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US filings for jobless aid, a proxy for layoffs, inch down modestly last week as uncertainty lingers
The number of Americans filing unemployment claims last week fell slightly as businesses continue to retain employees despite ...
State Department refugee office to assume USAID's disaster aid role, says cable
The State Department office that handles refugee issues will lead the U.S. response to overseas disasters, according an ...
Pope Leo XIV calls for end of Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and "sufficient humanitarian aid" to be let in
Pope Leo XIV says the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, "the heartbreaking price of which is paid by children, the elderly, the sick, ...
UN says Israel to allow 100 aid trucks into Gaza as humanitarian chief warns of baby deaths
Meanwhile, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer tells Parliament he is "horrified by the escalation from Israel" in its Gaza ...
Satellite imagery appears to show construction of new aid distribution sites in Gaza
Satellite images appear to show the construction of three large aid distribution sites in southern Gaza, amid reports about a ...
Court Approves Fire Sale of Most of Rite Aid's Pharmacy Assets
(Reuters) -Bankrupt Rite Aid on Wednesday received court approval to close stores and sell most of its pharmacy assets in ...
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Trump calls his own foreign aid cuts at USAID 'devastating'
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration's cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development and ...
U.N. says desperately needed food, medicines yet to reach people of Gaza
The United Nations said no aid has reached people in Gaza in dire need of food, water and medical supplies, including baby ...