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Science: U.S. science groups wary of new Senate bills to curb foreign influences “A bipartisan group of U.S. senators [last week] proposed sweeping — and controversial — changes in how the federal government manages academic research in the face of threats from other countries. The authors of the legislation, more…

AP: Global emergency aid delivery could end next month, U.N. warns “A global emergency delivery service that has kept tons of humanitarian aid flowing despite coronavirus travel restrictions could shut down next month if funding can’t be found to keep it running, the World Food Programme warned Friday. The shortfall…

Reuters: Exclusive: U.S., Brazil protest Thailand’s pesticide ban over impact on wheat, soy exports — documents “The United States and Brazil lodged separate protests with Thailand over its ban on two farm chemicals earlier this month, documents reviewed by Reuters show, saying the ‘restrictive’ and ‘serious’ move could hurt key…

AP: LGBT refugees find a haven in Kenya despite persecution (Odula, 6/20). AP: Last batch of joint aid lands in Yemen amid U.N. funding cuts (Debre/Hyde, 6/19). Devex: COVID-19 puts a spotlight on the Medicines Patent Pool (Worley, 6/22). Devex: Q&A: U.N. envoy on building back a better food system…

Al Jazeera: Cuba’s two pandemics: The coronavirus and the U.S. embargo Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Cuban ambassador to Canada (6/21). Bloomberg: China Faces a Rice Bowl Dilemma After Covid Clara Ferreira Marques, Bloomberg Opinion columnist (6/21). Devex: ‘Silent discriminator’ — the women global data is leaving behind Agnes Binagwaho, vice chancellor…

Boston Globe: Before genetically modified mosquitoes are released, we need a better EPA Natalie Kofler, founder of Editing Nature and adviser for the Scientific Citizenship Initiative at Harvard Medical School, and Jennifer Kuzma, professor in the School of Public and International Affairs and co-director of the Genetic Engineering and Society…

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Africa: In the fight against  COVID-19, an unsung  continent Solomon Zewdu, deputy director for global development in Ethiopia and Africa COVID-19 workstream coordinator at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (6/15). BMJ Opinion: What we all should know about PPE for healthcare workers Jos Verbeek,…

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Addressing the locust crisis in East Africa: A Q&A with Dr. Christina Owen Christina Owen, senior program officer in the agricultural development group at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (6/18). Center for Global Development: Women and Girls Are Leading the Way towards Universal Access…

USAID: Testimony of Chris Milligan, Counselor, U.S. Agency for International Development, Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations In testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, USAID Counselor Chris Milligan discussed the U.S. international response to COVID-19 (6/18).

U.S. Department of State: Sustaining U.S. Humanitarian Assistance Leadership in Response to COVID-19 In this press statement, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discusses U.S. foreign assistance in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, noting, “[W]e’re providing approximately $93 million in new humanitarian assistance to bolster our ongoing response efforts,…