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An Interview With A Fired USAID Education Officer
When Joel Runnels graduated from college, he followed the age-old tradition of young people who don’t quite know what they ...
Aftershocks and lack of resources hinder recovery work 3 weeks after Myanmar’s deadly earthquake
Basic services have yet to be restored to the areas of Myanmar worst hit by a huge earthquake three weeks ago, and emergency ...
Foreign Affairs Dems press Rubio on Burma earthquake response, USAID cuts
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and 18 other Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee pressed the Trump administration to ...
I was in the CIA. Here's how helping Myanmar can pay off for US against China. | Opinion
Why should Trump help earthquake victims in Myanmar, formerly Burma? Ask, instead, why Myanmar is so important to China that ...
Red Cross faces funding shortage in Myanmar earthquake relief
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Thursday it had received only a fraction of an ...
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UNHCR airlifts relief supplies for earthquake survivors in Myanmar
A plane carrying critical relief supplies from the UN Refugee Agency’s global stockpiles in Dubai has landed today in Yangon, ...
Foreign Policy5d
Myanmar’s Earthquake Exposes Political Fault Lines
Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw, along Mandalay and Sagaing regions were the hardest hit. The death toll in Myanmar surpassed ...
Myanmar earthquake relief hampered by lack of aid, airstrikes
Myanmar's strongest earthquake since 1912 has left thousands homeless, complicating relief efforts amid an ongoing civil war.Some 60,000 people are living in tent encampments in central Myanmar ...