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US announces $40 million agricultural aid to Sri Lanka

The United States has announced $40 million in aid to buy fertilizer and other key agricultural inputs in time for the next cultivation season in crisis-hit Sri Lanka

The Independent UK

USAID chief pledges $20 million in additional help for flood-hit Pakistan

U.S. development agency USAID chief Samantha Power on Friday announced $20 million in additional help for flood-hit Pakistan at a press conference in Islamabad.

Reuters

New Colombia gov't offers 'huge opportunity' to tackle deforestation-U.S. official

Planned policy shifts under Colombia's new leftist President Gustavo Petro represent a "huge opportunity" in the fight against deforestation and climate change, United States official Samantha Power said on Monday.

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The Independent UK

The AP Interview: Samantha Power vs. food crisis, Russia

Samantha Power's job as the top official in charge of U.S. food aid includes a new task since Russia invaded Ukraine — countering Russia's messages abroad

The Independent UK

Russia and the West are vying for influence in Africa and Ukraine is a big reason why

Russia's foreign minister and France's president are visiting this week along with visits by U.S. officials in what some say is the most intense competition for influence there since the Cold War.

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‘New Cold War’: Russia and West Vie for Influence in Africa

Russian, French and American leaders are crisscrossing Africa to win support for their positions on the war in Ukraine, waging what some say is the most intense competition for influence on the continent since the Cold War. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and French President Emanuel Macron are each visiting…

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A 'new Cold War' as Russia, France, US compete for influence in Africa

France 24

'New Cold War': Russia and West vie for influence in Africa

The Independent UK

‘Opaque’ loans from China hurt Sri Lanka: USAID Administrator

Samantha Power cautions against forces that "seek to sow divisions"

The Hindu

USAID chief calls on China to restructure Sri Lanka's debt

The head of the U.S. government aid agency has called on China to help Sri Lanka and other nations that had borrowed heavily from Beijing with debt restructuring, not just with lines of credit and emergency loans

The Independent UK

USAID chief Samantha Power holds talks with govt functionaries

U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power is on a visit to India from July 25 to 27

The Hindu

Jaishankar meets USAID chief Samantha Power

Samantha Power is on a visit to India from July 25 to 27.

The Hindu

USAID chief to visit India, discuss food security challenges, COVID relief

Thorny issues like Indian wheat export ban and indemnity issues for U.S. vaccines may be raised

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The Independent UK

East Africa bloc says 50 million face acute food insecurity

More than 50 million people in the wider East African region are expected to face acute food insecurity this year, a regional bloc said Friday, warning that some 300,000 in Somalia and South Sudan are projected to be under full-blown famine conditions

Reuters

USAID to provide Kenya with $255 million for drought: administrator

U.S. development agency USAID will provide Kenya with $255 million in emergency and development assistance to tackle drought, administrator Samantha Power said on Friday.

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Rock/ Paper/ Scissors; The Fellowship

Timing is everything in Chris Bush’s theatre-hopping trio of Sheffield plays; the same goes for Roy Williams’s ill-starred new Windrush generation drama

The Independent UK

Afghan aid auditor accuses State, USAID of withholding info

The independent watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan is accusing the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development of illegally withholding information about the American withdrawal from the country

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Axios

U.S. pledges $331M as Russia blockade worsens food crisis in the Americas

Russia is blocking exports from Ukraine, which "is a massively exacerbating factor" of food insecurity.

The Independent UK

Harris calls water security a foreign policy priority

Vice President Kamala Harris says the U.S. is safer if people in other countries have sufficient water to drink, grow food and safely dispose of sewage

The Guardian - US

Approval for Biden Ukraine aid request likely after Pelosi Kyiv visit, McCaul says

Republican says House likely to approve $33bn but also says Democrats have not acted quickly enough

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Seeks Monday UN Security Council Meet on Bucha, Ukraine

Moscow has called for a special UN Security Council meeting Monday to address claims that Russian forces committed atrocities against Ukrainian civilians in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv. "In the light of heinous provocation of Ukrainian radicals in #Bucha Russia requested a meeting of UN #SecurityCouncil on Monday April 4,"…

The Guardian - US

Biden in Poland for meetings on Ukraine refugee crisis – US politics as it happened

President travels to Rzeszow, 60 miles from Ukraine border, to meet US troops and Polish counterpart – follow the day’s politics news

Al Jazeera

USAID chief stresses need for humanitarian access in Ukraine

Samantha Power says world will need to press Russia to allow humanitarian aid into Ukrainian towns, cities under attack.

The Guardian - US

From war reporter to USAid chief: Samantha Power returns to Bosnia

Agency chief, who covered war three decades ago, offers US support for Bosnia’s territorial integrity and 1995 peace treaty

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