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The United States and other governments must urgently find funding for education programmes in Myanmar that were a lifeline ...
And the agency has been paralyzed, unable even to respond to such dramatic events as the Myanmar earthquake. Surprisingly, since USAID is a relatively obscure agency, with way less than 1 percent ...
In March 2025, a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, with its epicenter 10 miles northwest of Sagaing, near Mandalay. The quake was followed by a 6.4 magnitude aftershock. According to ...
As civil war-torn Myanmar struggles to recover from a devastating earthquake ... under its drive to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the main US humanitarian aid ...
Earthquakes are devastating for those who have lost loved ones, homes and livelihoods, but for military dictators clinging to ...
Myanmar’s convoluted relationship with foreign aid predated the earthquake. The USAID scholarships inadvertently became a lightning rod in America’s culture wars. President Donald Trump ...
Human rights activists report that years of attacks by Myanmar’s military on hospitals and health workers have made it harder ...
Myanmar authorities have arrested a TikTok astrologer for spreading panic by predicting another strong earthquake in the aftermath of last month's tremor, state media said Thursday. John Moe The ...
Visitors walk near entrance of Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery, commonly known as the Me Nu Brick Monastery, in the aftermath of Friday's earthquake in Innwa, Tada-U township, Mandalay, Myanmar ...
For decades, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been vital in combating HIV across the Asia–Pacific region, where nearly 7 million people live with the virus amid persistent ...
Amnesty International called on the US and other governments Thursday to secure funding to support education in Myanmar following the removal of USAID programs that are vital for students and ...
And the agency has been paralyzed, unable even to respond to such dramatic events as the Myanmar earthquake. Surprisingly, since USAID is a relatively obscure agency, with way less than 1 percent ...