U.S. President Donald Trump’s suspension of foreign aid has disrupted the supply of HIV treatments to Ukraine and seven other countries, potentially reversing two decades of progress in fighting the disease, Reuters reported on March 17, citing the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO warned that Kenya, Haiti, Lesotho, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, South Sudan, and […]
Poland will look for alternative suppliers if SpaceX turns out to be an unreliable provider of Starlink satellite internet for Ukraine, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on March 9 in response to tech billionaire Elon Musk’s remarks. Warsaw helps Ukraine maintain its Starlink access, having provided half of the total of the country’s 42,000 […]
Around 4,000 Department of Defense (DOD) employees have received termination notices this week as the Trump administration moves forward with plans to downsize the federal government. ABC News reported that another 31,000 civilian employees, 3.5% of the total DOD civilian workforce, submitted a resignation request per an Office of Personnel Management email sent to employees. […]
Georgia is in a grim state. Once vibrant, welcoming, and hopeful, it has become a country where peaceful protesters are beaten and journalists are branded as traitors. Over the past year, the ruling Georgian Dream party has stifled civil society and media with its foreign agent law, extended its reign for another four years through […]
VARNIȚA, Moldova — The buzzing sound of chainsaws and generators is now common in Varnița, a village of 5,000 that borders Moldova’s Russian-controlled region of Transnistria. Located next to the Russian-controlled city of Bender (Tighina), the village is subordinated to Chișinău but depends on the neighbouring breakaway region for its energy infrastructure. Workers from TiraspolTransGaz, […]