WHO proposes budget cut after US exit, defends its work
Voice of America
FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order on the U.S. withdrawal from World Health Organization in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2025.
World Health Organization member states will discuss cutting part of its budget by $400 million in light of President Trump's move to withdraw the United States, its biggest government funder, from the agency, a document released on Monday showed.
FILE - This image grab from handout video footage released by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu giving a televised address in Jerusalem on Jan. 18, 2025. Palestinians walk through buildings that were destroyed by the Israeli air and ground offensive are seen at the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza Strip, Jan. 28, 2025.
A lab technician holds indigenous seeds at the Genetic Resources Research Institute seed bank in Kiambu, Kenya, Nov. 14, 2024. A lab technician holds a jar with indigenous seed at the Genetic Resources Research Institute seed bank in Kiambu, Kenya, Nov. 14, 2024. A lab technician works on seed viability at the Genetic Resources Research Institute seed bank in Kiambu, Kenya, Nov. 14, 2024. A lab technician stores indigenous seed at the Genetic Resources Research Institute seed bank in Kiambu, Kenya, Nov. 14, 2024.