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Ukrainian Troops Surrendering at Mariupol Registered as POWs
Russia says hundreds more fighters have emerged from the Mariupol stronghold where they made their last stand and surrendered. The Red Cross is working to register the fighters as prisoners of war, as the end of a key battle in the conflict draws closer. Meanwhile, in the first war crimes trial held by Ukraine, a captured Russian soldier testified Thursday...
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Red Cross Rolling Out Largest-Ever Cash Assistance Program to Help Ukrainians
The international Red Cross says it’s rolling out its largest-ever cash assistance program to help more than 2 million people in Ukraine or who have fled abroad cope with the fallout from Russia’s invasion.
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Red Cross ‘on Its Way' to Facilitate Mariupol Evacuations, But Aid Blocked
The International Committee of the Red Cross says it’s not sure that a planned delivery of aid into Mariupol and an evacuation of civilians out of the besieged Ukrainian city will happen Friday.
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Red Cross Says Hack Exposes Data on 515,000 Vulnerable People
The International Committee of the Red Cross says hackers broke into servers holding its data and gained access to personal, confidential information on more than a half-million vulnerable people.
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Impact of Red Cross ‘Blood Crisis' in San Diego County
The American Red Cross on Tuesday said it declared its first-ever “blood crisis” as it faces the worst national blood shortage in about a decade.
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Donate Blood for a Chance at Super Bowl Tickets
The American Red Cross Tuesday warned of a dangerously low supply of blood both around the country and in the Los Angeles area — and hoped to induce donations by automatically entering donors into a raffle for Super Bowl tickets and other prizes.
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Red Cross, Urging Donations, Declares Its First-Ever ‘Blood Crisis'
The American Red Cross on Tuesday said it declared its first-ever “blood crisis” as it faces the worst national blood shortage in about a decade.
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Italian Coast Guard Rescues 550 Migrants From Stormy Seas
The Italian Coast Guard has rescued more than 550 migrants, many of them young men and boys from Egypt, from traffickers boats in storm-tossed waters off the southern “toe” of Italy’s mainland
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Fuel Explosion in Lebanon Kills 20, Wounding Dozens
A warehouse where fuel was illegally stored has exploded in northern Lebanon, killing 20 people and wounding dozens more with severe burns