UN food agency pauses deliveries to the north of Gaza | Reuters

“The decision to pause deliveries to the north of the Gaza Strip has not been taken lightly, as we know it means the situation there will deteriorate further and more people risk dying of hunger,” the Rome-based WFP, the United Nations’ food agency, said in a statement.

Source: UN food agency pauses deliveries to the north of Gaza | Reuters

Das coisas miúdas que conto por aí – O Outro Lado

Escrevi no diário de ontem sobre a dor de uma mulher.
Em silêncio, estendi minha mão para amparo. Ela pediu que eu contasse sobre coisas leves, de como o quintal amanheceu ontem. Falei sobre as flores que nascem ao acaso e de como a vida miúda se encaixa na história.
Ela – tão miúda diante da vida – sorriu e ajustou o ombro e colocou a armadura de quem quer viver.

Mariana Gouveia

Source: Das coisas miúdas que conto por aí – O Outro Lado

SOLEDAD – El plumier de Nenuse

Badalona by Neus Bonet i Sala

La soledad

viaja

en mi mente

donde el silencio

se encamina

en concordancia

con la calma matinal.


Senderos internos,

ignotos para muchos,

conocidos para pocos.


https://taplink.cc/nbonetsala

Source: SOLEDAD – El plumier de Nenuse

Russian court upholds journalist Evan Gershkovich’s prison sentence after nearly a year in jail – UPI.com

The Wall Street Journal has emphatically stated that Gershkovich — known to be the first U.S. journalist since the Cold War’s end to be charged in Russia with spying — has been wrongfully detained and was a journalist just doing his job. The news organization said it will “continue to demand his immediate release.”

“It’s been nearly one year since Evan’s unjust arrest for doing nothing more than his job, and every day he remains in prison is an unconscionable attack on a free press. Evan is a journalist, and any suggestion or portrayal otherwise is fiction,” WSJ wrote.

Source: Russian court upholds journalist Evan Gershkovich’s prison sentence after nearly a year in jail – UPI.com

In reversal, Nebraska governor accepts federal dollars to feed low-income kids | US education | The Guardian

Nebraska’s governor announced this week that the state would accept federal dollars to help feed children from low-income families, breaking away from the more than a dozen other Republican governors around the US who have refused to do so.

Just last month, Jim Pillen joined 14 other Republican governors in opting not to enroll in Summer EBT, a new federal food program that provides low-income families with a monthly payment of $40 per child during summer vacation. In participating states, families with children in free or reduced-price school lunch programs will get $40 per qualifying child on an electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card throughout each of the three summer months. That money can be used to purchase groceries and food from farmers’ markets.

Source: In reversal, Nebraska governor accepts federal dollars to feed low-income kids | US education | The Guardian

Russia arrests US dual national over alleged $51 Ukrainian charity donation | Russia | The Guardian

Ksenia Khavana reportedly made a donation to Razom for Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the first day of the war against Ukraine. Photograph: Twitter

Russia arrests US dual national over alleged $51 Ukrainian charity donation

Los Angeles ballerina Ksenia Khavana faces up to 20 years in prison for treason amid Kremlin crackdown

The White House has said it is seeking information after Russia announced it had arrested a dual US-Russian citizen on treason charges, accusing her of collecting funds for Ukrainian organisations and openly opposing the Russian war in Ukraine.

A Russian legal NGO said the woman, named by Russian media as Ksenia Khavana, may stand accused of transferring $51 (£40) to a Ukrainian charity in February 2022, on the day Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of the country. She faces up to 20 years in prison.

Russia’s FSB reported on Tuesday that it had detained a 33-year-old woman from Los Angeles who holds dual citizenship. Reports said the ballerina had attended the Ural Federal University in Ekaterinburg and later married an American citizen and moved to the US

Source: Russia arrests US dual national over alleged $51 Ukrainian charity donation | Russia | The Guardian