Trump freeze on foreign aid felt around the world
Suspension impacts 5 energy, 4 economic growth, and 5 agri programmes, several others in education and health in Pakistan.
Trump re-evaluates all foreign aid including food aid
President Trump has issued an executive order for a 90-day pause in all foreign aid including food aid while the administration undertakes an evaluation of the programs. In the executive order, Trump wrote,
US Aid Agency Is in Upheaval During Foreign Assistance Freeze and Staff Departures
Trump administration changes have upended the U.S. agency charged with providing humanitarian aid overseas, with senior officials put on leave, contractors laid off and a sweeping freeze imposed on fo
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Causes Fear of H.I.V. Resurgence in Africa
Patients and health care advocates said the abrupt decision to halt U.S. funding for a lifesaving H.I.V. program led to widespread confusion. The backtracking didn’t help.
Many global NGO programs in limbo during Trump’s foreign aid freeze
The State Department did make some exceptions to its freeze on foreign aid . Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a waiver allowing deliveries of things like life-saving medicine, food and shelter. But most U.
State Department says Trump froze foreign aid to 'root out waste'
President defends foreign aid suspension after Secretary of State Marco Rubio's emergency exemption for lifesaving programs
Afghanistan food crisis deepens as aid cuts leave many living on ‘just bread and tea’
The head of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after ...
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An inside look at the World Food Programme's innovation accelerator
How should organizations think through innovation, AI and digital tech, and how can those that don’t have an innovation ...
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Despite waiver, health and humanitarian groups uncertain
Health and humanitarian groups around the world were still uncertain on January 29 if and how they could resume work after ...
1-ON-1 INTERVIEW: Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack on being named World Food Prize Foundation CEO
Local 5 News caught up with Vilsack to discuss what he is looking forward to and what he believes he brings to the role as CEO.
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President Trump wants an alternative to the World Health Organization: how should we respond?
Much attention has rightly been placed on how to fill the World Health Organization’s funding gap if and when the US ...
Do food warning labels actually work? Answering your questions.
Readers had a lot to say about my latest column on the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed front-of-package labels. Most ...
Growing Places unveils new food processing center in Gardner: What to know
Growing Places opened a new food processing center in the former Waterford St. School in Gardner. The center will process ...
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“Food is often the second choice”: Nonprofit says food insecurity in Minnesota is getting worse
In a new report, the non-profit says more than a quarter of Minnesota households can’t afford the food they need.