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Correspondents in Kyiv, Mumbai, Johannesburg, and Mexico City give examples of the effects of the Trump administration’s gutting of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Source link
Eli Sharabi, Or Levy, and Ohad Ben Ami Hostages and Missing Families Forum hide caption toggle caption Hostages and Missing Families Forum TEL AVIV, Israel – Hamas released three more Israeli hostages Saturday, as a fragile ceasefire deal between the Palestinian militant group and Israel continued to hold into a fourth week. Eliyahu Sharabi, 52, … Read more
NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Jake Johnston, a Haiti aid expert, about what USAID support has meant to that country and what a funding halt could mean. Source link
A screen near the Energy Museum and Mindaugas Bridge indicates that on February 8 the Baltic States will disconnect from the Russian electricity grid to synchronise with Continental Europe, in Vilnius, Lithuania on Feb. 4, 2025. Mindaugas Kulbis/AP hide caption toggle caption Mindaugas Kulbis/AP VILNIUS, Lithuania — Nearly 3 1/2 decades after leaving the Soviet … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio makes his inaugural international trip to Central America. In Colombia, fighting erupts between rival guerilla factions, displacing tens of thousands. Source link
Netanyahu’s visit to the White House makes him the first world leader to meet President Trump since the inauguration. Their meeting occurs as the future of Gaza, the wider Middle East, and Netanyahu himself are hanging in the balance. You can also find all our reporting on this conflict at npr.org/mideastupdates Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin … Read more
Workers move bags of yellow lentils at an aid operation run by USAID, Catholic Relief Services and the Relief Society of Tigray in Mekele, Ethiopia, on June 16, 2021. Jemal Countess/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jemal Countess/Getty Images The main agency tasked with distributing U.S. foreign aid — USAID — is facing renewed scrutiny … Read more
A meteor contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk, Russia on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in a photo taken by a mobile phone camera. The object streaked across the sky over Russia’s Ural Mountains region causing a shock wave and injuring hundreds of people, including many who were hurt by broken glass. Sergey Hametov/AP hide caption toggle … Read more
Marco Rubio heads to Latin America on his first trip as secretary of state, including Panama, where President Trump wants control of the Panama Canal. Source link
Actress Karla Sofia Gascon at the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, on January 5, 2025. Etienne Laurent/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Etienne Laurent/Getty Images Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón, who starred in the Oscar-nominated film Emilia Pérez, is facing a backlash after old, derogatory posts on X, formerly Twitter, resurfaced … Read more