With the U.S. significantly reducing its $12 billion global health aid, an urgent question arises: who will fill this gap? China, the Gates Foundation, and the World Bank are potential players, yet ...

China could reap the soft-power advantage, but like Western governments, the country is cutting back on aid. Philanthropies say they cannot replace the United States.

Climate change and conflict are fuelling a resurgence of cholera in Africa, with progress toward elimination undermined by ...

That in itself is unusual. During the time of former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, for instance, ordinary Chinese people narrowly paid attention to U.S. diplomacy, especially its China ...

Legislation from several congressional Republicans, including Rep. Mike Rogers, R-AL, would withdraw U.S. funding and participation from the United Nations. The Disengaging Entirely From the United ...

U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and like-minded congressional colleagues have introduced proposed legislation into the 119th Congress that would cause the United States to unilaterally withdraw from ...

The Utah senator, along with other Republican lawmakers, introduced legislation calling for a ‘complete withdrawal’ from the ...

Washington's pullback gives Beijing a historic chance to advance its global standing and agenda, but how much will it pursue?

"In the entire history of the United Nations, there has been no precedent for unilateral withdrawal of states, except for the conflict between the United Nations and Indonesia in 1965 and the threat ...

Pathogens such as the coronavirus can travel around the world at a speed that too often outpaces governments’ ability to detect, treat, cure, and prevent diseases. Even the best-funded health care ...

Policymakers and Indigenous leaders urge "decolonization" of coca laws, highlighting the leaf's cultural importance ahead of ...

"If the U.S. withdraws from the WHO, there is more of a chance of outbreaks of diseases like polio and measles," said Dr.