'Total panic' as USAID cuts jobs from Syria to Haiti

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A person leaves flowers, next to a USAID sign which is covered over, at the agency's headquarters in Washington, US, February 7, 2025. 

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What you need to know:

  • Trump's 90-day suspension of foreign aid sent shockwaves around the world, leaving millions of people without life-saving support, but also hundreds of thousands without jobs.