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WFP Chief Says Starvation Underway in Gaza as IPC Confirms Famine in Gaza City

WFP says access remains blocked, leaving an IPC-declared Gaza City famine without sufficient relief.

South Africa Launches Stiglitz-Led G20 Taskforce on Global Inequality

‘Mother’ Opens Venice Horizons, Draws Mixed Reviews for Punk-Tinged Mother Teresa Portrait

Tourism Boom Leaves Many Greeks Skipping Weeklong Holidays

Chicago Unions, Mayor Johnson Announce Labor Day 'Workers Over Billionaires' Rally

San Diego County Supervisors Vote 3–2 to Loosen Reserve Rules to Offset Federal Cuts

Poverty Data Under Fire in Argentina as Mexico Posts Big Declines

Paz Leads Bolivia Vote With 32% as Quiroga Takes 26.7%, Forcing Oct. 19 Runoff

WSJ Board Rebukes Musk’s UBI Push as Debate Shifts to AI-Funded Retirement

Cash Transfers Timed to Childbirth Halve Infant Deaths in Kenyan Trial

John Oliver Faults RFK Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ for Pseudoscience, Weakening Public Health

Pope Leo XIV Hosts Caritas Beneficiaries for Mass and Lakeside Lunch

Prabowo Defends Welfare-Led Growth and Unveils Ambitious 2026 Budget

South Africa Launches National Dialogue as Major Partners Withdraw

Oz Calls Medicaid Beneficiaries 'Idle' Over TV Habits and Pushes Work Requirements

CBO Forecasts 10 Million More Uninsured and Regressive Gains from Trump’s Tax Law

Tennessee and South Carolina Seek USDA Waivers to Ban Junk Food from SNAP

Hamas Maintains Secret Cash Salaries and Diverts Aid Payments in Gaza

Social Security to Issue Two SSI Payments in August, Moves September Check to Aug. 29