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  Gaza could possibly be "on the brink of famine," Cindy McCain says

  CBS News

  Cindy McCain, the head of the World Food Programme, tells "Face the Nation" that the "bottom line here is that we need to get more aid" into Gaza, …

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  Nov 23

  Ethiopia drought: Fifty die of hunger in Tigray and Amhara amid aid freeze

  bbc.co.uk - By Kalkidan Yibeltal & Danai Nesta Kupemba

  More than 50 people have died in Ethiopia's northern Tigray and Amhara regions amid drought and an aid freeze, local officials have told the BBC. The Horn of Africa has had five failed rainy seasons since 2019, according to the UN. The US and UN suspended aid earlier this year after allegations of …

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  Global food systems ‘broken’, says UN chief, urging transformation in how we produce, consume food

  United Nations

  UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday highlighted the need to address global hunger, promote cooperation between businesses and …

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  Race against time to stop ‘humanitarian disaster’ among Sudan refugees in Chad

  The Guardian - Lizzy Davies

  Tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees, many of them children, who have crossed the border into Chad risk a “major humanitarian disaster” when the rainy season begins within weeks, a Red Cross official has warned. About 80,000 people have sought refuge in the country to the west of Sudan as weeks of …

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  News Wrap: Somalia drought killed an estimated 43,000 people last year

  PBS NewsHour

  In our news wrap Monday, a report estimates Somalia’s longest drought on record killed 43,000 people last year, the French government survived …

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  A Mass Extinction Is Taking Place in the Human Gut

  Wired UK - Sabrina Weiss

  To preserve humankind’s diverse bacteria, scientists are harvesting, freezing, and storing poop from around the world. In November 2022, Swiss …