Financial aid

British government under fire for ‘wrecking ball’ aid cuts

Outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the cuts in 2025 to increase defence spending, prompting the resignation of Britain’s international development minister.

World Bank to abandon goal to devote 45% of lending resources to climate change projects

A drone view of a seawall under construction, funded by the World Bank and Green Climate Fund, along the coast of Ebeye, Marshall Islands, June 13, 2025. PHOTO: REUTERS

A year after USAID shutdown, Americans still back foreign development aid, poll shows

The poll of 2,022 voters showed Republicans and President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again base were sceptical of foreign aid before getting more details.

Pope Leo decries leaders who ‘feed’ wars while millions go hungry

Pope Leo urged governments to increase their spending and not subject food aid to limits based on geopolitical concerns during his visit to the Rome headquarters of the World Food Programme on June 22.

UN warns of ‘unprecedented’ gaps in global food aid amid funding cuts

A Somali child is screened for malnutrition at a hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Commentary

A gentler climb with shorter steps for S'pore's most vulnerable families

More achievable milestones to help vulnerable families qualify for financial incentives are a huge help to them.

EU seeks lifting of Greek lawmakers' immunity over farm aid fraud

FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium Februrary 26, 2026. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

Ukraine is running out of cash to pay for the war as aid falters

The challenge to finance Ukraine’s defence comes as Russia is increasingly reaping a budget windfall from the surge in global oil prices sparked by the war in Iran.

Low-income families get $500 a quarter, financial support for further studies under ComLink+ pilot

Ms Serena Lim, 28, with her son at her place on Mar 2, 2026.

‘We’ll give address of this person to our armed forces’: Zelensky taunts Hungary’s Orban for blocking aid

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) criticised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for blocking Ukraine aid that is critical to Ukraine's survival.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.