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How a US-backed body plans to handle Gaza’s food distribution and why aid groups oppose it
A US-backed group that is slated to take over aid distribution in Gaza says it's started operations despite opposition from ...
'Violates humanitarian principles': UN rejects Israel-approved Gaza aid rollout by US-backed group
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is the linchpin of a new aid system that would wrest distribution away from aid groups led ...
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The Future of Drought in the United States
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...
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See the complicated landscape of plastic bans in the U.S.
The court battle demonstrates how cities and states are increasingly clashing over whether it’s legal to ban plastic. California, New York, and hundreds of municipalities in the U.S. ban or fine ...
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Where states reopened and cases spiked after the U.S. shutdown
The United States accounts for a quarter of the world’s coronavirus cases, and the death toll is more than 189,000. Open now: Gyms, personal-care businesses such as salons and barbershops ...