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美国将在暂停对外援助期间继续提供人道主义援助

本网报道: 当地时间1月29日,美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥发布了一项豁免书,即在暂停90天的对外援助期间继续提供救生人道主义援助。

此前,美国总统特朗普在上任数小时后,下令暂停对外援助90天,审查其是否符合其外交政策重点。

美国务院26日发布的声明称,根据特朗普关于重新评估和调整美国对外援助的行政命令,美国国务卿鲁比奥暂停了所有由国务院和美国国际开发署资助或通过这两个部门提供的美国对外援助,以供审查。

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美国官员:两机相撞事故中恐无人生还

本网报道:新华社华盛顿1月30日电 美国华盛顿特区官员30日说,发生在29日的两机相撞事故中恐无人生还。

华盛顿消防部门官员约翰·唐纳利在当天早上举行的记者会上说:“截至目前,我们认为这次事故中无人生还。我们已经从客机中找到27具遇难者遗体,从军用直升机中找到1具遇难者遗体。”

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滞留太空的美宇航员进行太空行走

本网报道:美国东部时间1月30日,搭乘波音“星际客机”飞赴空间站,但因技术故障滞留太空的美国宇航员苏尼·威廉姆斯和布奇·威尔莫尔进行太空行走。太空行走于美国东部时间上午7时43分开始,预计持续约6个半小时。

据悉,两人在空间站外的任务包括拆除一些退化的无线电通信硬件、为机械臂准备备用关节、收集可能显示轨道实验室外部是否存在微生物的样本等。

威廉姆斯和搭档威尔莫尔于去年6月5日搭乘波音“星际客机”飞赴空间站,这是“星际客机”首次载人试飞任务。飞船原定于6月14日返航,但因推进器故障和氦气泄漏等问题,返航时间一再推迟。

此前,28日,美国总统特朗普表示,他已指示美国太空探索技术公司(SpaceX)及其首席执行官马斯克采取行动,接回滞留在国际空间站的两名宇航员。

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Trump order set to halt supply of HIV, malaria drugs to poor countries, sources say

NEWS: The Trump administration has moved to stop the supply of lifesaving drugs for HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, as well as medical supplies for newborn babies, in countries supported by USAID around the globe, a memo reviewed by Reuters showed.

On Tuesday, contractors and partners who work with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) began receiving such memos to stop work immediately, sources said. The move is part of a wider freeze on U.S. aid and funding put in place since Trump took office on Jan. 20, while programmes are reviewed.

One such memo went to Chemonics, a large U.S. consulting firm which works with USAID on the supply of medicines for a range of conditions worldwide.

The memo covers the firm’s work on HIV, malaria and tuberculosis as well as contraception and maternal and child health supplies, one USAID source and one former USAID official told Reuters.

“This is catastrophic,” said Atul Gawande, former head of global health at USAID who left the agency this month. “Donated drug supplies keeping 20 million people living with HIV alive. That stops today.”

Chemonics and USAID did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.

Interruptions in treatment for diseases mean that patients risk getting sick, as well as, in the case of HIV in particular, transmitting the virus to others. It also means drug-resistant strains may emerge, Gawande said.

He said other partners had also received notices that meant they would be unable to deliver medicines to clinics even if they had them in stock, or open the clinics if they are funded by the U.S.

That includes organisations working with 6.5 million orphans and vulnerable children with HIV in 23 countries, he said.

Trump ordered a 90-day pause in foreign development assistance on Jan. 20, the day he took the oath of office, pending assessments of efficiencies and consistency with U.S. foreign policy.

His administration has also put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the USAID, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.

The administration’s actions threaten billions of dollars of life-saving aid from the world’s largest single donor. In fiscal year 2023, the U.S. disbursed $72 billion in assistance. It provided 42% of all humanitarian aid tracked by the United Nations in 2024.