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A Maternity Ward in Chad Reaches Its Breaking Point as U.S. Aid Dries Up

21 septembre 2025 à 05:00
The fallout of the war in Sudan has led to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, but aid to its victims is vanishing. Pregnant women’s lives are in the balance.

Nancy Symgambaye measuring Taiba Baraka’s belly last month during a prenatal consultation in a camp sheltering Sudanese refugees in Chad.
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How China Stands to Gain as the U.S. Steps Away From the U.N.

19 septembre 2025 à 05:09
U.S. funding cuts are straining the United Nations and giving Beijing an opening to strengthen its influence, at a fraction of the cost Washington once paid.

© Pool photo by Andres Martinez Casares

China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, along with his wife, Peng Liyuan, welcomed António Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, in Beijing in 2024.

U.S. to Cut Out Nongovernmental Groups in Refocusing Health Aid

18 septembre 2025 à 12:55
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States would negotiate agreements to deliver aid in new ways and would focus on the Western Hemisphere and Asia Pacific.

© Pool photo by Nathan Howard

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, pictured in Israel on Tuesday, has announced changes to international U.S. health aimed at ending “a culture of dependency among recipient countries.”

U.S. to Cut Out Nongovernmental Groups in Refocusing Health Aid

18 septembre 2025 à 12:33
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States would negotiate agreements to deliver aid in new ways and would focus on the Western Hemisphere and Asia Pacific.

© Pool photo by Nathan Howard

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, pictured in Israel on Tuesday, has announced changes to international U.S. health aimed at ending “a culture of dependency among recipient countries.”

Belgian Authorities Say $10 Million Supply of Birth Control Has Not Yet Been Destroyed

12 septembre 2025 à 12:15
Contraceptives bought by U.S.A.I.D. have been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse. The U.S. government said the products were destroyed, but local authorities found them.

© Hilary Swift for The New York Times

Belgian officials said the contraceptives the Trump administration claimed to have destroyed were still at this warehouse outside Antwerp, Belgium.

$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials

11 septembre 2025 à 20:33
The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.

© Hilary Swift for The New York Times

The warehouse in Geel, Belgium, where millions of contraceptives bought by U.S.A.I.D. were stored when the U.S. government defunded the agency.
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