NEW YORK A staggering 281 aid workers have been killed around the world so far this year, making 2024 the deadliest year for humanitarians, the U.N. aid chief said on Nov. 22. "Humanitarian workers are being killed at an unprecedented rate, their courage and humanity being met with bullets and bombs," said Tom Fletcher, the United Nations' new under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator. With more than a month left to go of 2024, the "grim milestone was