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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has dismissed accusations that Washington was left unable to help in the Myanmar earthquake due to the Donald Trump administration's shuttering of its humanitarian aid agency.

Trump has long called for the department to be axed, a cherished goal of some conservatives, but completely shuttering it would require approval by Congress - which is unlikely.

Meanwhile, over the weekend, Trump issued an order shuttering the Voice of America for being “anti-Trump.”

In Sudan, for example, the freeze in humanitarian assistance has led to the shuttering of over 1,100 communal kitchens set up to help those left destitute by the country's ongoing civil war.

Technicolor Group, the storied visual effects, motion graphics and animation company behind some of Hollywood’s most memorable films, is shuttering operations, including in California.