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Israel had previously told aid groups it intends to vet aid recipients and use facial recognition technology. GHF has said food will be given according to need, without eligibility requirements. However, aid groups say recipients will have to pass close to or through Israeli military positions to reach the hubs, exposing them to vetting.The U.N and aid groups also say the GHF plan cannot possibly meet the needs of

Plans for distributing non-food aid remain uncertain. Also, GHF has said each meal it distributes would have 1,750 calories. That is below the 2,100-calorie per day standard for meals in emergency situations used by the U.N.’s World Health Organization, UNICEF and World Food Program.Aid workers say the change is simply not necessary.The U.N. and other aid groups “have shown absolutely that they can meet the needs of that population, when allowed to,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said. “We need to just keep reverting back to what works.”

Associated Press writers Tia Goldenberg in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Sarah El Deeb in Beirut contributed to this report.SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor pledged Thursday to improve the island’s

and boost the economy in her first address after being elected last year as anger intensifies over chronic power outages and an increase in cost-of-living expenses.

Gov. Jenniffer González Colón, of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, spoke for nearly two hours as she listed her accomplishmentsThe decision threw into doubt the timeline of the trial, which was initially expected to last until July. Thursday’s ruling said that a higher court would select the three new judges by lottery “within a reasonable period of time.”

The case accuses Maradona’s medical team ofin weeks leading up to his sudden death on November 25, 2020. Maradona died at age 60 from cardiac arrest while recovering from surgery for a blood clot on the brain at a rented home outside Buenos Aires.

Although the case largely hinges on medical technicalities, the biweekly testimonies have also become tabloid fodder — like much in Maradona’s life, which included long spates of drug and alcohol abuse.Experts have taken the stand to