United States announces $305 million investment in the global partnership for education
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power on Thursday announced that the United States, through USAID, will ...
Day: July 30, 2021
United States bid to host Expo 2027
The U.S. Chargé d’affaires in Paris on Thursday delivered a letter of candidature from Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken to the ...
Biden on the arrival of first flight with Afghan refugees to US: today is an important milestone
Today is an important milestone as we continue to fulfill our promise to the thousands of Afghan nationals who served ...
Blinken on arrival of first flight with Afghan refugees to US: America has a longstanding tradition of opening our arms to immigrants
Early this morning, we welcomed our first group of Afghan special immigrant applicants to the United States under Operation Allies ...
Top 10 leading venture capital firms failing to respect human rights, damning report by Amnesty International says
Almost none of the world’s largest venture capitalist (VC) firms have adequate human rights due diligence policies in place, a ...
MPP, WHO, AFRIGEN, BIOVAC, SAMRC, and Africa CDC sign a letter of intent towards establishing the tech transfer hub in South Africa
The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and the World Health Organization (WHO), Afrigen Biologics (PTY) Limited, the Biologicals and Vaccines Institute ...
Biden taps Linda Thomas-Greenfield to lead presidential delegation to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games closing ceremony
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Friday tapped Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Ambassador to the United Nations to lead the ...
Only 1.5 percent of people in Africa have been vaccinated against COVID-19 amid lack of vaccines and surging Delta variant, laments WHO head
The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday lamented that only 1.5 percent ...
Biden administration strengthens efforts to fight famine in Ethiopia’s Tigray region with more than $149 million in additional humanitarian Assistance
The Biden administration announced on Friday evening that "in response to growing needs in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the United States ...
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: First Flight of Operations Allies Refugee
President Biden on Friday welcomed to the United States the first Afghans and their families relocated as part of Operation ...