US suspends funding for US Virgin Islands’ housing authority and accuses it of corruption
admin The U.S. government says it has suspended funding for the U.S. Virgin Islands’ housing authority after an investigation found widespread…
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What a reporter learned covering the impact of USAID cuts on aid workers-turned-sex workers in Nepal
Associated Press reporter Kristen Gelineau, who has been covering the impact of the U.S. foreign aid cuts, reported and wrote…
India protest movement holds capital sit-in as police crack down on demonstrators
Young protesters in India are camping on the streets of New Delhi. Protesters defied heavy security measures Thursday in the…
Houthis say they attacked 2 Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea as US carries out 12th night of strikes
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels says they have attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, and the U.S. military…
Nicaragua’s parliament moves to abolish elections under Ortega’s order, fueling criticisms
Nicaragua’s lawmakers say they will carry out a plan by President Daniel Ortega to abolish elections in the Central American…
Sex work or starve: Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to survive
After the United States slashed its foreign aid funding last year, more than 280,000 aid workers worldwide lost their jobs.…
Dismissal of Ukraine’s defense minister started a sudden transformation of the military
In just a week, the dismissal of a Ukrainian defense minister set in motion a transformation of the country’s armed…
Demand for critical minerals fuels conflict but could help resource-rich nations, WTO says
The head of the World Trade Organization says surging global demand for critical minerals should be “a once-in-a-lifetime chance” for…
Iran strikes Jordanian city near Israel as US carries out another wave of strikes
The United States has carried out another wave of airstrikes on Iran, where air defenses opened fire over the capital,…
Hungary’s Orbán declares resistance movement against Magyar government’s ‘tyranny’
Hungary's former prime minister Viktor Orbán has declared a peaceful “resistance” movement against the country’s new center-right government. Orbán and…