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Tiny Island 'Palau' Agrees to Take 75 Immigrants from the US for $7.5m in Unusual Labour Arrangement

The US reportedly sends 75 non-criminal migrants to Palau for £6 million ($7.5 million), expecting them to work and fill labour shortages under strict conditions.

International Business Times UK

JFK-created Peace Corps preps for ‘significant restructuring efforts’ as DOGE targets humanitarian group

The 65-year-old Peace Corps is undergoing “significant restructuring efforts” as the Trump Administration implements its “America First“ campaign promise.

The Independent UK

Peace Corps isn’t just about helping others − it’s a key part of US public diplomacy

Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, his administration has slashed the work of many U.S. government agencies, including those focused on foreign policy. Now, there is concern that the Peace Corps could join the other foreign aid programs the administration is trying to dismantle.

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Trump news at a glance: children targeted in immigration crackdown

The moves have prompted alarm about what one critic called ‘backdoor family separation’ – key US politics stories from Monday 28 April

The Guardian - US

Peace Corps to undergo ‘significant’ cuts after Doge review

Staff offered second ‘fork in the road’ buyout and are ‘strongly encouraged to consider this option’

The Guardian - US

Doge eyes cuts to Peace Corps with in-person visit and records access

Agency that sends volunteers to countries around world expects ‘additional visits’ from Musk cost-cutting team

The Guardian - US

The first US Peace Corps volunteers return to El Salvador since leaving in 2016 because of violence

The first U.S. Peace Corps volunteers returned to El Salvador since the American force left in 2016 because of violence in the Central American country

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Other Rivers by Peter Hessler review – spotlight on Generation Xi

An American’s view of life in China during the tumultuous Covid years

The Guardian - UK

‘We need you’: Solomon Islands’ support for US agency’s return revealed

Peace Corps found ‘overwhelming support and enthusiasm’ for return to Pacific island nation, report shows.

Al Jazeera

In the Solomon Islands, a US agency’s struggles hint at China’s influence

The Peace Corps has yet to return to Pacific island nation more than four years after Washington touted its return.

Al Jazeera

Peace Corps settles negligence lawsuit with suburban Chicago family for $750,000

Bernice Heiderman, a University of Illinois Chicago grad, died after contracting malaria while serving in East Africa. A Peace Corps doctor never tested her for the treatable illness.

Chicago Sun-Times

Up First Briefing: Alzheimer's drug; Ukraine cluster bombs; tap water chemicals

The FDA approved the first drug shown to slow down Alzheimer's. The Biden administration will send controversial cluster bombs to Ukraine. A study estimates PFAS is in nearly half of U.S. tap water.

WEKU

Commentary: Earthquake survivors in Turkey face more tragic times as nation approaches economic collapse

Tragedy has long haunted the broad swath of land where earthquakes have just claimed thousands of lives, left many thousands of people injured and plunged already impoverished millions into yet deeper financial despair.

Chicago Tribune

John M. Crisp: An old-school English teacher encounters ChatGPT

Several weeks ago the artificial intelligence company OpenAI released ChatGPT, a language model software that aspires to the Holy Grail of interaction between humans and their computers: the ability to have a “conversation.”

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Paul Theroux: ‘Writing is a blood sport. One does have differences with people’

The prolific novelist and travel writer is 81 but shows no signs of slowing down. He talks about adventure, criticism… and that memoir by his ex-wife

Los Angeles Times

In the ashes of a devastating Sierra fire, a flower farm blooms

TAYLORSVILLE, Calif. — It was between the third and fourth evacuations from the Dixie fire that Kjessie Essue decided to be a farmer-florist.

The News Lens

US Beefs up South Pacific Aid, Diplomacy as China Spreads Its Influence

Washington intends to return the U.S. Peace Corps to Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and Vanuatu, citing progress toward reestablishing a U.S. Agency for International Development regional mission for the Pacific in Fiji.

Al Jazeera

In Pacific islands, US diplomatic push stirs memories of neglect

Small Pacific island nations are gaining attention amid US-China rivalry after years of being overlooked.

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Commentary: We believe in ‘innocent until proved guilty’ — unless a defense attorney is up for office

I have had a very satisfying 57-year legal career — with a few more to come, I hope. I was a prosecutor who sent a number of murderers to the penitentiary, I served an East African country as a Peace Corps volunteer, and I tried cases on behalf of poor…

The Independent UK

Peace Corps plans to start sending volunteers overseas again

The Peace Corps says it'll start sending volunteers overseas again in mid-March after it evacuated them from posts around the world two years ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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