4 h. ago USDA spent thousands on giant Trump banners as it was cutting aid to schools and food banks, report says

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins previously cheered over the banners, saying, ‘President Trump’s bold vision is ushering in a Golden Age for our farmers’

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20 h. ago Scotland's pupils should be 'banned from leaving school at lunchtime' to boost health

Brian Whittle MSP has raised some innovative ideas for boosting pupil health in Scotland’s schools

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35 h. ago Soaring demand at food banks across Africa thanks to massive aid cuts

Food banks in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa say they are under increasing pressure, writes Nick Ferris – with aid cuts by Donald Trump’s US and other nations compounding the impact of the climate crisis and a spike in the cost of living

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52 h. ago Beyond Meat could be beyond saving! Questions swirl about company’s future after financial struggles

The CEO of Beyond Meat says he’s ‘disappointed’ by the company’s recent financial results

Economics

5 d. ago This country won the battle against its maternal deaths crisis. Trump’s aid cuts could ruin all that

Twenty years ago, a shake-up of Ethiopia’s abortion law led the maternal mortality rate to dramatically fall. Doctors tell Rachel Schraer that progress could be about to go into reverse because of US funding cuts.

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5 d. ago College endowment tax is leading to hiring freezes and could mean cuts in financial aid

An increase in the tax on university endowments is creating financial challenges for the wealthiest U.S. colleges

Economics

8 d. ago UK aid cuts will cause untold damage, wildlife charities warn – as they fear for future of key programmes

Nick Ferris talks to groups around Britain and Africa about the cost-cutting that is already taking place, and the difficult few years ahead

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8 d. ago Trump to sign order punishing banks that discriminate against conservatives: report

Trump could sign the order as early as this week, reports say, in a bid to root out alleged politically motivated ‘debanking’

Economics

1 week ago High street banks lost £100bn in customer savings to rivals since 2019 – report

A report from KPMG has warned that traditional banks will need to overhaul and embrace AI as they face a squeeze on profits over the years ahead.

Economics

1 week ago Enormous 22 inch RAT as big as a dog found in home as councillor issues giant rodent warning for thousands of residents

Hundreds of Redcar and Cleveland residents expressed their shock and disgust after a picture of the supersized rodent was posted on social media by local councillors.

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3 w. ago Foreign aid cuts could lead to millions more dying from superbug infections by 2050, study warns

There could be excellent ‘value for money’ from global interventions, scientists say amid foreign aid cuts

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3 w. ago Malaria ‘back with a vengeance’ in Zimbabwe as number of deaths from the disease triple

Withdrawal of USAID funds threatens decades of progress, say experts, with cuts to research and shortage of mosquito nets putting thousands at risk across the countryZimbabwe’s efforts to control malaria have been dealt a huge blow as experts say the disease has returned “with a vengeance” after US aid cuts, with 115 outbreaks recorded in 2025 compared with only one last year.The sharp rise in cases comes six months after Donald Trump halted critical funding for US research and national response programmes. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago House Republicans pass Trump’s proposed aid and public broadcasting cuts

Proposal heads to president’s desk to be signed after party-line vote was delayed by Jeffrey Epstein controversyHouse Republicans passed Donald Trump’s funding cut proposal just after midnight on Friday – clawing back $9bn in federal dollars.The vote was split on party lines, 216-213, with two Republicans, Mike Turner of Ohio and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, opposing the package alongside all Democrats. The proposal will now go to the president’s desk to be signed and codified. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The Latest: House approves Trump’s $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

Republican majorities in both houses of Congress have now approved President Donald Trump’s clawback of about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid that lawmakers had appropriated

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3 w. ago Gas flaring created 389m tonnes of carbon pollution last year, report finds

Rules to prevent ‘enormous waste’ of fuel are seen as weak and poorly enforced and firms have little incentive to stopThe fossil fuel industry pumped an extra 389m tonnes of carbon pollution into the atmosphere last year by needlessly flaring gas, a World Bank report has found, in an “enormous waste” of fuel that heats the planet by about as much as the country of France.Flaring is a way to get rid of gases such as methane that arise when pumping oil out of the ground. While it can sometimes keep workers safe by relieving buildups of pressure, the practice is routine in many countries because it is often cheaper to burn gas than to capture, transport, process and sell it. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago How hard will UK aid cuts hit projects helping women and girls?

Programmes around education and health are expected to be especially hard hit by the cutting of international aid from 0.5 to 0.3 per cent of Gross National Income

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3 w. ago Two thirds of London teachers concerned their pupils will experience 'holiday hunger'

An estimated 98,000 school children in London could experience holiday hunger because their parents cannot afford to feed them

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3 w. ago The Latest: House prepares to advance cuts on public broadcasting and foreign aid

The House is expected to approve President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion in already appropriated funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid

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3 w. ago How the climate crisis and aid cuts could devastate global supplies of vanilla

Vanilla farmers in Madagascar, a country that supplies up to 80 per cent of the global crop each year, face a difficult future as the climate crisis and aid cuts bite, writes Nick Ferris

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3 w. ago Congress passes $9bn in cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid

NPR and PBS to lose federal funding under measure that now goes back to House of Representatives

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