Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has officially closed its doors after President Donald Trump gradually dismantled the agency over its allegedly wasteful spending. More than 80% of all the agency’s programmes were cancelled as of March, and on Tuesday the remainder were formally absorbed by the state department. The shuttering of USAID — which administered aid for the US government, the world’s largest such provider — has been newly criticised by former Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush. These aid cuts could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to a warning published by researchers in the Lancet medical journal. … Founded in 1961, USAID previously employed some 10,000 people, two-thirds of whom worked overseas, according to the Congressional Research Service.” (07/02/25)