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UNHCR rushes emergency supplies to quake-hit central Myanmar
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...
Why are flags at half-staff this week in Illinois?
Flags across Illinois will be lowered to half-staff in honor of a soldier from Joliet who died during a training exercise in Lithuania.
Texas Senate gives initial OK to bill restricting some flags in schools: 'Education and not advocacy'
The Texas Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill that would restrict which flags public schools can display on campuses.
N.Y. Gov. Hochul orders flags to half-staff on April 14: Here is why
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced that flags on state buildings will be flown at half-staff on Monday, ...
Flags to fly at half-staff for Florida deputy killed in line of duty. What to know
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has ordered flags to fly at half-staff Saturday, April 12, in Walton County in honor of Deputy ...
Another 'distress flag' was just hung in the mountains near Tahoe
A huge, upside-down U.S. flag now hangs from a prominent peak at Donner Summit near Truckee. Someone — possibly a group of rock climbers, locals speculate — affixed the flag to an east-facing granite ...