The sudden freezing of US aid to malaria projects comes as deadly new variants are spreading in Africa and could have a devastating impact, the head of a major NGO told AFP. The US government has provided some 40 percent of the annual funding globally for control and research into a disease that causes more than 600,000 deaths from 250 million cases each year -- mostly in Africa. "The invasion and spread of Anopheles stephensi has the potential to change the malaria landscape in Africa and rever
In Morocco's tourist hub of Marrakesh, a contemporary art fair has energised the local creative scene, drawing on the famed city's aesthetic legacy to propel emerging African artists into the global spotlight."The energy this fair brings to the African art scene is exceptional," said French-Moroccan artist Margaux Derhy, who exhibited hand-embroidered portraits with Morocco's Atelier 21 gallery.
Heavily armed federal agents raided apartment buildings across metro Denver early Wednesday in a search for Venezuelan gang members and other migrants.
The Trump administration evicted former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan from her home with three hours of notice on Tuesday.
Officials said it'll take several days to remove all of the wreckage from the D.C. plane crash.
President Donald Trump’s proposal of a U.S. takeover of Gaza that would displace Palestinians has reignited a debate among Democrats over the role the “uncommitted” movement played in their 2024 election defeat.
The U.S. AI Safety Institute's inaugural director, Elizabeth Kelly, is departing her role on Wednesday, she said in a LinkedIn post, a move that leaves open the nascent government body's direction under President Donald Trump. Named to the position a year ago, Kelly oversaw the institute's initial work to measure and counter risks from increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems. The institute, founded in the administration of former President Joe Biden, sits within the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Texas executed Steven Nelson for the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson Wednesday night. It is the second execution of the year in the nation.
Google’s parent company has removed mention of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” from its annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission and ended hiring goals for representation this week as corporate America experiences the ripple effects of the Trump administration’s targeting of DEI policies within the federal government.
Top Trump administration voices on Wednesday contradicted some of the comments the president made a day earlier about the U.S. taking long-term control of war-shattered Gaza, the possibility of sending in American troops and the area’s residents being permanently resettled. President Donald Trump 's remarks Tuesday set off alarm in Arab countries and even among some of his Republican allies before Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt tried to walk them back.
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico (AP) — A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas Wednesday, among the first of 10,000 officers Mexico has sent to its northern frontier following tariff threats by President Donald Trump. Masked and armed National Guard members picked through brush running along the border barrier on the outskirts of Ciudad Juárez, pulling out makeshift ladders and ropes tucked away in the trenches, and pulling them onto trucks. It comes after a turbulent week along the border after Trump announced he would delay imposing crippling tariffs on Mexico for at least a month.
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia sees any proposal for the forced displacement of Palestinians as constituting ethnic cleansing and a violation of international law, the foreign ministry said on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump proposed a U.S. takeover of Gaza. The ministry said it supported a two-state solution as the path to lasting peace and stability.
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka raised concerns that the mass deportation of criminals from the U.S. posed a safety risk to Pacific Island states in a meeting with the Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus chairman, Fiji's government said on Thursday. Rabuka is the first Pacific Islands leader to visit Washington to press the region's concerns since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, with the Trump Administration's withdrawal from international climate change commitments a major focus for the low-lying island states.
Google parent company Alphabet has stopped making diversity and inclusion a workplace priority, according to a filing Wednesday with US regulators."At Alphabet, we are committed to making diversity, equity, and inclusion part of everything we do and to growing a workforce that is representative of the users we serve," the removed line read.
Saikat Chakrabarti, a former tech worker, is calling for generational change in Democratic Party.
The heist of 100,000 eggs from the back of a trailer in Pennsylvania has become a whodunit that police have yet to crack. Four days after the theft that law enforcement say could be tied to the sky-high cost of eggs, no leads have come in, Trooper First Class Megan Frazer, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania State Police, said Wednesday. Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023.
To comply with Trump’s order to shrink the federal workforce, the CIA sent an unclassified email with the names of new staffers, a U.S. official said.
The Office of Personnel Management’s chief financial officer, who manages more than $1 trillion in funds, was pushed out this week, two sources with knowledge of the situation told CNN.
Sudan's civil war is starving millions of civilians, who rely largely on foreign aid that has come from the U.S. more than anywhere else.
With ICE facilities over capacity, the Trump administration has requested the help of local law enforcement to detain migrants, but some sheriffs say they don't have enough resources.