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Aid arrives for thousands seeking refuge from bloodshed in Eth♑iopia

 With chaos enveloping Ethiopia amidst a weeks-long conflict, thousands of refugees have made their way to Umm Rakouba refugee camp in neighboring Sudan in a bid to escape the bloodshed.  🍰

🏅 Red Cross warns coronavirus is driving discrimination in Asia 

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned on Thursday that the novel coronavirus is driving discrimination towards vulnerable communitꦿies in Asia, including migrants and foreigners....

Red Cross says there's been 208 coronavirus-related attacks on health workers

UNITED NATIONS — The pre🔯sident of the International Committee of the Red Cross said it has recorded 208 COVID-19-related attacks against health workers and installations in 13 countries since March,.꧙..

 Red Cross urges young Americans to donate bl🍬ood amid coronavirus pandemic 🎉

"Social distancing does not have to mean social d𝄹isengagement," Surgeon General Jerome Adams, America's top doct🅠or, said during a White House press briefing on Thursday.

 💝 Red Cross facing sev꧅ere blood shortage amid coronavirus outbreak

The American Red Cross is grappling with a severe blood shortage as thousands of blood drives have been canceled nationwide amid the coronavirus outbreaওk. Nearly 2,700 Red Cross bl🌼ood drives...

❀ Brooklyn house fire displaces 29 

A fast-moving Brooklyn fire displaced 29 people and left one firefighte🍬r injured, authorities said. The three-alarm blaze broke out shortly before 11:40 p.m. Friday in a two-story home at 1948...

Red Cross nurse kidnapped by𒅌 ISIS in 2013 might still be alive

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand's foreign minister confirmed Monday that a New Zealand nurse has been held captive by the Islamic State group in Syria for almost six years,..🃏.

Rise in Congo Ebola cases sparks new fears of epid🦩emic

GENEVA -- A top Red Cross official said Fri꧂day he’s “more concerned than I have ever been” about the possible regional spread of the Ebola virus after a new spike...

Red♏ Cross to deliver crucial aid to s༒truggling Venezuela 

The involvement of the International Federation of t♑he Red Cross could signal that President Nicolas's socialist government, which has been subjected to crippling US sanctions, ma🍸y allow in much-needed food...

'Game of Thrones' blood drive under fire for 'gay discrimination'

"Game of Thrones" may have put itself in another red wedding situation. As part of its new "Bleed for the Throne" promotional sweepstakes, the notoriously gory HBO hi✃t is asking...

Tech giants are using🅷 AI to predict and fig♈ht famine

 Google, Amazon and Microsoft are linking arms with international organizations to use artificial intelligence to identify and prevent famines. International organizations including the W♋orld Bank, the United Nations and the...

Red Cross says fem💃ale staffer abducted in Somali capital  ꦐ

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Armed gunmen stormed into the International Committ𒁏ee of the Red Cross compound in Somalia's capital and abducted a female staffer, the aid group said Wednesday night, and...

༒ Unbearable flu season now taking aim at the Supeღr Bowl 

🏅 How bad is this year’s flu? It’s so bad, the Nevada Red Cross is recommending Super Bowl part🙈iers “huddle up” Sunday not only with friends and beer, but with “soap...

Blood transfusions 🅰from pre♉gnant women may be risky for men

The Red Cross won’t tell men if their blood transfusion cꦺame from a pregnant woman even though ne𒁏w research has found the blood of a once pregnant woman can kill...

This is where Trump's $1M Harvey donation is going

President Trump’s $1 million donation to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts will go to 12 separate organizations, including the Salvation Armyꦿ and the Red Cross, the White House announced Wednesday. The...

🐼 Red Cross director, family found dead in mur🍎der-suicide 

A Red Cross medical director and Air Force veteran killed his wife, baby♍ son — and the family dog — before killing himself, 🍸his Las Vegas neighbors and cops said....

 G꧑unmen ཧkill Red Cross workers in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghani🦄stan—Gunmen killed six employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross in no✨rthern Afghanistan on Wednesday, a spokesman for the aid group said. Ahmad Ramin Ayaz, the group's...

💎 Boko Haram releases 21 kidnapped ✤schoolgirls

 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Nigerian of🅷ficials say 21 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists more than two years ago have been freed. Presidential spokesman Mallam Garba Shehu tweeted Thursday tha🍃t...

Red Cross apologizes for 'racist' swim safety poster

DENVER — The American Red Cross issued an apology Monday for a water safety poster that some suggested had a racis☂t message. The cartoon post꧙er showed children playing in a...

Panama Papers firm used Red Cross' name to mask funds

PARIS — The law firm at the center of the Panama offshore accounts scandal routinely usurped the name of the Red Cross and other charities to help obscure the originꦍ...