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Air Vice Marshal Stephen Chappell has told a parliamentary inquiry into the country's disaster resilience ADF responses to events like bushfires and floods are becoming unsustainable due to their increasing frequency.

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday to express continued support and discuss how the United States can continue efforts to provide assistance in Turkey and Syria following the earthquakes, the State Department said.

Since Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act in March 2020, states have been able to allocate the maximum allowable benefits to SNAP recipients, instead of applying deductions tied to income and other factors.

Under former President Donald Trump's administration, the United States intensified its sanctions against the South American country.
It froze and seized Venezuelan government funds at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and then used the funds to support opposition lawmakers who oppose Maduro.

It also followed an appeal by the United Nations on Tuesday for $397 million to help earthquake victims in the war-scarred country, where the disaster has left millions in desperate need of aid.

The increased support for the Somalia-led offensive comes as the AU force is set to withdraw from the country and hand over security responsibilities to Somalia by the end of 2024.





Regarding Sunday's shipwreck, said it asked three merchant vessels to respond to the emergency after Libyan authorities notified them that they were not able to.

Another boat was already in the area and in direct contact with Alarm Phone.

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it will provide $85 million in urgent humanitarian assistance to Turkey and Syria after a massive earthquake that killed more than 20,000 people.

'More than 40 countries have had these balloons go over their territory,' Blinken said. 'This goes back some years - this program's been around for a few years. So there's a real concern that I'm hearing here from other countries - from allies and partners alike - about this program.'



"You will see as time goes on the continued erosion of the quality and capacity of the Russian economy, even as Vladimir Putin races to spend money in an effort to prop it up," Sullivan said.

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helicopters are helping rescue personnel reach difficult to access areas and Washington is pre-positioning relief equipment it hopes will join the recovery efforts, Price said.

Nigeria's government says it is winning the fight against insurgents and that some areas have now been cleared of militants and are safe for villagers to return. (Reporting by MacDonald Dzirutwe; Editing by Sharon Singleton)



Last week, the country's president pledged $50 million to Syria, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum promised assistance worth $13.6 million.

MILAN (AP) - An activist network that supports rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea is accusing Italy of failing to offer timely assistance to a smugglers´ boat in distress, resulting in a deadly shipwreck that left at least 30 migrants missing and presumed dead in Libya´s search-and-rescue area.

Feb 14 (Reuters) - Caribbean leaders will appeal for international assistance on Haiti at an annual meeting in the Bahamas later this week, the prime minister of the host nation said Tuesday.

There were 582,462 people sleeping on the streets nationally during a single night in January 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — up 0.3% from 2020.



Blinken's call with Cavusoglu was to understand from Ankara "what they would like to see from the United States" in terms of assistance from the United States in the aftermath of the disaster, State Department spokesperson Ned Price told a daily briefing.

Haiti will be a "prominent priority" on the agenda for the Feb.

15-17 meeting in Nassau, Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis told a news conference, adding the goal was a "Haitian-led solution".



Bhiamie Williamson, a Euahlayi man from NSW and researcher at the Australian National University's Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, in 2022 published a paper looking at post-disaster recovery after the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20.

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