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Susan Wairimu Metta

  • Jul 21

    US aid cuts shut 1,700 HIV clinics, 77,000 fewer children on treatment, studies find

    Two studies presented at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro reveal the toll of last year's PEPFAR funding cuts: 1,700 clinics closed, 16,000 health workers laid off, and a 14% drop in children receiving US-backed treatment.

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Berlin refuses a ransom

Russia hits Kyiv as OpenAI courts scrutiny and Volkswagen cuts deep into its workforce

The day brought a hard mix of war, technology risk and industrial retrenchment. Diplomacy tried to move around explosions, while companies and governments learned again that clever systems, whether artificial intelligence or supply chains, still break in very human ways.

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The US under Trump: second term

Trump personally demands European repayment for past Ukraine aid and USTR Greer singles out UK trade policy, extending transactional pressure to non-EU partners, but no new legal framework or funding decision results.

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