USAID

An American flag and USAID flag fly outside the USAID building in Washington, DC, US, 1 February 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
World+Biz

Judge again orders US to unfreeze foreign aid, stops short of contempt

President Donald Trump, a Republican, ordered a 90-day pause on all foreign aid on his first day in office.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives to the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

Musk-led DOGE cuts US funding worth $750m in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, 8 other countries

A man walks past boxes of USAID humanitarian aid at a warehouse at the Tienditas International Bridge on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, February 21, 2019, on the border with Venezuela. File Photo: AP via UNB
USA

US global disaster response teams unable to deploy following USAID shutdown: sources

USAID watchdog fired after critical report on the bid to dismantle the agency
World+Biz

USAID watchdog fired after critical report on the bid to dismantle the agency

A worker looks out of the window of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) building, after billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading US President Donald Trump's drive to shrink the federal government, said work is underway to shut down the US foreign aid agency USAID, in Washington, US, 3 February 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
USA

Watchdog warns Trump's gutting of USAID leaves $8.2b unspent aid with no oversight

Protesters at the USAID building, Washington, DC, February 3, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
USA

Trump's aid freeze sparks mayhem around the world

Protesters gather outside of USAID headquarters in Washington, DC, after it was shut down. Photo: Bloomberg
Panorama

Musk’s USAID shutdown is an attack on the world’s most vulnerable

Ukrainian rescuers appear next to new equipment, which was provide by United States Agency for International Development, in Kyiv, Ukraine, 17 July 2023. Photo: REUTERS
USA

US judge to pause plan to put USAID workers on leave

A view of the USAID building in Washington, DC, US, February 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
USA

Trump administration to keep only 294 USAID staff out of over 10,000 globally, sources say

A man walks past boxes of USAID humanitarian aid at a warehouse at the Tienditas International Bridge on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, February 21, 2019, on the border with Venezuela. File Photo: AP via UNB
World+Biz

USAID contractors fire staff, face cash crunch as Trump causes chaos in aid world

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka arrives at the Great Hall of the People for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, August 20, 2024. Photo: ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

Fiji leader to press Pacific Islands concerns in Washington after US aid frozen

US President Donald Trump looks on as he signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, 31 January 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
USA

Hundreds of US government websites go offline

People hold placards outside the USAID building, after billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading US President Donald Trump's drive to shrink the federal government, said work is underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency USAID, in Washington, US, February 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
USA

Elon Musk targets closure of US humanitarian aid agency