By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The International Committee of the Red Cross will reduce its 2026 budget by nearly a fifth to 1.8 billion Swiss francs ($2.2 billion) and cut 2,900 jobs, it said in a statement on Friday, as its top donor the United States and others pare back support. Aid budgets face a huge shortfall as donors shift their focus towards defence, forcing humanitarians to make difficult decisions about whom to help amid multiple conflicts and record displacement. At the same time, the top global aid contributor, the United States, is overhauling its foreign assistance programmes under President Donald Trump as he prioritises "America First" policies. The job cuts amount to about 15% of the ICRC's global staff of 18,500. 'UNPRECEDENTED' FUNDING CRISIS The Red Cross, which alre

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