(2024-06-23). WFP's Matthew Hollingworth on Gaza: 'Famine means failure'. aljazeera.com WFP's Palestine director on urgent aid in Gaza, where trapped civilians struggle amid a collapsed infrastructure.
(2024-06-23). Qatar working to 'bridge the gap' between Israel and Hamas. newarab.com 
The Gulf emirate, the United States and Egypt, have been engaged in months of
(2024-06-23). Southern regions working to battle heavy flooding impact. ecns.cn At least 38 people have died and two others went missing when catastrophic floods struck Pingyuan county in Meizhou, Guangdong province, over the previous week, the local flood control department said on Friday.
(2024-06-23). The World Bank and IMF have set their sights on East Timor, a state officially born in May 2002. cadtm.org In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by democratic institutions serving an ecological, feminist and anti-racist bifurcation. To mark these 80 years, we are republishing a series of articles every Wednesday until July, looking in detail at the history and damage caused by these (…) | – | / |
(2024-06-23). Jacob Rees-Mogg's 'wokery can damage your wealth' Telegraph column widely mocked. leftfootforward.org 'Jacob Rees-Mogg saying "wokery can damage' your wealth when his party has fiscally shafted everyone except those who can afford the fees of the public school he went to, is really something.'
(2024-06-23). Treasury issues MTEF technical guidelines. sanews.gov.za Treasury issues MTEF technical guidelines | National Treasury (NT) has issued the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) Technical Guidelines for 2025. | The guidelines are issued to assist departments at both national government and other state institutions to prepare medium term estimates for 2025 budget. | National Treasury said the 2024 Budget sought to balance stabilising "public finances and reduce fiscal and economic risks while promoting economic growth and supporting vulnerable members of society". | "The 2025 Budget will see a debt-stabilising primary surplus achieved in 2025/26, a reduction in the fi…
(2024-06-23). Baby on board? Don't let the heat put you in peril. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org LA CROSSE, Wis. ‚Äï With summer temperatures soaring, pregnant women need to be extra cautious to avoid heat-related health issues. The body's natural cooling mechanisms are already working overtime during pregnancy, making it more difficult to regulate temperature. The challenge of staying cool during pregnancy "Pregnancy makes it more difficult to keep our body temperature down," explains Abbey Rose, a certified nurse midwife at Mayo Clinic Health System in Tomah. "Our bodies have to work…