Tag: Foreign aid

“The cuts have had a devastating impact on the Foreign Office’s work on sexual and reproductive health, and has damaged the UK’s reputation as a credible and serious partner ,” said Ms Champion.After the government cut its foreign aid budget from 0.7 per cent to 0.5 ...

In July this year, India halted the export of basmati rice to prevent domestic shortages, triggering global spikes in prices. Argentina’s worst drought in 60 years cost the agricultural sector $20 billion. And the war between Ukraine and Russia has led to major disruptions of grain exports. With changing weather ...

https://sputniknews.com/20220927/blinken-pakistan-foreign-minister-discuss-new-flood-aid-afghanistan---state-dept-1101253037.htmlBlinken, Pakistan Foreign Minister Discuss New Flood Aid, Afghanistan - State Dept.Blinken, Pakistan Foreign Minister Discuss New Flood Aid, Afghanistan - State Dept.WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari during bilateral talks discussed newly announced... 27.09.2022, Sputnik International2022-09-27T01:02+00002022-09-27T01:02+00002022-09-27T01:02+0000americasusantony blinkenpakistanfloodshumanitarian aidforeign aid/html/head/meta/@content/html/head/meta/@contenthttps://cdnn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e6/09/13/1100978196_0:126:3193:1922_1920x0_80_0_0_0204b72d439c20f62426d9a4bc996387.jpg"He ...

India warned that linkages between proscribed outfits such as Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed and provocative statements by other terror groups pose a direct threat to the region’s peace and stability India warned that linkages between proscribed outfits such as Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed and provocative statements by other terror ...

Over a week after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan's capital Kabul, its residents are reeling from a severe shortage of cash as banks remain shuttered and remittances from abroad dry up. ATMs across the city are empty and money exchange is unavailable amid uncertainty surrounding exchange rates and fears ...

Around 40 lakh items, comprising medicines, oxygen cylinders and masks, received in foreign aid have been distributed to 38 institutions and hospitals, mostly run by the Central government in 31 States and Union Territories, according to a statement issued by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. Amid the second ...

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The UK has pledged $1.6bn since 1985 in efforts to fight polio, according to Devex.  A spokesperson for FCDO said: "The UK is a world leader on international development. In 2020 we were the third biggest aid donor globally, spending £14.5 billion. "The seismic impact of the pandemic on ...

Britain increased its handouts to China last year as the Government overshot its foreign aid target by almost £100million.Schemes funded by UK taxpayers included a photography project to understand the country’s past, syphilis tests for gay men and improving cancer screening in rural areas.Despite a promise a decade ago ...

A committee of MPs have condemned the “shameful” spending of £107m of taxpayers money to build classrooms in Pakistan that ended up dangerously substandard. The rooms commissioned by the Department for International Development are so unsafe that many pupils have instead been taught in tents. The International Development Committee ...