Elon Musk has responded to “Kids will die” allegations after the US government cancelled contracts with the company that makes specialised peanut butter for malnourished children. Mark Moore, CEO and co-founder of MANA Nutrition in Fitzgerald, Georgia, learned that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was canceling its contracts with the company. This news…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday called the concerns raised by former US President Donald Trump over a $21 million USAID funding for ‘voter turnout in India‘ “worrisome,” asserting that, “if there’s something to it, then the country should know who the people are involved in it.”Speaking at the Delhi University Literature…
US President Donald Trump US district judge Carl Nichols on Friday gave the green light for US President Donald Trump’s administration to remove thousands of USAID staffers from their posts in the US and around the world. The ruling allows most USAID employees to be dismissed, with only a few kept on.Nichols at first declined…
Former US official Mike Benz has claimed that USAID has trained musical artists, including Dua Lipa, Pussy Riot, and possibly Taylor Swift, to act as “assets” in spreading political narratives for statecraft purposes. He suggested that these efforts are part of a broader initiative to influence public opinion and destabilise governments.Benz said that “celebrities who…
US President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. (AP) US President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend USAID funding has already disrupted humanitarian and development programs worldwide. Analysts warn that the move is not only affecting…
US President Donald Trump WASHINGTON: A US-funded transgender clinic in Hyderabad is among the thousands of programs fed into the “woodchipper” as Donald Trump’s MAGA minions led by Elon Musk gutted USAID, the US government’s main foreign aid agency, summarily firing most of 10,000 plus work force in the US and overseas. Long festering resentment…
Elon Musk as Tony Soprano (AI image for representation) Democrats are focusing their political attacks on billionaire Elon Musk—not President Trump—amid an unprecedented restructuring of US federal agencies that has given the Tesla CEO extraordinary control over government operations.The backlash follows Musk’s rapid moves as head of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE),…
TOI Correspondent from Washington: A 22-year-old Indian-American whiz is among half dozen young tech nerds deployed by Elon Musk in his purported effort to deflate a bloated US government amid fear and alarm in the Washington establishment that minnows, including Musk himself, will play havoc with long-established covenants.Hundreds of government officials at the Department of…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has long been a central figure in global health initiatives, including funding research on emerging infectious diseases. One of its most significant programmes, PREDICT, launched in 2009, aimed to identify and monitor pathogens with pandemic potential. Through PREDICT, USAID provided grants to various organisations, including EcoHealth Alliance,…
In Frederick Forsyth’s Avenger, a veteran British spymaster explains to the American strategist Paul Devereux: “The hatred of your country is not because it attacks theirs; it is because it keeps theirs safe. Never seek popularity. You can have supremacy or be loved, but never both. What is felt toward you is ten percent genuine…
