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8.3 mn refugees at risk due to 'severe' funding cuts: UN

Nearly 8.3 million refugees and other forcibly displaced people face losing vital assistance from UNHCR, the UN's refugee agency warned Tuesday, as protection services crumble due to "severe" funding cuts. "UNHCR's ability to protect and assist refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs) and stateless people is being eroded by a sustained and worsening funding shortfall," the agency said in a…

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Nursing Reform: Own Goal for Linnemann?

Once a shooting star of the CDU, now on the political sidelines: Jens Spahn has massively miscalculated. After he stumbled as head of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group over his opposition to his public…

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