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Trump Says US Giving $10B to “Board of Peace” — 12 Times US’s UN Contribution
Critics have said Trump is angling to replace the UN with the “Board of Peace,” which he is in charge of.
Human Rights Groups Call on Congress to Stop Purchase of Israeli Cluster Bombs
The US recently signed a $210M deal to buy cluster munitions. More than 100 states have ratified a treaty to ban them.
Mark Carney Warns “American Hegemony” Is Destroying World Order in Candid Speech
States like Canada have long known the current system of international rules-based order is a “fiction,” Carney said.
Israeli Forces Demolish UNRWA Buildings in “Unprecedented Attack”
UNRWA’s head called the attack “a new level of open and deliberate defiance of international law” by Israel.
UN Envoy Waltz Says US’s Goal Is to Wipe Out “Rivals” in Western Hemisphere
“You cannot continue to have the largest energy reserves in the world under the control of adversaries,” Waltz said.
Venezuelans Are Protesting US Bombing and Maduro’s Kidnapping
“People fear that there’s going to be more bombings,” said Andreína Chávez, a Venezuelan reporter based in Caracas.
Venezuelans Say They Will Continue to Resist in the Face of Trump’s Aggression
“It sounded like an earthquake, like the sky was falling down,” a journalist in Caracas said of the US strikes.
UN Warns of “Unprecedented” Hunger in Sudan as Half of Children Under 5 Starve
The UN said that Sudan’s Umm Baru is experiencing one of the worst levels of hunger recorded by its assessments.
Jailed Pro-Palestine Hunger Strikers in UK Are “At Increasing Risk of Death”
UN experts, doctors, and activists have raised alarm over the repression of Palestine Action political prisoners.
US Funding for UN Aid Once Totaled $17 Billion. Trump Slashed It to $2 Billion.
The administration's deep cuts to humanitarian assistance come at a time when aid is needed more than ever.