Jan 28 AP report: Dozens of USAID officials placed on leave as agency investigates alleged resistance to Trump orders By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, Associated Press It follows Trump's executive order last week that directed a sweeping 90-day pause on most U.S. foreign assistance disbursed through the State Department. Continue reading
Jan 28 ICC prosecutor will seek arrest warrants for those accused of ethnic cleansing in Sudan’s West Darfur region By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Karim Khan told the U.N. Security Council on Monday that crimes are being committed in Darfur "as we speak and daily," and are being used as a weapon of war. Continue reading
Jan 27 CDC memo orders public health officials to stop working with WHO immediately By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official, John Nkengasong, sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling them that all staff who work with the WHO must immediately stop their collaborations and “await… Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 4:55 Public spat with Colombia could be sign of Trump’s Latin America strategy By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn The U.S. embassy in Bogota canceled appointments for Colombians hoping to get visas to enter the United States. The move was the Trump administration’s response to short-lived resistance by the Colombian government to accept deportation flights. The public spat with… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch 1:47 200,000 displaced Palestinians walk home to northern Gaza after 15 months of war By Amna Nawaz, Jonah Anderson Israel allowed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return to northern Gaza Monday after a two-day delay. Gazans were ordered to move south early in the war, stoking fears they’d never be allowed to return home. Amna Nawaz reports. Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch 7:48 Museum works to preserve shoes belonging to Auschwitz’s youngest victims By Malcolm Brabant On the 80th anniversary of its liberation, survivors of the Holocaust gathered at the extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. Of the more than six million Jews murdered by the Nazis, 1.1 million were killed at Auschwitz, nearly a quarter… Continue watching
Jan 27 What is DeepSeek? Here’s a quick guide to the Chinese AI company By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Some U.S. tech industry observers worry the Chinese startup has caught up with the American companies at the forefront of generative AI at a fraction of the cost. Continue reading
Jan 27 Spat over deportation flights leads U.S. to cancel hundreds of visa appointments in Colombia By Manuel Rueda, Associated Press Dozens of Colombians arrived at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota and were handed letters by local staff that said their appointments had been canceled “due to the Colombian government’s refusal to accept repatriation flights of Colombian nationals.”… Continue reading
Jan 27 Thousands forced to flee fighting in Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels capture key city of Goma By Justin Kabumba Katumwa, Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press Residents in eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma are fleeing after Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured the regional hub from Congolese forces. Continue reading
Jan 27 Trump’s idea to have Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinian refugees falls flat with Arab allies By Will Weissert, Associated Press Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza has fallen flat with both countries' governments and perplexed a congressional ally. Continue reading