New UNICEF-Led Data Undermines Claims of Gaza Famine – The Free Press

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  1. New UNICEF-Led Data Undermines Claims of Gaza Famine  The Free Press
  2. WFP Palestine Emergency Response External Situation Report #95, 24 August 2026 (Reporting period: 1-16 August 2026)  ReliefWeb
  3. Starvation and Denial: Israel’s Use of Starvation as a Weapon of War in Gaza  הפורום לחשיבה אזורית
  4. Editorial: The Accusation That Will Not Disappear  Washington Jewish Week
  5. UNICEF report didn't disprove famine in Gaza, contrary to claims  Snopes
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Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and the Middle East – The Jerusalem Post

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  1. Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and the Middle East  The Jerusalem Post
  2. IDF says Hamas commando who invaded on October 7 killed in overnight strike  The Times of Israel
  3. Commander of Hamas weapons production site killed  Israel National News
  4. Casualties reported in Israeli attacks on Khan Younis  Mehr News Agency
  5. Israel carried out attack against Hamas new armed wing chief, Netanyahu says  Taylorville Daily News
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Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill two people, including 4-year-old boy, medics say – Reuters

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  1. Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill two people, including 4-year-old boy, medics say  Reuters
  2. Israeli strikes kill three, including child, in Gaza Strip  France 24
  3. One reported killed in Gaza airstrike  The Times of Israel
  4. Man Killed in Israeli Drone Strike on Home in Central Gaza, Medical Sources Say  Haaretz
  5. Deadly Israeli Strike on Gaza Cafe Raises Doubts About Progress on Peace Plan  The New York Times
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UK productivity growing faster than official figures suggest, thinktank finds

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Resolution Foundation suggests economy may finally be emerging from shadow of 2008 financial crisis

Productivity in the UK – a vital measure of economic health – is growing more strongly than official figures suggest, according to analysis from the Resolution Foundation.

The thinktank suggests the chancellor, John Healey, may have inherited an economy finally starting to emerge from the long shadow of the 2008 global financial crisis.

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Londoners Find ‘Horrendous’ Cracks in Their Homes After Successive Heat Waves – Bloomberg.com

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  1. Londoners Find ‘Horrendous’ Cracks in Their Homes After Successive Heat Waves  Bloomberg.com
  2. Record-breaking summer: what climate change means for UK property webinar  Today's Conveyancer
  3. Extreme weather could make you a ‘mortgage prisoner’  Investors' Chronicle
  4. The signs your home is at risk of subsidence in this year's drought  This is Money
  5. Is your house at risk from climate change?  The Telegraph
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UAE suspends all trade with Iran ‘until further notice’ after accusing Tehran of firing ballistic missiles toward country – New York Post

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  1. UAE suspends all trade with Iran 'until further notice' after accusing Tehran of firing ballistic missiles toward country  New York Post
  2. Trump’s Plan to Squeeze Iran’s Economy Will Live or Die in Dubai  WSJ
  3. UAE trade embargo could shut Iran’s key economic escape route: Here’s why  Al Jazeera
  4. Iran loses key economic lifeline in Middle East that Trump's sanctions couldn't reach as deadlock persists  Fox News
  5. What to Know About Iran’s Economic Ties With Gulf Countries  The New York Times
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Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says – The Guardian

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  1. Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says  The Guardian
  2. Guinea rubbish landfill collapse kills 30 in Conakry  BBC
  3. A landslide at a landfill in the capital of Guinea kills 30 people, officials say  AP News
  4. Guinea landslide kills 30 people after mound of waste collapses at landfill site  Sky News
  5. Massive garbage heap collapses onto homes, killing at least 30 as rescuers search for survivors  Fox News
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Eight-year-old dies after contracting rare brain-eating amoeba in Louisiana

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Lillian Smart of Ruston infected with fatal Naegleria fowleri, likely after swimming in Lake Claiborne, health officials say

An eight-year-old Louisiana girl has died after contracting a rare, typically fatal brain-eating amoeba after a swim in Lake Claiborne.

Lillian Smart, of Ruston, died on Saturday, one day after celebrating her birthday, her family announced in a public Facebook post on the “Love for Lillian” page.

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Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says

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Dump site in Conakry, which minister had just promised to move, collapsed after heavy rain in west African state

A ⁠landslide at a huge waste dump in Guinea’s capital has killed 30 people, the government said on Sunday, after heavy rains overnight prompted it to ⁠collapse, engulfing nearby tents and shacks.

The incident occurred less than a week after the government announced plans to close the ⁠site and relocate the waste because of the threat it posed, especially during the rainy season, which causes landslides and fatal flash ⁠floods each year in crowded, underdeveloped cities across parts of West Africa.

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