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Mormons and NAACP seek to advance work with new initiatives

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SALT LAKE CITY — Top leaders from the NAACP and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced $9.25 million in new educational...

Pope demands food aid reach starving people of Tigray

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ROME — Pope Francis demanded Sunday that humanitarian aid reach hungry people in the war-torn Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, where Ethiopian and Eritrean...

Report on Tigray: 350,000 face famine, 2 million a step away

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UNITED NATIONS — A report issued Thursday warns that over 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray province are facing famine and over 2 million are...

UN official: Key committee says 350,000 in famine in Tigray

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UNITED NATIONS — A high-level U.N.-led committee that focuses on rapid responses to humanitarian crises estimates that some 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray...

US envoy: Syrians face ‘senseless cruelty’ if border is shut

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ANKARA, Turkey — The closure of a final humanitarian border crossing into Syrian could cause “senseless cruelty” to millions of Syrians, the U.S. ambassador...

US envoy heads to Turkey seeking to ensure aid to Syrians

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.S ambassador to the United Nations headed to Turkey late Tuesday seeking to ensure that humanitarian aid can be delivered...

Aid worker killed in Tigray as humanitarians are targeted

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KAMPALA, Uganda — An Ethiopian national working for an Italian charity was killed in the war-hit Tigray region on Saturday after he was “hit...

UN appeals for $95 million for urgent Gaza aid and repairs

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UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations launched an emergency appeal Thursday for $95 million for Gaza for the next three months to meet immediate...

WFP boosts assistance in Lebanon as economic crisis deepens

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BEIRUT — The World Food Program said on Wednesday it is tripling its assistance to Lebanon, offering cash assistance to nearly 300,000 people amid...

US restricting visas, taking other action over Tigray crisis

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WASHINGTON — The United States has begun restricting visas for people undermining efforts to resolve the deadly fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region, saying it...