WASHINGTON: Radio Free Asia said Friday (May 2) it will lay off almost all of its staff and close production in several languages, including a rare Uyghur service, after President Donald Trump cut off funding.
Radio Free Asia - created by the United States with a mission to deliver news in countries without free media - said it will terminate 280 staff members in Washington, accounting for more than 90 per cent of its US-based workforce, as well as 20 positions overseas.
