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Now it says it won’t take battery packs apart immediately, instead diverting what power remains to fuel low-cost, large-scale energy-storage systems.

Some of those now being attacked by Hamas had been part of groups involved in looting and diverting aid, according to one aid worker I spoke to, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.

"The headlines are taking a lot of oxygen out of the royal room," they added, referring to press about Prince Andrew diverting attention away from King Charles's engagements.

For Mr. Fatsis, the dictionary is an item “as ubiquitous as a spatula” and as likely to be gathering dust but, in his experience, both deeply serious in purpose and endlessly diverting.

In their letter, they said FireAid has “come under scrutiny for diverting donations to nonprofits instead of providing direct relief to fire victims.”