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Stampede at opening ceremony of Indian Ocean Island Games kills 13 and injures over 100

Visuals from the rescue operations showed Red Cross workers tending to injured people near the athletics track

The Independent UK

A go bag is an essential tool during natural disasters. Here's how to build your own

Natural disasters can happen anywhere with little to no notice. FEMA and the Red Cross say everybody should have an emergency go bag prepared.

WEKU

Agriculture Minister P. Prasad to hoist national flag in Alappuzha

As many as 18 platoons of the Police, Excise, National Cadet Corps, Student Police Cadet, Bharat Scouts and Guides, Red Cross, and so on will participate in the parade.

The Hindu

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The Geneva Conventions explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world

In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world.

The Week

Residents, tourists flee wildfire on Greece’s Rhodes island

Authorities transport some 16,000 people across land, with 3,000 evacuated by sea as firefighters battle blaze.

Al Jazeera

Belarus Red Cross sparks outcry after its chief says it brought Ukrainian children to Belarus

The Belarus Red Cross has sparked international outrage after its chief told state television that the organization is actively involved in bringing Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine to Belarus

The Independent UK

Acropolis' midday closure leaves many tourists in the lurch as a heat have lashes southern Europe

Disgruntled tourists are bemoaning the temporary closing of the Acropolis in Athens as Greek authorities proactively shut the world monument’s gates between midday and early evening amid a heat wave gripping southern Europe

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Edinburgh volunteer celebrates 75 years with British Red Cross benefitting 'thousands of people'

A British Red Cross volunteer is celebrating 75 years of working with the organisation and benefitting 'thousands of people' since joining the service the same year the NHS was formed.

Edinburgh Live

He’s the world’s richest man. So why do we hear so little from Bernard Arnault?

France does not expect much in the way of philanthropy from its low-profile billionaire class. Perhaps it should, says Alexander Hurst of Sciences Po

The Guardian - UK

NHS worker to receive British Empire Medal for global crisis voluntary work

Liz Tait has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List for helping people through crises all around the world

The Independent UK

Zelenskiy steps up criticism of International Red Cross over inaction at Kakhovka dam

Ukrainian president’s remarks echo previous comments about international bodies’ failure to intervene more decisively

The Guardian - UK

Red Cross Lifeblood calls for poo donations to carry out lifesaving treatments and research

Poo donations are being used to treat a deadly gut infection, with trials recording a huge cure rate. Donors say its easier than giving blood, but there's not enough of them.

ABC News

Kilmarnock-born aid worker helped Brits flee war-torn Sudan

Liz Tait has told of her heartache for a woman forced to leave her terminally ill husband behind.

Daily Record

Congo Red Cross halts search for hundreds of flood victims

The Congolese Red Cross has suspended its search for hundreds of victims of recent deadly floods in eastern Congo as it lacks the machinery needed to dig through metres of mud and debris, its local representative said on Tuesday.

Reuters

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Red Cross warns of possible humanitarian disaster on Sudan-Chad border

Sudanese refugees are streaming into Chad so quickly that it will be impossible to relocate them all to safer places before the start of the rainy season in late June, a senior Red Cross official said on Tuesday, flagging the risk of a disaster.

Daily Record

Covid hero Richard from Perth stands among celebrities at Westminster Abbey coronation event

A guest from Perthshire at the coronation ceremony described unforgettible day standing among VIPs in the queue into Westminster Abbey.

Reuters

A week after Congo floods, volunteers dig through debris for bodies

With shovels, sticks and bare hands, Red Cross volunteers struggled to clear caked mud from around a body half buried in a landslide in Bushushu village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Guardian - UK

‘I must work. I can’t cry’: capturing Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian civilians

Dmytro Pletenchuk, a press officer, took photos in the aftermath of last week’s devastating shelling in Kherson

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The Independent UK

Nicaragua to close Red Cross offices in Ortega government's latest crackdown on civic groups

Nicaragua has ordered the closure of the country's Red Cross, capping a crackdown that has seen the government toss out out religious orders, charities and civic groups

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 440 of the invasion

Putin tells soldiers fighting in Ukraine ‘whole country is praying for them’; Russia launches 15 cruise missiles at Kyiv

Daily Mirror

Love Island's Ekin-Su considers adopting orphan after 'traumatising' visit to Turkey

Former Love Island winner Ekin-Su went back to Turkey three months after the earthquake disaster, to visit relatives and do whatever she can to help - but was left traumatised when she came back to the UK

The Guardian - AU

US and UK tell Russia to stop using hunger as leverage in Ukraine conflict – as it happened

UK foreign secretary and US secretary of state have urged Russia not to use global hunger as a tool of war

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 439 of the invasion

Red Cross warehouse destroyed in Odesa as Russia launches another major assault on Ukraine; 100,000 Russian soldiers have died in the battle to capture Bakhmut, says Ukraine general

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh Governor presents Red Cross Gold Medals to district Collectors, philanthropists

Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer, who is also the president of the State branch of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), took part in the World Red Cross Day celebrations held in the Durbar Hall of the Raj Bhavan here on May 8 (Monday). World Red Cross Day is…

The Independent UK

Coronation is ‘icing on cake’ for Red Cross volunteer ahead of 60th birthday

Irene Guild will form part of a guard of honour as Charles is crowned on Saturday.

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