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As civil war-torn Myanmar struggles to recover from a devastating earthquake, the United States is facing criticism that it ...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday rejected criticism that Washington was slow to respond to the March 28 earthquake because USAID was dismantled. Rather, he told reporters in Brussels, Myanmar ...
The US has been unable to meaningfully respond to the Myanmar earthquake due to recent foreign aid cuts, according to three former senior US officials. One former US Agency for International ...
I spoke with Milligan, who retired from USAID in 2021, via Zoom on Tuesday about the inadequacy of the US response to the earthquake recovery and its impacts on citizens of Myanmar; how the ...
After the Trump administration’s assaults on USAID, and pushback from its allies, where are we today? Well, a lot of ...
The Trump administration fired three workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Friday as they were in Myanmar to assess damage from the earthquake and to report back on ...
The US has sent a three-person team to Myanmar to help respond ... States contributed 225 USAID workers and $185 million to Turkey and Syria after the 2023 earthquake. “The Trump ...
As U.S. experts head to Myanmar to assist in recovery from the Southeast Asia earthquake, teams from China are filling the void.
A U.S. team has yet to arrive in Myanmar after last week’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake, while China has already rescued six ...
Nick Schifrin reports on the latest and talks with Chris Milligan, a former USAID mission director to Myanmar. The true impact of Friday's massive earthquake, which was centered in Myanmar ...
The sharp decline stems in part from the US government’s abrupt dismantling of foreign aid. The US provided 30 percent of aid ...
USAID Team Fired While in Myanmar Earthquake Zone, Ex-Official Says By Poppy McPherson BANGKOK (Reuters) - Three U.S. aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery ...