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New law on youth sentencing will protect child sex trafficking victims

Child survivors no longer face decades in prison because they attempted to protect themselves against their adult exploiters.

Chicago Sun-Times

Which countries receive the most foreign aid from the US?

In 2022, the US spent over $70 billion in foreign aid to nearly 200 countries, territories, and geographic regions — around 1% of the federal budget.

USAFacts

Beyond the Soap Box: Where NZ doesn't pull its weight on the world stage

NZ has never come close to meeting its UN foreign aid targets, but with so many pressing issues at home this year, Stephen Knowles and John Crump examine whether we should care if we pull our weight on the world stage.

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Parties at Kyiv nightclubs amid the war? Watch out for these misleading images

A video compilation circulating since May 3 claims to show that – despite the war – the party is in full swing at Kyiv's nightclubs, with revelers taking advantage of foreign aid meant for Ukraine's war effort. Most of these images date from before the war, however, and some of…

France 24

Ukraine says it's received $16.7 billion in foreign aid this year

Ukraine has received $16.7 billion in financial aid from its Western partners so far this year, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said on Thursday.

Reuters

Budget details $2 billion into Pacific to expand security and economic ties into island nations

The Albanese government is plunging almost $2 billion into the Pacific as it tries to entrench Australia's position as the region's major security provider and expand diplomatic and economic links with island nations.

ABC News

Democratic appropriator urges end to aid to Northern Triangle countries - Roll Call

Rep. Norma J. Torres, a Democratic appropriators, says the US should stop providing aid to El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.

Roll Call

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David Cameron does U-turn on foreign aid vow

Former Tory PM – who savaged Rishi Sunak over slashing of aid budget – says he has become ‘realist’

The Independent UK

11 bits of bad news the Tories slipped out as Parliament heads into Easter break

In typical fashion the Government published a series of written statements, documents and reports as MPs head on a two-week break. Here The Mirror looks at some of the news that slipped out on the last day before recess

Daily Mirror

Foreign aid budget ‘raided’ to pay Home Office’s ‘eye watering’ refugee hotel bill

People in world’s poorest countries are being ‘short-changed’, ministers claim

Evening Standard

Quake in Syria offers leverage to isolated Assad

President Bashar al-Assad is seeking political advantage from an earthquake that has devastated large parts of Syria and Turkey, pressing for foreign aid to be delivered through his territory as he aims to chip away at his international isolation, analysts say.

Bangkok Post

International Development Minister Pat Conroy wants AusAID to regain prominence within DFAT

With a wideranging review of Australia's development policies underway, Pat Conroy wants DFAT to refocus on hiring and promoting specialists with the skills to help AusAID "take over" the department.

ABC News

Analysis-Earthquake in Syria offers leverage to isolated Assad

Reuters

House foreign aid cardinal sanguine on fiscal 2024 funding - Roll Call

The House Republican taking over the panel that oversees foreign aid funding intends to shield those programs from deep spending cuts.

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Bangkok Post

China and the sovereign-debt time bomb

International capital flows have long been a major source of economic growth. Savings in higher-income countries have financed high-yielding investments in low-income countries, generating benefits for all. After World War II, capital flows under the Marshall Plan drove the rapid reconstruction of Europe, and after those countries recovered, they extended…

Al Jazeera

NGOs resume some Afghan operations with women workers

Three foreign aid groups restore work in health sector after Taliban bans women from working with NGOs in Afghanistan.

Asharq Al-Awsat

3 NGOs Suspend Work in Afghanistan after Taliban Bar Women

Three big international aid agencies including Save the Children said on Sunday they were suspending their humanitarian programs in Afghanistan in response to the Taliban-run administration's order to stop female employees from working. The administration on Saturday ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to send female staff home…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Slams Taliban for Women's NGO Jobs Ban in Afghanistan

The US has condemned the Taliban for ordering non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to stop employing women, saying the ban will disrupt vital and life-saving assistance to millions. The Taliban takeover last year sent Afghanistan’s economy into a tailspin and transformed the country, driving millions into poverty and hunger. Foreign aid…

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The Independent UK

More pressure on Rwanda as France condemns backing rebels

International pressure is growing on Rwanda as France is the latest party to openly accuse the country of supporting armed rebels in neighboring eastern Congo _ with possible repercussions for foreign aid that Kigali has long enjoyed

Bangkok Post

Honour models for democracy

Since the 1998 ouster of the dictator Suharto -- who ruled Indonesia with an iron fist for over three decades -- the world's fourth most populous nation has undergone a series of rapid changes. Once dependent on foreign aid to exercise its basic functions, Indonesia has firmly established itself as…

Al Jazeera

Pakistan central bank’s forex reserves fall to near four-year low

Announcement by the State Bank of Pakistan comes as the country is in dire need of foreign aid.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Red Cross: Afghans Will Struggle for Their Lives This Winter

More Afghans will be struggling for survival as living conditions deteriorate in the year ahead, a top official of the International Committee of the Red Cross said in an interview, as the country braces for its second winter under Taliban rule. The group’s seizure of power in August 2021 sent…

Evening Standard

What is the UK’s current overseas aid budget? Jeremy Hunt rules out return to 0.7% target

Autumn budget reveals Government set to breach foreign aid spending cap, despite being legally committed to the target.

Evening Standard

Conservatives go against 2019 manifesto pledge to keep foreign aid at 0.7% of gross national income

Autumn Statement says spend will be 0.5 per cent until April 2028

The Independent UK

Billions spent on ‘refugees and migrants’ in UK to be counted as foreign aid OLD

Senior Tories could rebel against the move, according to reports

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