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Israeli military says opening new aid routes into Gaza

Tribute to deceased Chinese dissident exposes fractures at UN rights body

Rights groups petition European watchdog to secure clean water in French Caribbean

WHO says only more land crossings into Gaza can prevent famine

Factbox-How war has hit the Gaza Strip

UK Labour's Starmer urges people to leave Kate, Princess of Wales, alone

Satellite images show 35% of Gaza's building destroyed, UN says

Gaza ceasefire deal still possible but difficult work remains, Blinken says

Global fertility rates to decline, shifting population burden to low-income countries

Dengue outbreak in Argentina on track to break records

With no chance to celebrate Ramadan, Gazans gather at soup kitchens

Pope says "all efforts" must be made to end wars in Ukraine, Middle East

New Zealand government to ban disposable e-cigarettes

UN official protesting Gaza conflict alleges assault by security at headquarters

US Congress deal bars US funds to UNRWA until March 2025, sources say

In Gaza, starving children fill hospital wards as famine looms

Nigerian court denies separatist leader Kanu bail, orders trial

Food aid from Cyprus reaches starving people in northern Gaza, says charity

Many hospitals in China stop newborn delivery services as birth rate drops

Killing of teen in China puts 'left behind' children of migrant workers in spotlight

Bangladesh, Pakistan and India bottom in air quality rankings in 2023, data shows

Israeli airstrikes kill 20 in Gaza, Palestinian officials say

Looming Rafah incursion would 'break' Gaza aid distribution, UN says

Israel asks World Court not to order new measures over Gaza hunger

Gaza's catastrophic food shortage means mass death is imminent, monitor says

WHO chief voices concern over Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital

U.N. agency in Gaza says one in three children under 2 is acutely malnourished

Thailand's flourishing cannabis culture to end as government seeks ban

UN warns of catastrophic hunger in Sudan in coming months

Blinken calls for closer global cooperation on tackling synthetic drugs

UNICEF warns of catastrophic loss of lives in Sudan as famine looms

Black voters less swayed by Biden's message that Trump threatens democracy, poll shows

EU's Borrell says US must put more pressure on Israel over Gaza aid

Antarctic scientists warn of bird flu spread as penguin cases confirmed

Gaza's displaced break their Ramadan fast with canned food in the rubble

Nordic donors plan online clinic to treat Ukrainian children's war traumas

Israel says it will 'flood' Gaza with aid as pressure mounts to do more

Texas man who lived seven decades in iron lung dies at age 78

Global child mortality rates dropped in 2022 but progress slow, UN says