPR NEWS January 30, 2025

Afghanistan food crisis deepens as aid cuts leave many living on ‘just bread and tea’

Reuters — The head of the World Food Program in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after cuts in international aid and an impending freeze in US foreign funding. Many people were living on just “bread and tea,” WFP Country Director Hsiao-Wei Lee told Reuters. Afghanistan was …

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Egypt Independent January 29, 2025

Egyptian scientist proposes solution to the GERD crisis

Egyptian scientist Essam Heggy published a study in the Nature scientific group proposing solutions to generate hydroelectric power from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), without causing water deficit downstream in Egypt. The study proposes generating 87 percent of the total hydroelectric power from the GERD, without significant negative impacts on downstream countries, which will …

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Egypt Independent December 12, 2024

Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s mother hopes her hunger strike will ‘create a crisis’ to free him

Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s mother hopes her hunger strike will ‘create a crisis’ to free him Laila Soueif will continue her

Middle East Eye December 1, 2024

Russia is locking up butter as inflation crisis reaches new heights

CNN — Americans have spent the last few years complaining about inflation. But price rises in Russia are eye-watering by comparison – and just one symptom of an economy that is overheating. Butter, some meats, and onions are about 25 percent more expensive than a year ago, according to official data. Some supermarkets have taken …

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Egypt Independent November 19, 2024

A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion

CNN — Last month, two major storms, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, caused a total of between $51.5 billion and $81.5 billion of property damage, mostly to Southeastern US states, according to estimates from CoreLogic. That’s a lot of damage – but it’s only a small fraction of what climate change has cost people around …

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Egypt Independent November 12, 2024

Estonia’s President Alar Kares in exclusive interview says Egypt is critical to resolving Gaza crisis

Estonian President Alar Kares, in an exclusive interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm, said that Egypt plays a major role in resolving the Palestinian issue and working to stop the brutal war that has been ongoing in the Gaza Strip for more than 13 months, and having now expanded to Lebanon. He praised Egypt for being a …

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Egypt Independent November 11, 2024

988 crisis hotline counselors are sometimes targeted by sexually abusive callers

Daisy is a former crisis counselor at the local 988 call center in Bloomington, Ill. She holds a paper in

NPR NEWS October 31, 2024

US says Israel hasn’t done enough to reverse Gaza humanitarian crisis since its warning

US says Israel hasn’t done enough to reverse Gaza humanitarian crisis since its warning US letter warning Israel to reverse

Middle East Eye October 31, 2024

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