Trump freeze on foreign aid felt around the world
Suspension impacts 5 energy, 4 economic growth, and 5 agri programmes, several others in education and health in Pakistan.
Trump re-evaluates all foreign aid including food aid
President Trump has issued an executive order for a 90-day pause in all foreign aid including food aid while the administration undertakes an evaluation of the programs. In the executive order, Trump wrote,
Trump foreign aid cuts leave Ukrainians in limbo and asking why
A U.S.-funded organization to help war veterans is one of many organizations that have abruptly lost funding and can no longer carry out their work.
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Causes Fear of H.I.V. Resurgence in Africa
Patients and health care advocates said the abrupt decision to halt U.S. funding for a lifesaving H.I.V. program led to widespread confusion. The backtracking didn’t help.
Trump's Freeze on US Aid Rings Alarm Bells From Thailand to Ukraine
Trump last week paused development assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for 90 days to assess compatibility with his "America First" policy, setting alarm bells ringing among aid groups around the world that depend on U.
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Is Already Putting Lives At Risk
The policy is causing U.S.-supported organizations around the world to suspend or shut down some operations — and workers say the consequences are devastating.
Many global NGO programs in limbo during Trump’s foreign aid freeze
The State Department did make some exceptions to its freeze on foreign aid . Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a waiver allowing deliveries of things like life-saving medicine, food and shelter. But most U.
Afghanistan food crisis deepens as aid cuts leave many living on ‘just bread and tea’
The head of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after ...
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Despite waiver, health and humanitarian groups uncertain
Health and humanitarian groups around the world were still uncertain on January 29 if and how they could resume work after ...
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How US pause on foreign aid may impact Nigeria’s health, power, other sectors
A pause in this aid will have significant effects on Nigeria's economy as the West African most populous nation, hitherto, ...
Leaving the W.H.O. Could Hurt Americans on a Range of Health Matters
President Trump’s decision to pull out of the international health agency could deprive the United States of crucial ...
Troubled time
“Such measures, if prolonged, could lead to rises in new infections and deaths, reversing decades of progress and potentially ...
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Secretary of state Rubio widens exemption for US aid after freeze
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday widened exemptions in a sweeping freeze on foreign assistance, ...
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Israel jeopardising ‘any prospect of peace’, says UNRWA chief
The United States, under new President Donald Trump, supports what it called Israel’s “sovereign right” to close UNRWA’s ...
UNRWA Says Israel Ban Will Be Disastrous, US Says Exaggeration
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Implementation of a ban on the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA in Israel - due to start on ...