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First of three ships laden with aid arrive in Havana as Cuba’s crises deepen

HAVANA (AP) — A ship bringing humanitarian aid to Cuba a…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/450622/

The Christian Science Monitor 2d ago

The prominent global aid group Mercy Corps rebrands itself as Prosper Global, amid a burst of fresh thinking in the humanitarian and development community after huge cuts in foreign aid funding. #ForeignAid #USAID #Trump

https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0320/In-a-rethink-of-aid-motivation-over-mercy?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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In a rethink of aid, motivation over mercy

The prominent global aid group Mercy Corps rebrands itself as Prosper Global, amid a burst of fresh thinking in the humanitarian and development community after huge cuts in foreign aid funding.

The Christian Science Monitor

Global News Politics 5d ago

To chop spending, Ottawa will cut science, tourism, foreign aid programs
While 40 departments will collectively spend $23 billion more next year, another 85 departments will spend $31 billion less in 2026-27.
#Canada #Politics #Budget2026 #MarkCarney
https://globalnews.ca/news/11737460/mark-carney-spending-plans-cuts/

Kevin Dominik Korte 5d ago

And whenever you think you have seen it all ... Now, developing countries have to sign away decades of health data to gain access to the crumbs left after the dismantling of USAID. The US government has gone from humanitarian aid to an AI data broker.
#data #AI #foreignaid
https://www.ictworks.org/african-digital-health-data-global-health-funding/

African Digital Health Data Is a Condition of Global Health Funding - ICTworks

26 global health MOUs represent five-year plans outlining the USA engagement in African country health systems that trade investment for data

ICTworks

Global News National 5d ago

To chop spending, Ottawa will cut science, tourism, foreign aid programs
While 40 departments will collectively spend $23 billion more next year, another 85 departments will spend $31 billion less in 2026-27.
#Canada #Politics #Budget2026 #MarkCarney
https://globalnews.ca/news/11737460/mark-carney-spending-plans-cuts/

Global News Canada 5d ago

To chop spending, Ottawa will cut science, tourism, foreign aid programs
While 40 departments will collectively spend $23 billion more next year, another 85 departments will spend $31 billion less in 2026-27.
#Canada #Politics #Budget2026 #MarkCarney
https://globalnews.ca/news/11737460/mark-carney-spending-plans-cuts/

Global News 5d ago

To chop spending, Ottawa will cut science, tourism, foreign aid programs
While 40 departments will collectively spend $23 billion more next year, another 85 departments will spend $31 billion less in 2026-27.
#Canada #Politics #Budget2026 #MarkCarney
https://globalnews.ca/news/11737460/mark-carney-spending-plans-cuts/

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Tim Mak 5d ago

#EU PRESSURES #HUNGARY TO REMOVE BLOCK ON UKRAINE LOAN: EU leaders urge Hungarian ‌Prime Minister Viktor Orban to lift his veto on a vital 90-billion-euro ($103 billion) loan to Ukraine. Without this funding, Kyiv can run short of money for its defense in weeks. #EU #Hungary #Ukraine #ViktorOrban #ForeignAid #DefenseFunding https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/eu-leaders-press-hungarys-orban-lift-block-ukraine-loan-2026-03-19/

News Beep 6d ago

China unlikely to help US reopen Hormuz as Trump’s Beijing trip slips

WASHINGTON (AP) — China won’t help the United States reopen the Strait of Hormuz as req…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AliWyne #Beijing #Bombings #BrettFetterly #Chinagovernment #Diplomacy #DonaldTrump #Energyindustry #Foreignaid #Generalnews #Governmentandpolitics #Iran #Irangovernment #iranwar #MiddleEast #Politics #Schools #Warandunrest #Washingtonnews #World #Worldnews #XiJinping #ZackCooper
https://www.newsbeep.com/439988/

Bich Nguyen Mar 17

"The State Department is considering withholding lifesaving assistance to people with H.I.V. in Zambia as a negotiating tactic to force the government of the southern African country to sign a deal giving the United States more access to its critical minerals."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/health/zambia-hiv-aid-minerals-trump.html

#healthcare #GlobalHealth #USAID #HIV #PEPFAR #zambia #ForeignAid #ForeignAssistance

No H.I.V. Aid Without More Access to Minerals: U.S. Ponders ‘Sticks’ Against Zambia

A draft State Department memo outlines ways the Trump administration may ratchet up pressure on the African country by ending health support “on a massive scale.”

The New York Times