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Another example is Ukraine, which was the biggest single beneficiary of aid—and that was energy infrastructure that kept heat going.

I could go into the ways that U.S.A.I.D. was insuring that vaccines were going out in the world.

Atul, there’s a great deal of discussion about the number seven hundred thousand and the mortality data itself. »

Campaigners say this is the result of successive governments leaving issues around menstruation unacknowledged and shrouded in a culture of silence and shame.

Mahwari Justice organiser Bushra Mahnoor, 26, addresses a crowd at Aurat March Lahore in 2022, advocating for gender equality in Pakistan (supplied).

Mahnoor, meanwhile, was recently awarded the 2026 Commonwealth Youth Award for her work with Mahwari Justice, becoming only the fourth Pakistani recipient of the honour. »

According to The New York Times, which cites over a dozen US and Venezuelan officials, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is effectively coordinating key areas of the Venezuelan government’s work.

The agency notes that modern history has seen virtually no precedent for a single US official exerting this level of influence over a sovereign state.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump suggested that a possible military operation in Cuba could be carried out following the model of Washington’s recent actions in Venezuela. »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting speculation about the Kentucky Republican’s health.

McConnell explained the four-week silence about his condition by saying that “folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older.”.

He was hospitalized with a concussion in March 2023 and missed several weeks of work after falling in a Washington hotel. »