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HIV workers race to plug funding gaps after Trump USAID cuts
Published on 03/04/2025
» JOHANNESBURG - Tarryn Lokotsch can see the US aid money she desperately needs to help South African rape survivors sitting in her organisation's bank account, but she cannot touch a cent of it.
Quake victims eligible for rent waivers on state land
Post Reporters, Published on 03/04/2025
» The Treasury Department is offering rent waivers to those who rent state land and were affected by the March 28 earthquake, Deputy Finance Minister Paopoom Rojanasakul said on Thursday.
Tehran says US bases will be struck if Trump attacks Iran
Reuters, Published on 28/03/2025
» Tehran would strike US bases in the region if Washington follows through on its warning of military consequences for Iran in the absence of a new nuclear deal, the speaker of the Iranian parliament said on Friday.
Trump auto tariffs are coming, but not all levies will be imposed April 2, sending stocks higher
Published on 25/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said on Monday automobile tariffs are coming soon even as he indicated that not all of his threatened levies would be imposed on April 2 and some countries may get breaks, a move Wall Street took as a sign of flexibility on a matter that has roiled markets for weeks.
Trump to impose sharp tariff on countries buying Venezuelan oil
AFP, Published on 25/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump announced Monday steep tariffs on imports from countries buying Venezuelan oil and gas, a punitive measure that could hit China and India, among others, and sow fresh global trade uncertainty.
Struggling restaurants and nightspots seek tax relief
Post Reporters, Published on 21/03/2025
» Operators of entertainment venues and restaurants are petitioning the Thai government to temporarily suspend the 5% excise tax imposed on them, citing the economic downturn.
US aid halt can be deadly for some
Oped, Published on 14/03/2025
» Wah K'Ler Paw was just 30 when she died from renal failure in a remote Thai refugee camp near the Myanmar border. Her death was preventable, but the Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid abruptly cut her lifeline: dialysis that had kept her disease at bay.
Iran says won't negotiate under 'intimidation' as Trump ramps up pressure
AFP, Published on 10/03/2025
» TEHRAN - Iran said on Monday it would not negotiate under "intimidation", after US President Donald Trump sought to ratchet up pressure on Tehran by ending a sanctions waiver that had allowed Iraq to buy electricity from its Shiite neighbour.
Some urgent US aid programmes cleared to restart
Published on 08/02/2025
» American-funded aid efforts to tackle diseases such as malaria, as well as preventing newborn baby deaths and treating severe malnutrition, should resume, according to a memo from the United States government reviewed by Reuters.
Myanmar refugees discharged from Thai hospitals due to US aid freeze
Reuters, Published on 29/01/2025
» Healthcare centres serving tens of thousands of refugees on the Thai-Myanmar border have been ordered shut after United States President Donald Trump froze most foreign aid last week, forcing Thai officials to transport the sickest patients to other facilities.