Minister for Children, Disability and Equality Norma Foley has allocated more than €320,000 from Ireland’s Dormant Accounts Fund to boost prevention and early intervention services for children and young people nationwide. A total of €329,625 has been awarded to 13 community and voluntary organisations under the 2025 What Works Enhancing Quality Fund, with grants of […]
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Apple has formally moved to challenge India’s revised antitrust regime, warning that the new rules could expose the company to penalties of up to $38 billion. The legislation, recently amended by New Delhi, allows regulators to calculate fines based on a company’s global revenue rather than domestic earnings, significantly raising the stakes for multinational corporations. […]
Continue ReadingToday, the Commission adopted a proposal to amend the Market Stability Reserve Decision as regards the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) for the new emissions trading system for road transport and buildings (ETS2). This is a key step to deliver swiftly on the measures announced by Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra at the last Environment Council to ensure […]
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Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness, and Crisis Management, Hadja Lahbib, is in Egypt from 27 to 29 November to work with the Egyptian authorities and humanitarian partners on the ground on increasing the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza. Her programme includes a meeting with Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty to discuss the conditions needed to move […]
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The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems 2025 report and the FAO State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition in the World report, both recently released, have delivered a clear warning – the world’s food systems are failing both people and the planet. Both reports hammer home the need for greater financing […]
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The EU bioeconomy already contributes significantly to job creation and economic growth in Europe. It employs more than 17 million people (around 8% of EU jobs) and in 2023 had a value of €2.7 trillion. With its new strategy for bioeconomy, the EU aims to further unlock the bioeconomy’s potential to help it replace […]
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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has unveiled a sweeping package of £26 billion in tax increases as part of her Autumn Budget 2025, marking one of the most significant fiscal adjustments in decades. The measures come as the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) downgraded economic growth forecasts, warning of slower expansion, higher inflation, […]
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Boeing has confirmed it will manufacture 96 AH‑64E Apache attack helicopters for the Polish Armed Forces under a $4.7 billion Foreign Military Sales contract awarded by the U.S. Army. The deal represents the largest Apache order outside the United States in the program’s history, underscoring Poland’s push to modernize its defense capabilities amid heightened regional […]
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A collision in Kunming, Yunnan province has killed 11 railway workers and injured two others, marking China’s deadliest rail accident in more than ten years BOL News Al Jazeera The Star. Details of the Incident The accident occurred in the early hours of November 27, 2025, when a test train conducting seismic equipment checks struck […]
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Home improvement giant Lowe’s Home Centers LLC has agreed to pay a US$12.5 million penalty following allegations that its contractors failed to comply with federal rules on lead paint safety during home renovations across the United States. The settlement, announced by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on November 25, […]
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