The humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains the worst in the world. Years of conflict, economic decline and institutional collapse have created enormous humanitarian needs in all sectors. The risk of large-scale famine has never been more acute.
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Julie Mack | jmack1@mlive.com
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It's not hard to find anecdotal evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Michiganders' mental health. As the nearly yearlong pandemic rages on, senior citizens to working-age adults to children are struggling with social isolation and the…
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Julie Mack | jmack1@mlive.com
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Kalkaska, Missaukee and Cheboygan are among the counties seeing a surge in coronavirus numbers. Kalkaska now has a seven-day average positivity rate of 15.3% on coronavirus diagnostic tests, and the county had 25 new COVID-19 cases last week…
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Jim Tankersley
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|Warren Revives Wealth Tax, Citing Pandemic Inequalities Continue reading the main story WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, plans to introduce legislation on Monday that would tax the net worth of the…
When the city of Austin drafted a plan to shift away from fossil fuels, the local gas company was fast on the scene to try to scale back the ambition of the effort. Like many cities across the US, the rapidly expanding and gentrifying Texas city is…
