The Americans Fled Vietnam 50 Years Ago. I Visited the Buildings They Left Behind.
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The Americans Fled Vietnam 50 Years Ago. I Visited the Buildings They Left Behind.

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On a rusty door at the top of a nine-story apartment building that no architect would admire, someone had scratched a declaration: “FALL OF SAIGON.” Nguyen Van Hiep can still see it happening. On April 29, 1975, as South Vietnam’s government collapsed in…

Trump Aid Cuts End Contraception Access for Millions of Women
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Trump Aid Cuts End Contraception Access for Millions of Women

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States is ending its financial support for family planning programs in developing countries, cutting nearly 50 million women off from access to contraception. This policy change has attracted little attention amid the wholesale dismantling of American foreign aid, but it stands…

Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar
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Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines China, Russia and India have dispatched emergency teams and supplies to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The United States, the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has sent nothing. Even as President…

How Trump Is Inspiring Wannabe Authoritarians Everywhere
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How Trump Is Inspiring Wannabe Authoritarians Everywhere

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When President Joseph R. Biden Jr. convened democracy summits at the White House in 2021 and 2023, he pointedly disinvited President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, a man he had once described an “autocrat” who deserved to be driven from office by voters….

Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally
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Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Dalvin Modore walked as if there was broken glass beneath his feet, stepping gingerly, his frail shoulders hunched against the anticipation of pain. His trousers had become so loose that he had to hold them up as he inched around his small farm…

How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks
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How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Dangerous pathogens left unsecured at labs across Africa. Halted inspections for mpox, Ebola and other infections at airports and other checkpoints. Millions of unscreened animals shipped across borders. The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent and snuff out…

Africa Received Billions in U.S. Aid. Here’s What It Will Lose.
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Africa Received Billions in U.S. Aid. Here’s What It Will Lose.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States is cutting almost all its spending on aid. The biggest loser will be Africa. For years, sub-Saharan Africa has received more U.S. aid money than any other region — except for 2022 and 2023, when the United States came to…

As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It, U.S. Officials Fear
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As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It, U.S. Officials Fear

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Ebola outbreak in Uganda has worsened significantly, and the country’s ability to contain the spread has been severely weakened by the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign assistance, American officials said this week. The officials, representing a variety of health and security agencies,…