U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after a tour of a migrant return center and a demonstration of a dog trained to sniff out narcotics, at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend an upcoming G20 meeting in South Africa, he said on Wednesday, days after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off funding to the African country.U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after a tour of a migrant return center and a demonstration of a dog trained to sniff out narcotics, at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, on Feb. 5. U.S.
President Cyril Ramaphosa defended South Africa's land policy after Trump's threat, saying the government had not confiscated any land and the policy was aimed at ensuring equitable public access to land.Unelected, but empowered by U.S. President Donald Trump to cut government waste, the world’s richest man Elon Musk is facing growing resistance to his slashing of federal jobs and departments in what one Democratic senator called an ‘illegal power grab.
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, left, is greeted by South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa at the last G20 Summit, in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 17, 2024. Johannesburg is the host city for the next summit, beginning Feb. 20. Nevertheless, Musk and a team operating as the Department of Government Efficiency — which despite its name is not a formal executive federal department — have gained access to program information, with Musk assailing the foreign aid spending of the United States Agency for International Development .Freezes on U.S. foreign aid spending since Trump took office on Jan. 20 have caught charity groups and governments around the world flatfooted.
"When I got the information about the pause … I was alarmed," Kaseya said. "How can we respond to all of the ongoing outbreaks if we don't have funding?"
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