3 d. ago Elton John declares he will 'fight' President Donald Trump over cuts to AIDS relief spending as he warns 'people's lives are at stake'

Sir Elton John said he is ready to 'fight' and go 'face to face' with President Trump over cuts to AIDS relief spending.

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3 d. ago Civil rights groups say push to dismantle Education Department will undue hard

President Donald Trump has reopened a debate in the fight over the federal government’s role in education policy after signing an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Education Department

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4 d. ago Trump administration to cut vaccine aid to developing countries

Administration plans to end funding to Gavi, a global health organization that helps provide life-saving care for childrenThe Trump administration is planning to end funding for Gavi, a global health organization that helps provide vaccines and other life-saving care to developing countries.A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by the New York Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs, including financial cuts to the organization that buys vaccines for children, as well as scaling back on programs that combat malaria in developing countries. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago HIV soars after a deadly war in Ethiopia's Tigray. Trump's aid cuts aren't helping

Ethiopia's Tigray region was once considered a model in the country's fight against HIV

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1 week ago Here’s how some human rights and LGBTQ+ groups prepared for major foreign aid cuts under Trump

The Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid have defunded groups that campaign for LGBTQ+ communities and for democracy around the world

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1 week ago ‘It’s back to drug rationing’: the end of HIV was in sight. Then came the cuts

The abrupt halt to US funding threatens to undo decades of advances, dramatically increasing infections and deaths, but some see an opportunity for Africa to lead the responseThis year the world should have been “talking about the virtual elimination of HIV” in the near future. “Within five years,” says Prof Sharon Lewin, a leading researcher in the field. “Now that’s all very uncertain.”Scientific advances had allowed doctors and campaigners to feel optimistic that the end of HIV as a public health threat was just around the corner. Continue reading...

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1 week ago US evangelical groups urge Trump to spare HIV/Aids program from aid cuts

Christian organizations helped create Pepfar, credited with preventing 25m early deaths, particularly in AfricaChristian evangelical organizations instrumental in creating the US program that has saved millions of lives from HIV/Aids are pressing the Trump administration to rescue the scheme from crushing cuts to foreign assistance.The state department has said that the two-decade-old President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar), which is estimated to have prevented 25m early deaths, is exempt from the cancellation of most US overseas aid. But the program is heavily reliant on logistical support from the US Agency for International Development (USAid), which has seen most of its projects killed off. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tiny California town's fight for the right to exist as locals go to war with Elon Musk's DOGE executioners

San Francisco Presidio Trust responded to Donald Trump's executive order as the fight against Elon Musk's DOGE cuts continues.

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2 w. ago Marco Rubio declares South African ambassador to US persona non grata after Trump criticism

Declaration comes after Trump administration cut off aid to South Africa

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2 w. ago Marco Rubio declares South African envoy to US persona non grata over speech criticizing Trump, Musk and Vance

Declaration comes after Trump administration cut off aid to South Africa

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2 w. ago Ukraine army chief's scathing take on Donald Trump's decision to cut military aid

Volodymyr Zelensky's popularity has reportedly "skyrocketed" on the front since his showdown with Donald Trump in the Oval Office - after he showed an unwillingness to back down

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2 w. ago Rubio declares South African ambassador to US persona non grata over speech criticizing Trump, Musk and Vance

Declaration comes after Trump administration cut off aid to South Africa

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2 w. ago Aid workers warn ‘people are dying and they’re going to continue dying’ as funding cuts hit

Moves by US, UK and other donors to cut aid mean ‘high malnutrition rates, starvation and death’, say expertsCuts to food assistance by the US, Britain and others are already leading to more people starving to death around the world, experts have warned.As the United Nations and other agencies try to understand just how badly President Donald Trump’s announced 83% cut in funding to USAid will affect the world’s most vulnerable people, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has said its aid provision in Somalia is being reduced, after last month’s estimate that 4.4 million people in the east African nation will be pushed into malnutrition from April because of drought, global inflation and conflict. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago How Starmer finally found his voice as prime minister – by doing what even Tony Blair feared to do

Sir Keir has begun to look like a prime minister by slashing international aid, cutting welfare and cosying up to Trump - not moves anyone expected from a Labour leader, as David Maddox explains

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2 w. ago Ed Miliband on net zero in the age of Trump – Politics Weekly Westminster

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey are joined by Ed Miliband, the energy security and net zero secretary, to discuss Labour’s plans to tackle the climate crisis, the third runway at Heathrow and how secure the path to a greener future looks in the age of Trump. Plus, are cuts to welfare and foreign aid the best way to balance the budget? Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump admits 'Ukraine may not survive' as US military aid cut off

In a Fox News interview on Sunday, Trump was asked if he felt 'comfortable' with the fact that he 'walked away, and Ukraine may not survive', prompting a chilling response from the US President

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3 w. ago Irish aid for Guatemala more vital after Trump’s cuts, says charity

Guatemala is vulnerable to the effects of climate change which is forcing its indigenous people further into poverty.

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3 w. ago No disease is deadlier in Africa than malaria. Trump's US aid cuts weaken the fight against it

Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa

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3 w. ago Trump offers fast citizenship to South African farmers after cutting aid over ‘racism against whites’

Trump declared he would cut aid to South Africa over “rights violations”, relating to new laws giving the South African Government the power to expropriate land

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3 w. ago Donald Trump's brutal aid cuts risk more horror in catastrophic Gaza war

Aid groups in Gaza suffer catastrophic financial losses after US President Donald Trump slashed humanitarian budgets, leading to fears the fragile ceasefire will end and bloody war will return

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