A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting worldwide. Rubio adds …
5 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-funded aid programs around the world were firing staff and shutting down or preparing to stop operations, as the Trump administration’s unprecedented freeze on almost all foreign assistance brought their work to a sudden halt.. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who initially exempted only emergency food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt from the aid pause ...
Trump freezes foreign aid: what now? - The Week
3 days ago · The order to stop aid work, issued by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, contained an exception for emergency food aid, along with a further waiver for programmes that provide other "life-saving ...
Factbox: Seven facts on global hunger as World Food Programme …
Oct 9, 2020 · The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger around the world and improve conditions for peace in areas affected by...
Secretary of state Rubio widens exemption for US aid after freeze
5 days ago · Says “humanitarian assistance” besides food to also be exempt during 90-day review period; Trump orders curbs on gender transitions for minors.
Rubio Approves Some Foreign Aid Exemptions to Trump’s …
5 days ago · Secretary of State Marco Rubio has approved some waivers for emergency food aid and some salaries after President Donald Trump’s executive order to halt and reevaluate all foreign development ...
As humanitarian officials warn people could die as a result of …
5 days ago · On Tuesday, Rubio issued a temporary waiver for existing “life-saving humanitarian assistance” programs, to include “core life-saving medicine, medical services, food, shelter, and...
State Department halts new funding on nearly all US aid programs ...
Jan 25, 2025 · The Friday order from the State Department, accompanied by a memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, includes exceptions for emergency food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt.
Rubio Oversees Halt to Foreign Aid and Meets With Asian …
Jan 21, 2025 · Mr. Rubio was sworn in as secretary of state at 9:30 on a frigid Tuesday morning by Vice President JD Vance. He arrived at the flag-festooned entrance hall of the State Department at 1 p.m. to ...
Despite Nobel Prize, United Nations World Food Program Faces …
Oct 20, 2020 · Officials at the U.N. agency that won the Nobel Peace Prize this month, the World Food Program (WFP), are worried that dwindling resources and rising needs are making it increasingly...
The World Food Programme’s peace prize may actually do …
Oct 9, 2020 · Marco Rubio will find China is hard to beat in Latin America. China buys lithium, copper and bull semen, and doesn’t export its ideology