World Health Organization chief says agency already cutting back on hiring and travel with Trump withdrawal set to hit funding.

This is the second time Trump tried to withdraw from WHO, with the first attempt in July 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The dollar initially weakened after Trump’s inaugural address did not explicitly announce tariffs, but rallied after he said the US could impose 25 per cent levies on Mexico and Canada. Trump postponed the ban on TikTok but said he “certainly could” put tariffs on China if Beijing failed to approve a deal to sell the app to a US company.

Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed ties with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ... the Paris climate agreement and the World Health Organization. However, Trump appeared ...

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia praised President Trump’s second inauguration, but the American leader did not return the compliment.

Donald Trump cast himself both as a peacemaker and fierce defender of US interests in a mercurial return to the White House on Monday, vowing to seize the Panama Canal but also imploring Russia to make a deal on Ukraine.

He also signed a flurry of executive orders withdrawing the US from the World Health Organisation and ... discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the three-year-old war in Ukraine.

More than half of Americans believe the U.S. benefits from its membership in the WHO. As of April 2024, 25% of U.S. adults say the country benefits a great deal from its membership, while about one third say it benefits a fair amount. Conversely, 38% say the U.S. does not benefit much or at all from WHO membership.

President Trump’s decision to pull out of the international health agency could deprive the United States of crucial scientific data and lessen the country’s influence in setting a global health agenda.

This action follows an executive order signed by President Trump on his first day in office to withdraw the United States from the WHO.

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