Tag: Foreign aid
Pacific Rim leaders agree to step up COVID vaccine sharing
Leaders of Asian Pacific nations agreed on Friday to step up COVID-19 vaccination sharing efforts as China said it has pledged $3 billion in...
UK lawmakers to vote on contentious foreign aid cut
LONDON — British lawmakers are voting Tuesday on whether to overturn a big cut to the country’s foreign aid budget amid criticism that the...
Russia says Syria can deliver aid, Turkey not essential
UNITED NATIONS — Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow disagrees that there is no alternative to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest except from...
No breakthrough during ‘exhausting’ online climate talks
BERLIN — No breakthroughs have been made on key issues during three weeks of international climate talks that ended Thursday, officials said, with plans...
Spanish prize honors group empowering African girls, women
MADRID — A consortium of non-profit groups that aims to reduce poverty in Africa through educating more girls and empowering women has won a...
Syria’s last aid crossing in balance as Biden to meet Putin
President Joe Biden will seek to stave off another surge of civilian suffering in the devastating war in Syria when he meets President Vladimir...
Report on Tigray: 350,000 face famine, 2 million a step away
UNITED NATIONS — A report issued Thursday warns that over 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray province are facing famine and over 2 million are...
UK PM’s party rebels prepare to challenge foreign aid cuts
LONDON — Senior Lawmakers from Britain’s governing Conservative Party are hoping to reverse the government's contentious cut in foreign aid spending — just days...
UK lawmakers seek to reverse government’s foreign aid cut
LONDON — Lawmakers from Britain’s governing Conservative Party said Thursday they hope to force a vote in Parliament next week that could make the...
US prioritizing anti-corruption efforts in foreign policy
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden issued a memo Thursday instructing the federal government to elevate anti-corruption measures as a central U.S. foreign policy and...