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‘Some of these diseases are in the Bible’: despair as cuts halt progress on age-old tropical illnesses

They are debilitating afflictions that people don’t know about, don’t understand and struggle to pronounce. Now health workers fear they will surge in Africa as USAID-funded drug distribution programmes are cut

The Guardian - UK

Trump administration says it cut funding to some life-saving UN food programs by mistake

The State Department says it's rolled back some of its sweeping funding cuts to U.N. World Food Program emergency projects in 14 impoverished countries

The Independent UK

As a future of US foreign aid cuts comes into focus, so do efforts to respond

The reality of the Trump administration’s cuts to U.S. foreign assistance are sinking in within the field of international development

The Independent UK

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Latest US cuts to emergency food schemes 'a death sentence' for millions, UN warns

The World Food Programme said that the Trump administration had axed funding for life-saving schemes in 14 impoverished countries — despite previously pledging to spare vital aid.

Euronews

Trump administration ends some USAID contracts providing lifesaving aid, officials say

The Trump administration has notified the World Food Program and other partners that it’s terminated some of the last remaining lifesaving humanitarian programs across the Middle East, a U.S. and U.N. official told The Associated Press

The Independent UK

Why Donald Trump’s decision to slash USAID is hurting American soft power and making the world less safe

The Trump administration’s foreign policy has raised alarms. It seems to have shifted America away from its traditional Nato allies, favouring instead a closer relationship with Russia. There has also been talk of plans to control Greenland, the Panama Canal – possibly even Canada. This has caused sleepless nights for…

The Conversation

US aid freeze halts Malawi’s top science programme, disrupting research

Just over a year after the US government, through the agency USAID, introduced a five-year, $17 million initiative to strengthen higher education in Malawi through science projects, the programme has been abruptly closed, disrupting research and innovation, one of the affected universities has confirmed.

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A woman dies every two minutes due to failures in maternal care, shocking new figures reveal

SPECIAL REPORT: More than a quarter of a million women around the world died during their pregnancy or within six weeks of giving birth in 2023, WHO figures reveal. Rebecca Thomas and Alicja Hagopian report

The Independent UK

With Trump in power, the world must fight the new culture of intimidation

The world is in the midst of one of the most serious political crises since the end of the Second World War.

The Conversation

Rains add to misery in quake-hit Myanmar as death toll rises to 3,471

UN says ‘traumatised and fearful’ survivors in Myanmar are in need of food, water and shelter.

Al Jazeera

In the race to save lives after the Myanmar quake, US rescuers are notable by their absence

Day after day, Chinese rescue teams haul children and elderly people from collapsed buildings

The Independent UK

The Shadow Docket on Coney Island

What will Justice Barrett do next?

Reason

USAID cuts expose Americans to crime

In slashing the USAID budget, President Donald Trump defunded one of the leading international criminal watchdogs

Salon

Millions of Afghans lose access to healthcare services as USAID cuts shut clinics

Fears of surge in malnutrition, measles, malaria and polio as 206 World Health Organization facilities forced to close

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Latin Times

DOGE to Fire All Local Workers, U.S. Diplomats Assigned to USAID: 'This Is Definitely the Final Closing Out'

A federal appeals court on Friday lifter an order that had temporarily halted further cuts by DOGE

The Independent UK

Trump admin sending three USAID staffers to Myanmar to help with earthquake relief

Much larger Russian and Chinese teams have already been helping search-and-rescue efforts in the country for days

International Business Times

Local Workers, US Diplomats To Be Fired As Musk's DOGE Finalizes Plan To Dismantle USAID: Report

The Congress, on Friday, was informed that nearly all USAID employees would be fired by September, with all of its overseas offices closed and some functions transferred to the State Department.

International Business Times

Other Governments 'Weaponising' Trump Language To Attack NGOs: Rights Groups

Language used by President Donald Trump and his government to slash US-funded foreign aid is being adopted by other governments to attack NGOs and independent media, rights groups warn.

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The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: Wisconsin serves setback for Trump and Musk; Booker’s 25-hour speech on ‘nation in crisis’

Judge Susan Crawford’s win in the supreme court race means the liberals keep a 4-3 ideological majority

The Guardian - US

Doge employee allegedly has history of misogyny, racism and violent outbursts

Rolling Stone interviews with 10 people reveal claims that Jeremy Lewin threatened a girl with a knife and openly shared racist views

The Independent UK

The world is experiencing record heat – this is why it’s about to get worse

IN FOCUS: The climate crisis is already displacing millions of people from their homes as they seek to escape extreme weather events, desertification and drought, writes Alicja Hagopian. With Donald Trump ordering billions of dollars of cuts to climate aid projects, the poorest and most vulnerable countries face even greater…

The Guardian - UK

‘Is it “woke” to care about the environment?’: how Trump’s cuts are dismantling global conservation work

Hundreds of projects supported by USAID have been thrown into doubt, as fears grow of an increase in crimes such as poaching and trafficking

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 2,000, as health system ‘overwhelmed’

WHO warns there is urgent need for care capacity, while US agency says number of dead could eventually exceed 10,000

The Guardian - AU

Myanmar earthquake: China and others step into aid gap left by Trump cuts

US president accused of blowing up country’s ability to respond to disasters by removing funding

The Guardian - US

NYU canceled talk on USAID cuts for being ‘anti-governmental’, doctor says

University called Dr Joanne Liu, ex-head of Doctors Without Borders, after planning to speak on Gaza and federal cuts

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