Prosecutors probe chokehold death of New York subway rider
NEW YORK, May 4, 2023 (AFP) - New York prosecutors are investigating the death of a homeless man put in…
3 years ago
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Russia starts giving Covid vaccine to homeless
SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) -- Forty homeless people in Saint Petersburg received coronavirus vaccine jabs on Sunday, under a charity…
5 years ago
Hungry, jobless Americans turning to food banks to survive pandemic
by Thomas URBAIN Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- American families slammed by the coronavirus pandemic…
6 years ago
Coronavirus: Las Vegas parking lot becomes homeless shelter
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) -- A parking lot in Las Vegas has been turned into a temporary emergency zone…
6 years ago
California governor seeks $1.4 billion for homelessness crisis
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- California Governor Gavin Newsom is seeking $1.4 billion dollars from lawmakers to tackle the…
6 years ago
Libya war leaves thousands homeless in Tripoli
by Nawas AL-DARRAJI Agence France Presse Layla Mohammed barely had time to gather her children's belongings before fleeing their southern…
7 years ago
Children not spared by California’s homelessness crisis
by Laurent BANGUET LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Jose Razo, the principal of Telfair Elementary School in Los Angeles…
7 years ago
Iran scrambles to aid victims of killer quake
by Siavosh Ghazi Agence France-Presse SAR-E POL-E ZAHAB, Iran (AFP) -- Thousands of Iranians on Tuesday spent a third night in…
9 years ago
A week after quake, thousands still homeless in Mexico
by Elodie Cuzin and Yemeli Ortega Agence France-Presse MEXICO City, Mexico (AFP) -- A week after an earthquake that killed more than 300…
9 years ago
Dance group in Tokyo put the homeless on center stage
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Sixty-nine-year-old Masayoshi Koiso has lived on the streets of Tokyo for about nine years but has…
9 years ago
New York City plans to open 90 new shelters as homeless ranks swell
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) -- New York plans to open 90 new shelters as city officials struggle to get…
9 years ago
84,000 people displaced by Indonesia earthquake: official
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) --The number of people left homeless after an earthquake struck western Indonesia has soared to nearly 84,000,…
10 years ago
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