The Trump administration's decision to slash nearly all U.S. foreign aid has left dozens of water and sanitation projects half-finished across the globe, creating new hazards for the people they were designed to benefit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/20/world/politics/trump-aid-water-sanitation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #water #us #famine #drought #floods #donaldtrump #aid

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump's $9 billion funding cut to public media and foreign aid, sending it to the White House to be signed into law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/18/world/us-congress-pass-trump-funding-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #pbs #npr #aid #development #republicans

Around 80% of lower-income families with children in Japan said that their household finances are much worse than last year, a survey by nonprofit group Kidsdoor has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/04/japan/society/struggling-families-in-tougher-situation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #poverty #surveys #aid #children #inflation