From migrants to refugees, millions of lives and the organizations that help them are at risk from U.S. aid cuts.
GENEVA – Women and girls at extreme risk of rape. Children with no schools or teachers. Refugees in need of shelter, water and food.
Those are some of the "immediate and devastating" consequences of global aid cuts that "will make the world less safe," U.N. refugee chief Filippo Grandi said on Thursday, and cause more desperate people to flee danger.
Scoop: The cuts result from Trump abolishing Biden-era efforts to save lives through legal U.S. immigration options.
Scoop: The budget freeze is part of almost $700 million the U.N. refugee agency already received from the United States.
Other U.N. agencies that have been cited as potential replacements for UNRWA all agree it is irreplaceable.
Scoop: UNHCR's directors scrambled to tighten its budget because of the Trump administration's 90-day aid stoppage.
Experts agreed science and diplomacy need to evolve to build trust, solve problems, and promote national interests.
The spike in the world’s deadliest infectious disease comes as officials warn global aid cuts could lead to a resurgence.
More than 275,000 glaciers cover 700,000 square kilometers of the planet. Glaciers and ice sheets store 70% of all freshwater.
Trump also suggested giving the United States ownership of Ukraine’s electrical supply and nuclear power plants.
