内容摘要：The first step to preparing for uncertain financial times is knowing your starting point, Watson said. Look at your

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Health facilities in Gaza have reported that over 12% of pregnancies resulted in miscarriages during the first four months of this year, said Nestor Owomunhangi, representative of the United Nations Population Fund, told The Associated Press on Thursday. In the same period, there were 10% premature births and low-birth weight recorded, he said.There are over 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza, he said.

Only a ceasefire would allow aid groups to deliver lifesaving supplies and material into Gaza at a scale that prevents further deterioration in malnutrition and starvation, Owomunhangi said.During his visit to Gaza earlier this month, desperation was palpable, hunger and malnutrition visible everywhere, he said. “The worst has already arrived in Gaza.”After aid started trickling into Gaza Thursday, Owamunhangi said: ” By the time it gets to the weakest of the weakest, that will be days.”

Israel’s ambassador to Paris was being summoned to the French Foreign Ministry on Thursday afternoon afterat a delegation of diplomats the previous day.

The diplomats, including one from France, came under fire Wednesday while visiting Jenin, a city in the Israel-occupied West Bank. The Israeli military said the visit had been approved but the soldiers fired warning shots when the delegation deviated from an approved route.

French Foreign Ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine said the shots put diplomats in danger and were “unjustifiable and unacceptable.” The Israeli ambassador was summoned “to explain himself about this extremely serious incident,” the French Foreign Ministry said.Philadelphia cited a 19% drop in injury crashes. Portland, Oregon, saw a more than 70% decline in vehicles traveling at least 10 mph (16 kph) over the speed limit. The average speed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, fell by 5 mph (8 kph) on some roads within months.

But Jay Beeber, executive director for policy at the National Motorists Association, an advocacy organization for drivers, said most road diets represent an ill-advised effort to force vehicles off the road. The number of vehicles may decline on dieted roads, but then surrounding roads have to absorb the traffic, he said.“Those cars have to go somewhere,” he said. “Cars are like water. They seek their own level.”

Leah Shahum, who directs the Vision Zero Network, a nonprofit advocating for street safety, said road diets are inexpensive and supported by years of research. Cities in Republican-led states are among the converts and Shahum isn’t sure if the Trump administration’s new guidance will make them reconsider.“I certainly hope that does not bleed over into indirectly discouraging communities from using this proven safety countermeasure,” Shahum said. “That would be a real loss.”