California mulls a billionaire tax, revealing a deeply divided state
Billionaires threaten to leave the state to avoid paying a tax that would replace the US government’s cuts to Medicaid.
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Yemen faces worst food crisis since 2022, aid group warns
Aid cuts, conflict and economic collapse push millions of Yemenis towards severe hunger in 2026.
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Central African Republic election: Who’s running and what’s at stake?
President Touadera’s decision to stand for a third term has drawn criticism from opposition groups and civil society.
Displaced Gaza families struggle as winter storm hits
Families face flooded tents, sewage, extreme overcrowding, and deepening hardship amid ongoing displacement.
USAID cuts strand rural women seeking maternal healthcare in Malawi
As remote health posts are disrupted or closed, communities and medics say women are not getting the care they need.
US tariffs ruin education dreams for children in India’s diamond hub
For decades, India’s diamond industry offered workers a way to a better income and life for their families. Not anymore.
Indonesia counts human cost as more climate change warnings sounded
Indonesia says 1,000 dead, some 1 million displaced from rains as report points at the threat posed by climate change.
‘The homeland is the homeland’: Venezuelans brace for possible US attack
Residents of Caracas go about their routines amid growing anxiety over the deployment of US military assets offshore.
AI threatens to widen inequality among states: UN
Report warns of potential ‘great divergence’, with developed states profiting and others left behind.
Pope Leo urges unity on day two of Lebanon visit
Martyrs’ Square became the symbolic backdrop for interfaith solidarity amid the country’s political paralysis.
Hong Kong fire that killed at least 94 ‘under control’ but hundreds missing
Death toll rises to 94 as rescuers try to reach people trapped in upper apartments of high rises.
