Frozen USAID funding strands groups that support marginalized people in the Western Balkans
Many non-governmental organizations in the Western Balkans have been left stranded after U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly froze foreign aid for three months
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Jeff Bezos fund ends support for climate group amid fears billionaires ‘bowing down’ to Trump
Concerns raised as $10bn Bezos Earth Fund halts funding for Science Based Targets initiative, which monitors companies’ decarbonisation. Jeff Bezos’s $10bn climate and biodiversity fund has ...The Guardian - 5h -
A Group of DEI Supporters Files First Major Suit to Block Trump’s Blitz
A coalition of academic, business, and civil organizations that stopped a freeze on federal payments filed suit to overturn Trump’s drive to eradicate DEI in government and business.Inc. - 1d -
Republican blocks Senate resolution in support of USAID
Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) blocked a resolution in the Senate that supported the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as the agency undergoes turmoil via the Trump administration. ...The Hill - 2d -
The future of USAID remains uncertain amid Trump's funding freeze
Just one week after the Trump administration initiated a near-total freeze of U.S. foreign aid, the future of the U.S.NBC News - 5d -
Another major war is looming – and western support for Rwanda is fuelling it | Dino Mahtani
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels are seizing control of areas within the DRC. This will only escalate unless western governments act. As if this world needs more bloodshed, here comes another major war ...The Guardian - 6d -
Trump suspends some funding for refugee resettlement groups, memo says
Resettlement agencies were told on Friday some of their federal funding awards were "immediately suspended."CBS News - Jan. 25 -
Trump bans funding for groups that aid abortion overseas
President Trump signed an order reinstating what's known as the Mexico City Policy. Critics say it will cut funding essential for health care in developing nations.CBS News - Jan. 24 -
Far-right group Blood and Honour has assets frozen by government
The sanctions affect neo-Nazi organisation Blood and Honour, linked to the skinhead music scene.BBC News - Jan. 8
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Argentina says it will withdraw from the World Health Organization
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'I won't leave. Put that in your brain.' Palestinians reject Trump's call to expel them from Gaza
Stunned Palestinians rejected President Donald Trump's proposal to expel them from the Gaza Strip so that the U.S. could take over the territory and rebuild it for othersABC News - 23h -
Guatemala strikes deal with Rubio to accept migrants from other countries deported from the US
Guatemala’s president says his country will accept migrants from other countries being deported from the United StatesABC News - 23h -
Guatemala gives Rubio a second deportation deal for migrants being sent home from the US
Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says his country will accept migrants from other countries who are being deported from the United StatesABC News - 13h -
Earthquake surge prompts state of emergency on Greek island of Santorini
Greece’s government has declared a state of emergency on Santorini after hundreds of undersea earthquakes shook the resort island for nearly a weekABC News - 3h
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Republican attorneys-general say Wall Street groups underplay China risks
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Canada’s Bombardier delays forecasts as tariff threat looms
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Howie Roseman: from exile on Broad Street to the Super Bowl’s most important man
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