During the past week, Greece, Spain, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Albania activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to help deal with forest fires – many of which are occurring simultaneously across Europe. Yesterday Spain activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism for the first time ever for forest fires. The European Commission has quickly mobilised 2 rescEU […]
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August 16, 2025 In a decisive move to restore order during peak summer travel, the Canadian government has ordered Air Canada and its striking flight attendants back to work and into binding arbitration. The intervention comes after a sudden work stoppage stranded more than 130,000 travelers daily and disrupted hundreds of flights nationwide. 🔹 Background: […]
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Geneva, Switzerland – 16 August 2025 The World Economic Forum (WEF) has officially concluded its internal investigation into allegations against its founder, Klaus Schwab, clearing him of any material wrongdoing. The announcement comes months after Schwab stepped down as chairman, following the emergence of whistleblower claims regarding governance and resource use within the organization. 🔹 […]
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Washington, D.C. – 16 August 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are set to meet in the Oval Office on Monday, following a pivotal U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska that concluded without a ceasefire agreement. The meeting is expected to focus on advancing efforts to end the ongoing war in Ukraine, now […]
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Issued by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Dublin, Ireland – [Insert Date] Minister of State for Research at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Noel Grealish TD, has officially announced an extension to the closing dates for applications under the 2025 Call for Proposals in Agriculture, part of the US-Ireland […]
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The 26-year conflict, from 1983 to 2009, pitted Government forces against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) – more commonly referred to as the Tamil Tigers – who sought an independent state for the island’s Tamil minority in the north and east. The civil war claimed an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 lives, and […]
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It is widely understood that low-income countries and populations are more exposed and vulnerable to the effects of climate change—and therefore more badly in need of help with adaptation and resilience building. At the same time, it is also increasingly recognized that the current climate finance architecture struggles to put adaptation financing directly into the […]
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Washington, D.C. — August 15, 2025Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has stated that she would nominate President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize—if he successfully negotiates an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine without requiring Ukraine to cede territory to Moscow. Speaking at a policy forum in Washington, Clinton emphasized that any […]
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So far this year, cholera has killed more than 4,300 people across 31 countries. These figures are underestimates and there is particular concern for those impacted by war in Sudan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Yemen. In Sudan, the disease has already claimed over 1,000 lives since 1 January. It […]
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Gender gaps in access to financial services are narrowing— according to the World Bank’s newly published Findex 2025 dataset, the share of women with accounts has climbed to 77%, just four percentage points behind men, globally. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the gender gap stands at five percentage points (78% of men vs. 73% […]
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