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“I look at myself first,” Hurts said. “I look at the man in the mirror first and say, ‘How can I respond to all those things?

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Sri Lanka's president spoke to Newsweek about disaster recovery following the cyclone and geopolitical relationships.

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A region unused to tropical cyclones has had three in a week. The world needs to ask why this happened, not look away.

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Shrinking federal disaster support is prompting philanthropies to recalibrate how they plan and fund local relief, recovery, ...