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Washington Increases Aid to Lebanon, Urges Election of President

USAID Administrator Samantha Power concluded on Friday her multi-day visit to Lebanon where she announced additional humanitarian and educational aid and discussed with officials the importance of urgent action to respond to the economic crisis, elect a President and form a cabinet. Power held in Beirut a series of meetings…

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US to give Lebanon $80.5 million in aid amid economic crisis

The United States has announced that it will give $80.5 million in aid for food assistance and solar-powered water pumping stations in the crisis-battered country of Lebanon

The Independent UK

U.S. pledges $72 million aid to feed Lebanese amid crisis

The United States pledged $72 million in humanitarian assistance to Lebanon on Wednesday aimed at helping to feed hundreds of thousands of Lebanese struggling to put food on the table, the director of USAID Samantha Power said during a visit to Lebanon.

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In unprecedented move, USAID to provide $2 million to aid victims of Hurricane Ian in Cuba

The U.S. Agency for International Development, the government branch that mobilizes humanitarian aid around the world but which Cuban authorities have accused of being a surrogate for the CIA, is taking the unprecedented step of providing $2 million to help the victims of hurricane Ian in Cuba, which damaged more…

Miami Herald

‘Catastrophic situation’: Haiti’s gang violence spurs outbreak of cholera, other illnesses

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — When Haiti’s leading infectious disease specialist heard that cholera, the deadly waterborne disease that he and others had spent nearly a decade trying to eradicate in the impoverished country, was back, he was angry.

Miami Herald

USAID sent firefighter equipment to Cuba after devastating oil fire. Where is it?

MIAMI — Frequently accused by Cuban government officials of supporting dissidents and plotting to overthrow the regime, the U.S. Agency for International Development recently took what seems an unprecedented step and sent personal protective equipment for firefighters to Cuba following a devastating fire at an oil storage facility in August.

Miami Herald

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

Ukraine's emergency service says the death toll from a Russian missile attack on an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia has risen to 11

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Washington Rejects Growth of Settlement in West Bank, Including in East Jerusalem

US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides said on Wednesday that he is working with Israel to limit West Bank settlement growth including in east Jerusalem. “The position of the US administration does not support settlement growth,” Nides said, adding that he made that position quite clear to the Israeli government…

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HIV treatment in South Africa: how to help people stay on ARVs when life gets in the way

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has turned HIV into a manageable chronic condition. When ART is working effectively, HIV cannot be transmitted. This allows people with HIV to live fuller lives without the fear of infecting others. It’s also led global HIV control efforts to focus on increasing ART coverage. The aim…

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The Unkept Promises of Western Aid

How donor countries cook their books and let down the developing world.

Foreign Affairs

US takes a renewed interest in the Pacific – and China's role in it

If you are trying to find traces of the United States’ long and layered ties with the Pacific Islands in Washington D.C., you need to look hard. Apart from the names of iconic battles chiselled into the Washington Mall’s second world war memorial, evidence of America’s complex Pacific history stretching…

The Conversation

US Ambassador Urges Sudanese Parties to Implement Peace Agreement

The US ambassador to Khartoum, John Godfrey, has stressed the importance of taking measures to implement the Juba Peace Agreement, signed between the dismissed Sudanese government and the rebel factions in August 2020. Godfrey called for putting an end to a decade-long war that claimed the lives of more than…

Asharq Al-Awsat

USAID head urges crisis-hit Sri Lanka to tackle corruption

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The Independent UK

USAID chief pledges $20 million in additional help for flood-hit Pakistan

U.S. development agency USAID chief Samantha Power on Friday announced $20 million in additional help for flood-hit Pakistan at a press conference in Islamabad.

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Why didn't the U.S. aid with Cuba fire?

A humanitarian and ecological disaster unfolded 90 miles from Florida, and the U.S. just sat back and watched

Reuters

New Colombia gov't offers 'huge opportunity' to tackle deforestation-U.S. official

Planned policy shifts under Colombia's new leftist President Gustavo Petro represent a "huge opportunity" in the fight against deforestation and climate change, United States official Samantha Power said on Monday.

Reuters

Exclusive-U.S. to send $4.5 billion more to Ukraine for budget needs

The United States will provide an additional $4.5 billion to Ukraine's government, bringing its total budgetary support since Russia's February invasion to $8.5 billion, the U.S. Agency for International Development said on Monday.

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Flood and wildfire risks: Translating risk ratings into future costs can help homebuyers and renters grasp the odds – and act on them

If you look at homes on real estate websites today, you’ll likely see risk ratings for flooding, hurricanes and even wildfires.

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Morning Digest | Spectrum bids touch ₹1.49 lakh crore on Day 2 of auction; ICMR invites bids to develop vaccine for monkeypox virus, and more

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‘Opaque’ loans from China hurt Sri Lanka: USAID Administrator

Samantha Power cautions against forces that "seek to sow divisions"

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USAID chief Samantha Power holds talks with govt functionaries

U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power is on a visit to India from July 25 to 27

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Morning Digest | SC asks govt whether promises of ‘irrational’ poll freebies can be curbed; Record bids on spectrum auction Day 1, and more

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Jaishankar meets USAID chief Samantha Power

Samantha Power is on a visit to India from July 25 to 27.

The Hindu

USAID chief to visit India, discuss food security challenges, COVID relief

Thorny issues like Indian wheat export ban and indemnity issues for U.S. vaccines may be raised

Reuters

USAID to provide Kenya with $255 million for drought: administrator

U.S. development agency USAID will provide Kenya with $255 million in emergency and development assistance to tackle drought, administrator Samantha Power said on Friday.

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