GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations on Monday slashed its aid appeal to donors by over a third, saying it was now seeking $29 billion to support 114 million people amid what it described as the deepest funding cuts ever.

Israeli fire killed at least 40 people, half of them near an aid distribution site operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on Monday, the territory's health ministry said.

Education officials will begin more rigorous screening of financial aid applicants, citing instances of fraud at California’s community colleges.

More than 100 additional Rite Aid locations have been designated for closure, adding to a growing list of shuttering stores.

This story originally appeared on Stateline. The Trump administration is pushing to reshape the federal housing safety net by slashing spending and shifting the burden of housing millions of people to states,

Netanyahu's office says Israel and the US are working in co-ordination "to cut off aid from reaching Hamas", as he escalates Israel's offensive in Gaza, arguing that "military pressure" will help force Hamas to release the hostages it holds.

China has issued over $1 trillion in loans and grants for tens of thousands of projects across the developing world.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy drew pledges of non-military help from neutral Austria on Monday, a day before he's expected to press U.S. President Donald Trump for more military support in Ukraine's fight against Russia.