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The former administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development says major funding cuts to the agency could lead to more cases of diseases such as paralytic polio and malaria. CBC | World News
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In the world’s largest refugee camp, Trump’s USAID freeze makes a bad situation worse
U.S. President Donald Trump’s freeze of foreign aid has caused turmoil and confusion, including in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh, where a million people live — mostly stateless Rohingya refugees who fled across the border to escape a brutal military crackdown in their home country, Myanmar. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court upholds ruling ordering Trump administration to fulfil $2B in USAID contracts
A divided U.S. Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to let President Donald Trump’s administration withhold payment to foreign aid organizations for work they already performed for the government, as the Republican president moves to pull the plug on American humanitarian projects around the world. CBC | World News
Read More »‘People will die,’ says Canadian charity in Kenya as Trump’s USAID cuts threaten HIV medications
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Read More »USAID workers pack belongings, as Trump administration plans to cut 90% of foreign aid contracts
Thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers who have been fired or placed on leave as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency were being given a 15-minute window before the end of this week to clear out their workspaces. CBC | World News
Read More »White House fires USAID inspector general after he released critical report
Donald Trump’s administration will head to court on Wednesday as it moves to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), one day after the White House fired the inspector general for the agency. CBC | World News
Read More »Why Trump’s assault on USAID is also being felt in Quebec
Donald Trump’s administration has put in place a 90-day freeze on most American foreign aid, which is managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). That plan is affecting countless organizations, including some that are located in Quebec and the rest of Canada. CBC | World News
Read More »Michael Czerny, Canadian cardinal at Vatican, blasts ‘ruthless’ plans to dismantle USAID
The Vatican’s charity voiced outrage Monday at what it called the “reckless” and “unhuman” U.S. plans to gut USAID, with Pope Francis’s point-man on development aid insisting that the Trump administration remember Christian principles about caring for others as it begins governing. CBC | World News
Read More »What does the demise of USAID mean for Canada and Western allies?
The shuttering of the U.S. government’s marquee foreign aid agency — USAID — could have an enormous impact on Western allies and their ability to influence developing nations, a series of experts have warned. CBC | World News
Read More »Foreign aid agency USAID in crisis as Trump, Musk move to shut it down
The Trump administration and billionaire ally Elon Musk moved to shutter an agency that provides crucial aid to fund education and fight starvation overseas, sparking a showdown with congressional Democrats who blasted the effort as illegal and vowed a court fight. CBC | World News
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