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The Red Cross: Badly needed food, medicine shipped to Azerbaijan’s breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region

Sep. 18, 2023 06:39 AM EDT

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday that it shipped badly needed flour and medical supplies to an ethnic Armenian region within Azerbaijan that has been suffering under a road blockade since late last year. The region, Nagorno-Karabakh,...

Road collision kills 4 Greek rescue workers dispatched to flood-stricken Libya, health minister says

Sep. 17, 2023 17:32 PM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — Four Greek rescue workers dispatched to Libya following devastating flooding in the eastern city of Derna were killed in a road collision Sunday, Libya's health minister said. Some 11,300 people died when two dams collapsed during Mediterranean storm Daniel last week...

Italy works to transfer thousands of migrants who reached a tiny island in a day

Sep. 14, 2023 20:01 PM EDT

LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, Italy (AP) — A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa was overwhelmed Thursday as authorities worked to transfer to the mainland thousands of people who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week. The Red Cross...

Death toll soars to 11,300 in flooding in Libya's coastal city of Derna, Libyan Red Crescent says

Sep. 14, 2023 14:32 PM EDT
DERNA, Libya (AP) — Death toll soars to 11,300 in flooding in Libya's coastal city of Derna, Libyan Red Crescent says.

A Red Cross and Red Crescent official says the number of missing people after deadly floods in Libya has reached 10,000

Sep. 12, 2023 05:35 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — A Red Cross and Red Crescent official says the number of missing people after deadly floods in Libya has reached 10,000.

The international Red Cross cuts budget, staffing levels as humanitarian aid dries up

Sep. 11, 2023 16:45 PM EDT

GENEVA (AP) — The part of the international Red Cross that deals with conflict and prisoners of war announced Monday it will trim its projected budget by about one-eighth next year and cut nearly 20% of staff at its headquarters. The International Committee of the Red Cross, which...

Moroccan villagers mourn after earthquake brings destruction to their rural mountain home

Sep. 10, 2023 04:44 AM EDT

MOULAY BRAHIM, Morocco (AP) — The ground shook with a force few had ever felt, thundering through the remote Moroccan village in the dark of night. When the earthquake was over late Friday, the town carved into the Atlas Mountains lay in devastation, with possibly dozens dead,...

Denver house explodes and partially collapses, hospitalizing 1

Aug. 11, 2023 15:25 PM EDT

DENVER (AP) — An explosion caused a multifamily house in Denver to partially collapse, sending one person to the hospital with minor injuries, authorities said. Natural gas was the suspected cause of the blast, the Denver Fire Department said Friday. Officials continued to...

How to help or donate in response to the deadly wildfire in Maui

Aug. 10, 2023 19:37 PM EDT

While rescue and emergency operations continued Thursday at the deadly wildfires that swept across the Hawaiian island of Maui, many people are already looking for ways to support the response and provide relief to those affected. The full extent of the damage and the recovery needs...

Ready Capital: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Aug. 07, 2023 18:27 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Ready Capital Corporation (RC) on Monday reported second-quarter net income of $248.9 million. The New York-based company said it had net income of $1.76 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 35 cents per share. ...