Author: Solomon Alaka

Washington, D.C: Ireland’s Minister for Finance and President of the Eurogroup, Paschal Donohoe T.D., has arrived in Washington to represent both Ireland and the euro area at the 2025 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. The high-level gathering brings together global finance ministers, central bank governors, and institutional leaders to […]

Washington, D.C., 15 October 2025 — President Donald Trump issued a directive on Friday, 11 October, instructing the Pentagon to ensure that all active-duty U.S. service members receive their scheduled pay despite the ongoing federal government shutdown. The move comes as the shutdown enters its third week, with budget negotiations in Congress still deadlocked. The […]

Dublin, 15 October 2025 — Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD, has announced the commencement of advance payments under the 2025 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS), with €510.9 million set to be distributed to 110,499 farmers starting Thursday, 16 October. The payments, […]

Yerevan, 15 October 2025 — Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Elina Valtonen has concluded a high-level visit to Armenia, reaffirming the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s commitment to supporting peace, reconciliation, and democratic development in the South Caucasus. During her visit, Valtonen held bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Foreign […]

The surge was driven by continued human emissions, more wildfire activity and weakened absorption by land and ocean “sinks” – a development that threatens to create a vicious climate cycle. Tripling since the 1960s The WMO’s latest Greenhouse Gas Bulletin shows that CO₂ growth rates have tripled since the 1960s, accelerating from an annual average […]

Hanna Tetteh, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, said that while some progress has been made toward implementing a UN-backed political roadmap, divisions between the House of Representatives and the High Council of State continue to block key steps needed ahead of long-awaited national elections. “The two institutions have yet to achieve this objective,” Ms. […]