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Unicef head says Haiti situation nears chaos of ‘Mad Max’

The UN children’s agency chief said the chaotic situation in Haiti was ‘almost like a scene out of ‘Mad Max.’ The UN children’s agency chief offered a dire assessment Sunday of the chaotic situation in Haiti, saying it was “almost like a scene out of ‘Mad Max,’” which depicted a violent and lawless post-apocalyptic future.

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Top Senegalese opposition leader freed from jail as election nears

Senegal’s top opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, was released from jail late Thursday ahead of the country’s presidential election scheduled for March 24, his lawyer said. Sonko and his key ally, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, were both set free, his lawyer Bamba Cisse told The Associated Press. Supporters gathered at Sonko’s house and at other locations in

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As Gaza Death Toll Nears 30,000, Israel’s Isolation Grows

When David Ben-Gurion, one of Israel’s founding fathers, was warned in 1955 that his plan to seize the Gaza Strip from Egypt would provoke a backlash in the United Nations, he famously derided the U.N., playing off its Hebrew acronym, as “Um-Shmum.” The phrase came to symbolize Israel’s willingness to defy international organizations when it

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Hamas weighs Gaza truce as deadly fighting nears fifth month

Israel has warned its ground forces could advance on Rafah as part of its campaign to eliminate Hamas militants. Israeli strikes across Gaza killed scores overnight and battles raged Sunday in the besieged territory’s south as Hamas was reviewing a proposal for a halt in the nearly four-month-long war. French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne was

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Warming world nears critical 1.5C limit in 2023: monitor

Climate change intensified heatwaves, droughts and wildfires, pushing the global thermometer 1.48 C above the preindustrial benchmark. The year of 2023 was the hottest on record, with the increase in Earth’s surface temperature nearly crossing the critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius, EU climate monitors said Tuesday. Climate change intensified heatwaves, droughts and wildfires across

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