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US aid workers lobbied for weeks to save food stocks from destruction after Trump cuts
With 1,100 tonnes of emergency food rations nearing expiry in a U.S. government warehouse in Dubai after President Donald ...
Trump’s bid to claw back $9b in foreign aid and public broadcasting funds nears Senate vote
The move to cut a sliver of previously approved spending comes after Republicans muscled Trump’s big tax and spending cut ...
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Five charts explain Trump’s cuts to foreign aid
The charts below explain the cuts’ effects. In 2023 America spent $80bn on foreign aid, including money for humanitarian ...
Investigating Gaza aid site deaths and cost of Afghan resettlement plan
We are investigating the aftermath of a deadly incident at an aid distribution site in Gaza, which is said to have killed 20 ...
Senate to move on Trump's request to cancel billions in foreign aid, NPR and PBS funding
Washington — The Senate could move forward as soon as Tuesday on a request from the White House to claw back $9.4 billion in ...
Aid Workers Were ‘Intentionally Killed’ in 2021 Incident, Charity Finds
The group accused Ethiopia’s government of failing to properly investigate the deaths, which took place in the Tigray region.
Aid workers 'executed' in Ethiopia's Tigray war, charity says
An investigation by medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) into the "execution" of three of its workers during a ...
Brian May reflects on Queen’s performance at Live Aid 40 years later
Brian May reflected on Queen’s iconic Live Aid set while attending the opening of the Live Aid musical “Just For One Day” in ...