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Stowaways on tanker from Nigeria set for deportation from Spain

Two of three stowaways who were rescued in Spain's Canary Islands after enduring 11 days on the rudder of a fuel tanker from Nigeria have been returned to the ship with the aim of deporting them.

Reuters · Nov 29, 2022

Red Cross: Afghans Will Struggle for Their Lives This Winter

More Afghans will be struggling for survival as living conditions deteriorate in the year ahead, a top official of the International Committee of the Red Cross said in an interview, as the country braces for its second winter under Taliban rule. The group’s seizure of power in August 2021 sent…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 21, 2022

Red Cross: Afghans will struggle for their lives this winter

A senior official with the International Committee of the Red Cross says that Afghans will struggle for their lives as the country braces for its second winter under Taliban rule and faces plummeting humanitarian conditions

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2022

Ukrainian accommodation issue exposes our deeper housing crisis, Irish Red Cross chief

Two weeks ago, 43 people were left with nowhere to sleep as the State ran out of accommodation

Irish Mirror · Oct 31, 2022

‘I prayed to God to find him’: the families scattered by violence in DRC

Hundreds of children have been separated from their parents and guardians as people flee rebel attacks on eastern parts of the country

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022

Six found dead in suspected murder-suicide before raging flat fire in Wisconsin

Hartland Police Chief, Torin Misko, confirmed that six people had died in the fire, with reports of the fatalities sustaining gunshot wounds, including one that was self inflicted

Daily Mirror · Oct 25, 2022

There are only 100 Anti-D plasma donors in Australia, but their antibodies save thousands of babies each year

After nearly dying in a car crash and receiving blood transfusions, Sam Ryan's blood developed Anti-D antibodies that can prevent the potentially fatal Haemolytic disease of a fetus or newborn baby.

ABC News · Oct 22, 2022

Russian official says 'practical' issues delay visit to POWs

A Russian diplomat says the International Committee of the Red Cross has conducted at least five visits to Ukrainian prisoners of war since Russia invaded Ukraine

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022

US will give $2m to Cuba in emergency relief funding for Hurricane Ian victims

The money will be used in work with independent organizations like the Red Cross and not go through the Cuban government

The Guardian - US · Oct 18, 2022

Bucs’ Joe Tryon-Shoyinka helps lift up single parent families

TAMPA, Fla. — Joe Tryon-Shoyinka steered the Toyota sedan slowly and parked it just a few feet from Kenitra Lofton, a single mom in Hillsborough County with six children who tearfully took the keys from the Bucs linebacker.

Tribune News Service · Oct 16, 2022