US pledges $100M for crisis-hit Haiti
The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, and leaders of the Caribbean bloc have held emergency talks in Jamaica on the state of anarchy sweeping Haiti.
The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, and leaders of the Caribbean bloc have held emergency talks in Jamaica on the state of anarchy sweeping Haiti. The United Nations-backed multinational security force will receive $100 million to help Haitian police fight gangs and the US will give $33 million in humanitarian aid.
Also, in the programme, Devina Gupta finds out what's happening with the Chinese economy and why US president Joe Biden is proposing to raise taxes.
(Picture: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Jamaica. Picture credit: Reuters)
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