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8 days ago

The UN is our best defence against a third world war. As Trump wields the axe, who will fight to save it? | Simon Tisdall

If the US cuts off the cash it will have world-changing effects, but it’s not the only country falling short in its obligations to the United Nations

The United Nations and its agencies have long str…

12 days ago

Obama calls Trump’s USAID closure a ‘travesty’ as report warns of extra 14 million deaths by 2030

Former presidents Obama and George W Bush and singer Bono send emotional message to staff as organisation closes

Barack Obama and George W Bush have criticised the closure of the US Agency for Interna…

13 days ago

71 days ago

Voice of America to resume airing after court halts Trump’s dismantling of broadcaster

The broadcaster, a target of president’s sweeping cuts to US media agencies, could be back on air as soon as next week

Voice of America (VoA), the US-taxpayer funded news service for overseas listener…

72 days ago

‘A cocktail for a misinformed world’: why China and Russia are cheering Trump’s attacks on media

Today on World Press Freedom Day, there are warnings that US attempts to withdraw from promoting independent journalism will have far-reaching effects

As Donald Trump’s executive order in March led to…

90 days ago

EU will struggle to fill gap left by USAID as European countries cut their budgets

NGOs warn of ‘some difficult years’ ahead as increasing humanitarian needs meet shrinking finances

The dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has captured headlines, but “v…

2 months ago

Trump official who oversaw dismantling of USAID leaves US state department

Under Pete Marocco’s lead, nearly all USAID staff was fired, with funding slashed and contractors dismissed

Pete Marocco, the Trump administration official who played a major role in dismantling the U…

3 months ago

Chinese state media celebrates Trump’s cuts to Voice of America and Radio Free Asia

Global Times hails US president’s order to strip back government funding to news organisations he deems ‘radical’

Chinese state media has reacted gleefully to the Trump administration’s decision to sl…

EU’s foreign policy chief laments US funding cuts to Radio Free Europe

Kaja Kallas says the bloc cannot automatically fill the gap left by the US

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, expressed disappointment over US funding cuts to Radio Free Europe and said the E…

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