National Politics
Past giving patterns suggest such a lifeline is unlikely. The United States was the world’s largest single funder of foreign ...
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No-shows, aid cuts mar G20 meet on global poverty
South Africa sought to salvage international talks on tackling global poverty on Wednesday as finance chiefs from several ...
Syria's neighboring foreign ministers call for lifting sanctions and reconciliation
Syria’s top diplomat and his counterparts from neighboring countries have called for the lifting of Western-led sanctions and ...
I was one of the first Western tourists to visit North Korea in 5 years. I was surprised we were allowed to see signs of poverty.
Luca Pferdmenges, a travel influencer, was among the first Western tourists to visit North Korea since 2020. He was surprised ...
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Labour sending 'billions to foreign countries' while pensioners left in poverty
According to the Foreign, Commonwealth a Development Office (FCDO), many countries have had "large ... says its development aim is a 'world free from poverty on a liveable planet'.
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What USAID does, its impact and what Trump’s cuts mean
Cutting these types of initiatives may serve only to prolong a country’s path out of poverty. Maxman said in a press release in January that eliminating the work of USAID and U.S. foreign assistance ...
Al Jazeera on MSN11d
US cutting foreign aid budgets by more than 90%, Trump administration says
After his inauguration on January 20, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order demanding a freeze on all US ...
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What ails the naira? A diagnosis of rising poverty in Africa’s largest economy
In 2023, the number of Nigerians living below the poverty line crossed the 100-million mark. Back in 2013, just 10 years ...
USAID’s history shows decades of good work on behalf of America’s global interests, although not all its projects succeeded
USAID started in the 1960s as a way to offset the spread of communism. Since then, it has had various other soft-power ...