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South Africa Today on MSN5d
Vital Mekong fish corridors tracked for first time, but funding cuts threaten future research
By implanting fish with small electronic transmitters, researchers were able to track key migration corridors in the Mekong ...
50 years later, Vietnam’s environment still bears the scars of war – and signals a dark future for Gaza and Ukraine
Harmful dioxins in Agent Orange, used to strip forests of their leaves, still linger in soil. Restoration work has been slow, ...
50 years later, Vietnam’s environment still bears the scars of war
When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast ...
Vietnam's environment still bears the scars of war -- and signals a dark future for Gaza, Ukraine
Vietnam's degraded ecosystems and dioxin-contaminated soils and waters still reflect the long-term ecological consequences of ...
The Verge3d
USAID decides not to collect former workers’ abandoned devices
After stranding former US Agency for International Development (USAID) workers with devices holding sensitive information, the Trump administration says it will no longer physically collect their ...
The Hill5d
USAID went into the woodchipper, and we’re all paying a price
This display of what it looks like for America to retreat from a strategically important country was the latest chapter in two months of tumult and recrimination surrounding USAID and foreign aid.
‘Voices After the Fall of Saigon': How the wider region was affected by the Vietnam War
As we approach 50 years since the fall of Saigon, we are learning more about how the wider region itself was impacted and the other groups of people outside of Vietnam that secretly helped the ...
The children of the Vietnam War’s ‘Operation Babylift’ have turned 50. A look at the lives they built.
Operation Babylift was an effort led by the American military to rescue babies from Vietnamese orphanages ahead of the fall ...
USA Today6d
As a former USAID director, I saw firsthand their good work. Here are some examples.
USAID, now shut down, was instrumental in various global initiatives, including forest preservation around the Panama Canal. The agency pioneered the Famine Early Warning System, a crucial tool ...
Christian Science Monitor5d
What USAID cuts mean for Peru as it battles cartels on coca, gold trade
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...