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Colombia's Desert North Feels The Pain Of Trump's Cuts

For residents of Colombia's largest migrant camp, an already tough life is getting tougher thanks to Donald Trump's aid cuts.

International Business Times

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.

The Conversation

How ‘Little Marco’ found Trump’s favor and became the ‘Secretary of Everything’ with four jobs

Marco Rubio once accused Trump of never working a day in his life. Now he has more jobs than anyone in government. Ethics watchdogs call his multiple roles ‘uniquely concerning,’ Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

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African researchers are working to cure HIV, but US aid cuts are in the way

Dozens of trials on HIV ground to a halt in February after US President Donald Trump abruptly pulled crucial funding.

Al Jazeera

Three scientists speak about what it’s like to have research funding cut by the Trump administration

The Trump administration’s cuts to funding for American universities and research have left many scientists reeling and very worried. At the National Institutes of Health, which has an annual budget of US$47 billion to support medical research both in the U.S. and around the world, nearly 800 grants have been…

The Conversation

Move fast and destroy things: 100 chaotic days of Elon Musk in the White House

From mass firings to unprecedented influence, Musk has left little of the federal government untouched in Doge role

The Guardian - US

Trump is freezing funds to clear thousands of unexploded mines in Vietnam 50 years after war ended

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam war, the long-term consequences of that conflict continue to affect many Vietnamese people’s daily lives. There are still thousands of unexploded mines and bombs strewn across the region in forests, rice fields and around villages.

The Conversation

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US funds supported Nepal's growing LGBTQ+ community. Now that money is gone

Many support centers for Nepal’s LGBTQ+ community have closed since the Trump administration began dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development

The Independent UK

Memorial wall to fallen USAID staffers is removed from the agency's former building

Contractors hired by the Trump administration have removed a memorial wall to fallen staffers from the now-closed headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, with no immediate word on where it will wind up

The Independent UK

Vietnam still bears the scars of war

It signals a dark future for Gaza and Ukraine

Salon

Ukraine war briefing: UN slashes humanitarian aid after ‘sharp’ fall in funding

Official says UN and its partners have ‘reprioritised’ operations in Ukraine, amid wider drop in aid funding from the US. What we know on day 1,162

The Guardian - AU

Trump’s 100-day scorecard: Executive orders, tariffs and foreign policy

From tariff turmoil to culling federal government agencies, what has Trump done in his first 100 days?

Al Jazeera

The world needs climate change leadership – it’s time for China to step up

The second Trump administration has announced various anti-climate policies under its “America first” strategy. Leaving the Paris agreement, kicking off a trade war, shutting down USAid and drilling for more oil and gas will not only undermine the US’s international reputation but will undermine the global effort to combat climate…

The Conversation

Flood the zone: Trump’s shock and awe game plan to revolutionize America – and keep his enemies on the back foot

ANALYSIS: The chaos of Trump’s first 100 days is actually the result of a deliberately choreographed plan to damage any institution not explicitly aligned with the MAGA movement, writes Andrew Feinberg

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50 years later, Vietnam’s environment still bears the scars of war – and signals a dark future for Gaza and Ukraine

When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast stretches of coastal mangroves, once housing rich stocks of fish and birds, lay in ruins. Forests that had boasted hundreds of species were reduced to dried-out fragments, overgrown with invasive…

Euronews

50 years after Vietnam war, millions still battle chemical weapons impact

Today, around 3 million people, including many children, still suffer serious health issues associated with exposure to Agent Orange.

Salon

The US could get screwed on screwworm

For years, a multi-country effort kept screwworm at bay. The US picking fights with Mexico isn't helping

The Independent UK

50 years after the war ended, Vietnam is still grappling with the legacy of Agent Orange

The chemical ghost of the herbicide used by US forces still haunts generations

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Chaos unleashed by Musk’s Doge is starting to wane – what does that mean?

Tech billionaire plans to hang up the chainsaw as he steps away from ‘efficiency’ role amid Tesla sales slump

Salon

Tracking the Trump-Musk death toll

A researcher at Boston University is keeping tabs on deaths likely caused by dismantling U.S. foreign aid programs

The Independent UK

Cuts to food aid put more than 3 million malnourished people at risk in Ethiopia

The situation facing Ethiopia represents a “perfect storm of overlapping crises”, says the World Food Programme

The Independent UK

Trump’s deadline to review US aid cuts has passed – so what happens now?

Programmes say they are facing growing uncertainty as review is extended

The Independent UK

Voices: I’m a doctor specialising in HIV – the world should be very afraid of cuts to Aids funding

COMMENT: Hospitals will see a surge of people with Aids-related conditions that we should no longer see in this age of effective treatment, warns Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan

Reason

Washington's Broken Promises Leave Afghan Allies in Limbo

But volunteers are stepping up even as Congress fails to act.

The Conversation

Ghana’s first genetically modified crop: why we created a new cowpea variety, how we tested it and what we found

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an indigenous and staple crop in sub-Saharan Africa, but it has an enemy: an insect called the legume pod borer (Maruca vitrata). This pest can cause yield losses of more than 80%. The pod borer, originally from south-east Asia, attacks the flowers, pods and seeds.

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