
David Biller
Southern Europe News Director at Associated Press
Brazil News Director for the @AP • Gringo/New Englander in Rio de Janeiro, via Mexico, Chile & Argentina • ✉️ [email protected] • DMs open
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1 week ago |
argus-press.com | Ellen Knickmeyer |Samy Magdy |David Biller
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has ended funding to U.N. World Food Program emergency programs helping keep millions alive in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and 11 other impoverished countries, many of them struggling with conflict, according to the organization and officials who spoke to The Associated Press. The World Food Program, the largest provider of food aid, appealed to the U.S. to roll back the new cuts in a social media post Monday.
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2 weeks ago |
bedfordgazette.com | Ellen Knickmeyer |Samy Magdy |David Biller
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has terminated some of the last remaining U.S. funding for the U.N. World Food Program and other organizations providing food and other lifesaving services to millions in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and other impoverished countries struggling with conflict, The Associated Press has learned.
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thecanadianpressnews.ca | Ellen Knickmeyer |Samy Magdy |David Biller
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has ended funding to U.N. World Food Program emergency programs helping keep millions alive in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and 11 other impoverished countries, many of them struggling with conflict, according to the organization and officials who spoke to The Associated Press. The World Food Program, the largest provider of food aid, appealed to the U.S. to roll back the new cuts in a social media post Monday.
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thesunchronicle.com | Ellen Knickmeyer |Samy Magdy |David Biller
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, SAMY MAGDY and DAVID BILLER - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has ended funding to U.N. World Food Program emergency programs helping keep millions alive in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and 11 other impoverished countries, many of them struggling with conflict, according to the organization and officials who spoke to The Associated Press. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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kstp.com | Ellen Knickmeyer |Samy Magdy |David Biller
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has ended funding to U.N. World Food Program emergency programs helping keep millions alive in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and 11 other impoverished countries, many of them struggling with conflict, according to the organization and officials who spoke to The Associated Press. “This could amount to a death sentence for millions of people facing extreme hunger and starvation,” WFP said on X.
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