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Trump Envoy Adam Boehler Engages Hamas for Hostage Releases
4 MIN READ
He is a successful businessman who during his student years shared a room with President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. In recent months, the US envoy Adam Boehler has been busy getting American hostages released – sometimes using new, controversial approaches
World News
Trump's Envoy Adam Boehler Engages with Hamas for Hostage Negotiations
4 MIN READ
He is a successful businessman who during his student years shared a room with President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. In recent months, the US envoy Adam Boehler has been busy getting American hostages released – sometimes using new, controversial techniques
World News
Marco Rubio Takes Over as Trump's National Security Adviser
3 MIN READ
He is not only the Minister for Foreign Affairs and temporary head of USAID and the American National Archives. When President Donald Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz now leaves his post, Marco Rubio steps in and replaces him
Business News
Trump's 2026 Budget Boosts Defense Spending Cuts Domestic Programs
2 MIN READ
The USA's President Donald Trump's budget proposal for 2026 contains significant investments in defense and security. In other parts of the government apparatus, comprehensive cutbacks are proposed
World News
World Press Freedom Hits Historic Low Says Reporters Without Borders
2 MIN READ
"News seekers" in the USA, total lack of free media for over half of humanity, economic crisis almost everywhere – press freedom in the world has reached a "historic low level", states Reporters Without Borders) in its annual index.
World News
Trump Administration Considers Closing 27 Embassies and Consulates
1 MIN READ
Around 30 embassies and consulates risk being closed when Donald Trump's administration goes ahead with the austerity axe.
World News
US Aid Halt Sparks Toxic Risk in Vietnam, Cleanup Efforts Stalled
5 MIN READ
50 years after the war, the soil in Vietnam is still full of American toxins. When the USA now cuts off aid, the cleanup work is put on hold – and countless Vietnamese risk being exposed to harmful dioxins
World News
US Aid Halt Sparks Environmental Concerns in Vietnam Cleanup Effort
5 MIN READ
50 years after the war, the soil in Vietnam is still full of American toxins. When the US now cuts off aid, the cleanup work is put on hold – and countless Vietnamese risk being exposed to harmful dioxins
Sweden News
Sweden Seeks Clarity from US on $15 Million Aid Funds
2 MIN READ
Sweden is trying, together with Norway and the Netherlands, to get clarity on what will happen to a total of 15 million dollars, equivalent to 152 million kronor, which has been paid into the American aid agency Usaid.
Sweden News
Trump's NOAA Budget Cuts Spark Concerns Over Public Safety
7 MIN READ
The President of the USA, Donald Trump, has cut the budget of the USA's weather agency NOAA. The cutback will affect both international climate research and local forecasts, experts and staff warn
World News
USAID Shutdown May Violate the Constitution
1 MIN READ
The ongoing dismantling of the aid agency USAID by USA's President Donald Trump is likely to violate the Constitution, a federal judge believes. Billionaire Elon Musk's efficiency organization Doge has now been stopped from making further cuts in USAID
Sweden News
Trump mocks the US weather authority - "will cost lives"
7 MIN READ
The President of the USA, Donald Trump, has cut the budget of the USA's weather agency NOAA. The cutback will affect both international climate research and local forecasts, experts and staff warn
Sweden News
Sida Pauses New Aid Projects
1 MIN READ
Side pauses all new aid agreements after USA's president Donald Trump made extensive cuts within the American aid agency USAID, reports Swedish Radio Ekot.
World News
UN Sees Catastrophic Consequences as US Stops Aid
1 MIN READ
The American decision to stop supporting aid efforts can mean "a seismic shock" for global humanitarian work, according to the head of the UN agency Ocha.
World News
US Supreme Court Unfreezes $2 Billion in Aid, Splits 5-4
1 MIN READ
The USA's highest court rejects a request from Donald Trump's government to keep around two billion dollars in aid frozen.
World News
Danish Refugee Aid May Be Forced to Cut Back
1 MIN READ
The Danish aid organization Danish Refugee Council expects to be forced to lay off around 2,000 employees.
Sweden News
Sweden may change its aid after USA's announcement
1 MIN READ
The Government may come to reprioritize aid to the surrounding world if it turns out that the USA's planned cuts in its aid hit too hard on areas that are important to Sweden, says Minister for Development Cooperation Benjamin Dousa (The Moderate Party) to Sveriges Radio Ekot.
World News
Musk halted Ebola work - "by mistake"
1 MIN READ
Elon Musk admits that his Dogecoin "unintentionally" disrupted the US's preventive work against Ebola in its pursuit of cutting into the state treasury.
World News
USAID-fired employees get a quarter of an hour to collect their belongings
2 MIN READ
The Trump administration is determined to withdraw 60 billion dollars in aid to foreign countries. Staff who have lost their jobs at the aid agency USAID have a quarter of an hour to clear their workplaces
World News
NRC terminates aid projects in over 20 countries
1 MIN READ
The international aid organization NRC must discontinue "life-saving" assistance in over 20 countries. The reason is the reduction of the American aid agency
World News
UN: Millions May Die from AIDS After Trump's Decision
1 MIN READ
World News
Trump's New World Order: Might Makes Right
7 MIN READ
Donald Trump's USA is threatening to take over territories, severing ties to UN agencies, shutting out negotiating partners and intimidating with punitive tariffs. Much suggests that we are heading into a new, transactional world order where the strong have advantages
World News
Whiz Kids and X-trolls: They're Wielding Musk's Axe
3 MIN READ
One dropout student who calls himself "Bigballs". A former SpaceX intern who, with AI, has managed to decipher an ancient document
World News
The Axe Falls in Washington: 75,000 Resign
2 MIN READ
Around 75,000 government employees have taken advantage of the Trump administration's offer to resign with retained salary until September. Trump advisor Elon Musk says that entire authorities must now be erased
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