Nearly 70 million people in southern Africa are suffering from the effects of an El Niño-induced drought, according to the Southern African Development Community, resulting in widespread food shortages and even forcing some families to eat grass seed. Zambia and Zimbabwe have declared a state of disaster. Read more from NBC News:
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70 million hit by devastating drought and food shortages in southern Africa
International appeal for humanitarian assistance launched earlier this year has failed to raise the funds needed to help struggling communities.
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A COVID-19 wave is sweeping the country, causing the virus surge to its highest infection levels since summer of 2022, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s wastewater dashboard. Deaths and hospitalizations are also up, but not as much as infections. The CDC says currently about four out of 100,000 people are hospitalized, up from the pandemic low of one in 100,000 in May. Read more from CNN. https://flip.it/YH0Y6y #Covid #Disease #CDC #Pandemic #Health
Ukrainian troops have advanced up to 30 kilometers inside Russia, their deepest and most significant incursion since Moscow began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova accused Kyiv of "intimidating the peaceful population of Russia." Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his soldiers were pushing the war to “the aggressor’s territory.” Read more from BBC News:
Ukraine troops now up to 30km inside Russia's Kursk region, Moscow says
Russia's defence ministry said it had engaged in fighting near two villages, some 25-30km inside Russia.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife took a previously undisclosed flight from Hawaii to New Zealand on a private jet owned by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow in 2010, says Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). The revelation comes as the Supreme Court faces increasing pressure to adopt an enforcement plan for its code of ethics that were adopted after Crow’s gifts to Thomas were revealed last year. Read more from CNN. https://flip.it/0OCNW9 #SCOTUS #Thomas #Ethics #JudicialBranch #Senate #Corruption