Soup kitchens that assist hundreds of thousands of starving people are being shut down. HIV-positive people around the world are potentially left without medicine. Projects against malnutrition are being discontinued. The Trump administration's aid massacre has direct and life-threatening consequences. Even though a judge has now paused parts of Trump's directive, millions of lives have been turned upside down in just a few days.
World politicsThe price tag for climbing the world's highest mountain is increasing. The hike comes after repeated warnings about littering and overcrowded trails.
WorldSame-sex couples can now enter into marriage in Thailand since a new law has come into force. Already on the first day, nearly 2,000 couples took the opportunity to get married. We have been waiting for this day for ten years, says newlywed Thanaphon Chokhongsung.
WorldThousands of foreign soldiers have been offered Russian passports – which they hoped would be the ticket to money and freedom. Instead, they were tied to the front. Now they say that since we are Russian citizens, we must fight to the end of the war, says Cuban Jorge to Politico.
WorldHouses have collapsed, roads blocked and ambulances have been forced to drive non-stop. Over 120 people have died in the powerful earthquake in a hard-to-reach region in the Himalayas in Tibet. Extensive aftershocks are being reported from the region.
WorldAt least 318 people have died in plane crashes in 2024. This makes the year the deadliest for commercial air travel since 2018, reports Bloomberg.
WorldIt crawled on earth between 10 and 12 million years ago. Now, the ancient fossil of a young fish-eating crocodile has been found in Peru.
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