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Global Red Cross suspends Belarus chapter after its chief boasted of bringing in Ukrainian children

Dec. 01, 2023 16:42 PM EST

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The International Red Cross on Friday suspended the Belarusian chapter after its chief stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from Russian-controlled areas to Belarus. The International Federation of Red...

Red Cross bus carrying Palestinian prisoners released by Israel arrives in West Bank town of Ramallah

Nov. 27, 2023 18:36 PM EST
Ramallah, WEST BANK (AP) — Red Cross bus carrying Palestinian prisoners released by Israel arrives in West Bank town of Ramallah.

Red Cross bus carrying freed Palestinian prisoners arrives in West Bank town

Nov. 25, 2023 19:26 PM EST
AL BIREH, West Bank (AP) — Red Cross bus carrying freed Palestinian prisoners arrives in West Bank town.

Ohio interstate crash involving busload of high school students leaves 6 dead, 18 injured

Nov. 16, 2023 16:40 PM EST

ETNA, Ohio (AP) — A charter bus filled with high school students was rear-ended by a semitruck on an Ohio highway Tuesday morning, leaving six people dead and 18 injured, officials said. Five vehicles were involved in the crash, including a Pioneer Trails charter bus carrying...

Supplies alone won’t save Gaza hospital patients and evacuation remains perilous, experts say

Nov. 16, 2023 04:14 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — As concerns grow for patients stranded inside Gaza’s biggest hospital, experts warned that transporting vulnerable people, including babies, is a perilous proposition under even the best circumstances. On Tuesday, Palestinian authorities proposed a supervised...

Ready Capital: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Nov. 07, 2023 18:58 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Ready Capital Corporation (RC) on Tuesday reported third-quarter net income of $45.7 million. On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had net income of 25 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 28 cents per...

Evacuees live nomadic life after Maui wildfire as housing shortage intensifies and tourists return

Oct. 21, 2023 02:10 AM EDT

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Charles Nahale spent a restless night trying to sleep in the back seat of his pickup truck after a wildfire destroyed his home and the town of Lahaina. The next two nights weren’t much better: The singer and guitarist put his feet on one chair and sat in another as he...

Global Red Cross urges ouster of Belarus chapter chief who boasted of bringing in Ukrainian children

Oct. 04, 2023 14:40 PM EDT

GENEVA (AP) — The international Red Cross is calling for the ouster of the head of the Belarus Red Cross, who stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from Russian-controlled areas to Belarus. The board of the International...

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...