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Lifeguard shortage threatens full opening of Chicago beaches and pools this summer

CHICAGO — As Friday marked the official start of summer beach season, the city continues to face a severe, widespread lifeguard shortage that could result in closed beaches and pools later this year.

Chicago Tribune

DR Congo: Soldiers, civilians sentenced to death for selling arms

Those sentenced were found guilty of criminal association, war crimes, and participating in an insurrectional movement.

Al Jazeera

Andhra Pradesh: Red Cross contract employee ‘attempts suicide’ in Kurnool

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The Hindu

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What might happen to Ukraine’s Azovstal prisoners of war?

Attention now is turning to how the Mariupol POWs might be treated and what rights they have as prisoners of Russia.

Al Jazeera

EXPLAINER: What might happen to 100s of Ukrainian POWs?

The Red Cross says it has registered “hundreds” of Ukrainians POWs who have left the giant Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol after holding out in a weeks-long standoff with besieging Russian forces

The Independent UK

As Red Cross moves to pricey blood treatment method, hospitals call for more choice

Americans generally don’t spend much time thinking about the nation’s blood supply.

Tribune News Service

RTE Liveline listeners hear kind-hearted Dublin man offer home to Ukrainian family

Mike's wife sadly passed away in 2020 and they always wanted to help a family in need

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We all lose when charities compete with each other. They should join forces

You want to help Ukrainians in need. Should you donate to UNICEF, UNHCR, Red Cross, World Vision, Caritas, Save the Children or some other charitable organisation?

The Conversation

Response to war in Ukraine provides glimmer of hope to veteran aid worker

Jessica Letch says the compassion shown for people displaced by the war in Ukraine is unlike anything she has seen in her 22-year career. She'd like to see everybody supported with "the same amount of heart".

ABC News

Ukrainians make gains in east, hold on at Mariupol mill

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv’s military has made small gains near the eastern city of Kharkiv

The Independent UK

Threat of being sent to Rwanda ‘harming health of UK asylum seekers’

Rights organisations say refugees going into hiding as Home Office admits LGBTQ+ people could face persecution in African country

The Guardian - UK

Fighters appeal for evacuation of wounded from Mariupol mill

Fighters of the Azov Regiment, the Ukrainian unit holed up in the besieged Azovstal steel mill in the devastated port city of Mariupol, have released photos of their wounded comrades in arms who they say are in the plant, along with an appeal to the United Nations and Red Cross…

The Independent UK

Spain rescues 13 migrants off Gran Canaria, twice as many said missing

Two Spanish coast guard helicopters rescued 13 migrants in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands on Monday, authorities said, but those rescued told Red Cross workers that about twice as many were missing and probably drowned.

Reuters

Governor inaugurates IRCS’s thalassemia centre at Paderu, old age home in Kakinada

Harichandan lauds Red Cross services during the pandemic

The Hindu

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Irish Mirror

FAI to gift 2,000 tickets to Ukrainian refugee community and €100k to Irish Red Cross Ukraine Crisis appeal

2,000 Ukrainians will get to attend their country's Nations League clash with Ireland on Wednesday June 8

Chronicle Live

Northumberland breweries' anti-imperial stout for Ukraine launches this week after raising around £4,000

The beer, named Resist, has raised around £4,000 for the Red Cross in Ukraine

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Unleashes Rockets at Steel Plant, Some Evacuees Reach Safety

Russia unleashed rockets on Tuesday on an encircled steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine's last redoubt in the port city, after a ceasefire broke down with some civilians still trapped beneath the sprawling site despite a UN-brokered evacuation. However, scores of exhausted-looking evacuees who managed to leave under UN and Red…

Reuters

Civilians still trapped in 'hell' after Mariupol evacuation - Red Cross

The head of the Red Cross in Ukraine said on Tuesday that an unknown number of civilians remained trapped in Mariupol and surrounding areas after it evacuated more than 100 civilians from the Azovstal plant.

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The Guardian - AU

Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa hit by Russian rocket strike – as it happened

This blog is closed. Follow further live coverage here

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Germany ‘ready’ to ban Russian oil

Ukraine news from May 2: Economy minister says Berlin could back embargo, as EU energy ministers debate fresh sanctions.

ABC News

What we know about the UN-led Azovstal steel plant evacuation in Mariupol

Humanitarian workers help civilians trapped inside the Mariupol steel plant out of their underground bunker and onto buses and to safety.

Daily Mirror

Traumatic before-and-after picture of girl, 5, shows full horror of Ukraine war

Child refugees who have fled Ukraine are suffering mental health issues and sickness as they are forced to wait for weeks on end for their UK visas to arrive, families claim

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: ‘Safe passage operation’ starts in Mariupol

UN confirms ‘safe passage operation’ is under way at the Azovstal steel plant to rescue civilians trapped by fighting.

The Independent UK

Almost 600 Ukrainian refugees granted visas to come to Northern Ireland

The total number of refugees who have arrived in Northern Ireland is not known, with many arriving at Dublin Airport.

Daily Record

Dundee airport bosses auction two vintage fire-engines to support Ukraine refugees

The 20-tonne machines were sold for £18k with the money going to the British Red Cross.

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