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Marco Rubio Dares Cuba to Accept $100 Million From the U.S., But There's One Condition

The United States said Wednesday it is ready to provide $100 million in direct assistance to the Cuban people, escalating a humanitarian and political challenge to Havana as the island struggles with blackouts, food shortages and one of the deepest economic crises in decades.

Latin Times

Survivors of scam compounds abandoned on streets in growing crisis

US aid cuts mean victims are being turned away

The Independent UK

Neglecting the UN could lead to a fragile world of unstable bilateral relations, Caritas warns

The marginalisation of the United Nations could bring the world back to fragile power politics, the Secretary-General of Caritas International Alistair Dutton told Euronews in an interview.

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Ibiza bar workers are living in tents as island hit by overtourism and rent crisis

One bar worker said she slept in a tent with her 3-year-old son until they were evicted

The Independent UK

Pope Leo invites local homeless people to lunch at summer villa

Pope Leo XIV has spent the last Sunday of his summer vacation with several dozen homeless people and the church volunteers who help them

The Independent UK

Catholic and Greek Orthodox leaders enter Gaza in rare solidarity visit after Israel's church strike

Top church leaders in the Holy Land headed into Gaza Friday for a rare solidarity visit one day after an Israeli shell slammed into the only Catholic church in the territory, killing three people

The Independent UK

Unacceptable’: Italy’s patience with Israel shatters after strike wounds Pope’s beloved priest

Now Israel has the Pope to answer to.

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Israeli strike on Gaza Catholic church kills two and injures several

The Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a formal apology for the strike, while the Israeli army said it has launched an investigation into the strike on Gaza's only Catholic church.

Euronews

Australian agencies count cost of US foreign aid axing

Water projects in Fiji and Samoa and peace-building efforts in the Papua New Guinea highlands are among projects hit by the US retreat on foreign aid.

AAP

Pope Francis' $500,000 Popemobile Won't Sit in a Museum or Go to Pope Leo XIV — It Has a New Purpose Now

Francis famously rejected the more secure, enclosed Popemobiles used by his predecessors, calling them 'sardine cans' that created distance between the Pope and the people.

International Business Times UK

One of these cardinals could become the new pope

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.”

The Independent UK

US aid freeze sets back fight against human trafficking in Cambodia

President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign assistance has dealt a blow organizations fighting human trafficking and forced labor in Cambodia, where tens of thousands of people are held captive and forced to work in call centers running telephone scams

The Independent UK

Rome's Trevi Fountain Unveils Tourist Catwalk During Cleaning

A suspended walkway providing tourists an up-close view of Rome's Trevi Fountain has been unveiled, a temporary addition while the famous 'La Dolce Vita' site undergoes a cleaning.

International Business Times

Tourists disappointed at ‘ugly’ substitute for one of Italy’s most famous attractions

The city is getting ready for millions more visitors next year

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Gaza crisis warning as Israeli aid agency ban condemned

Australia has joined a chorus of countries including Britain and Canada in condemning Israel's move to ban a Palestinian aid agency it accuses of terror links.

International Business Times

More Hunger, Less Money: Argentine Soup Kitchens Count Rations

In an Argentine soup kitchen, empty plastic containers are piling up from hungry visitors, and the cooks are worried their limited supply of pasta will not be enough to fill them.

International Business Times

EU Agrees 'Historic' Reform Of Asylum Laws

The EU on Wednesday agreed to an overhaul of its asylum laws that includes more border detention centres and speedier deportations, prompting migrant charities to slam the changes as "dangerous" and "cruel".

The Independent UK

The odyssey of asylum-seekers and the failure of EU regulations

More than 236,000 people have entered European Union borders irregularly so far this year, according to International Organization for Migration figures, up 60% from the same time last year

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Israel-Hamas war is deadliest ever for UN aid workers, with at least 88 killed

Call for ceasefire by agency leaders of UN, which said airstrikes on Gaza had caused the most deaths of its aid workers in one conflict

Radio France Internationale

Parents in France shop secondhand as back-to-school costs soar

As a new term begins in France, school supplies are estimated to cost over 11 percent more this year because of high inflation. In one Paris suburb, RFI met parents turning to charity shops to pick up stationery, sports kits, school bags and other essentials for less.

The Independent UK

New head of Vatican charity Caritas looks to future after papal firings

The new head of Caritas Internationalis is looking to the future of the Vatican's preeminent charity following a tumultuous period that prompted Pope Francis to oust the previous leadership team

The Independent UK

Vatican seeks to assure Caritas that papal firings were necessary, not a criticism of work

A top Vatican cardinal is defending Pope Francis’ “drastic” leadership firings at the Holy See’s preeminent charity

The Independent UK

Ousted Caritas chief denounces Vatican 'power grab'

The recently ousted head of the Vatican's main charitable organization is breaking six months of silence to denounce his removal as a “brutal power grab.”

Manchester Evening News

The free Christmas meal that helped the lonely in Bury

"It was a nice surprise to get an invite actually. Christmas Dinners are usually a sandwich and a tin of soup"

The Independent UK

Mozambique struggles to rebuild after dual shock of climate change and insurgent violence

Mozambique is suffering from displacement of its internal population due to violent and conflict and pressures brought on by climate change. The UNHCR is attempting to resolve issues for those who remain, including accommodation, food security and economic sustainability

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