As the European Commission rushes to meet its March 11 deadline for presenting the Critical Medicines Act, the EU’s pharmaceutical industry is raising alarms about the rushed timeline and lack of proper evaluation. Originally promised by Health Commissioner Oliver Várhelyi within the first 100 days of his mandate, the proposal aims to address critical shortages […]
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Canada is on track to launch one of North America’s largest urban solar power projects with the Saamis Solar Park in Medicine Hat, Alberta. This ambitious 325-megawatt (MW) utility-scale solar farm will be built on a 1,600-acre brownfield site previously considered unsuitable for development due to its radioactive phosphogypsum waste. The project marks a significant […]
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Mr. Türk – making his closing remarks during the session reporting on the Occupied Palestinian Territory at the Human Rights Council – said he was deeply troubled by the “dangerous manipulation of language” and disinformation that surrounds discussions over the Palestine-Israel conflict. “We need to make sure that we resist all efforts to spread fear […]
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U.S. authorities have successfully reclaimed $31 million in cryptocurrency stolen during the 2021 Uranium Finance hack. Despite the attacker’s use of crypto mixers like Tornado Cash and cross-chain bridges like AnySwap to launder the funds, law enforcement managed to recover a significant portion of the stolen assets. The announcement was made this week by the […]
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the detention of Russian journalist Ekaterina Barabash, who faces up to 10 years in prison for criticizing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Barabash, a film critic for the independent outlet Republic, was arrested on February 25 and placed under house arrest the following day for allegedly spreading “fake […]
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called for an international arms embargo and targeted sanctions on Myanmar, condemning the ongoing human rights violations that have turned the country into one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. Speaking at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council on Friday, Türk […]
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Cryptocurrency markets experienced a notable rally on Sunday following former President Donald Trump’s announcement of a U.S. Strategic Crypto Reserve. The reserve will include major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), XRP, Solana’s SOL token, and Cardano’s ADA. Trump, via Truth Social, confirmed that the reserve was in line with an Executive Order on […]
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In Ukraine, weekly protests are taking place across cities, urging the government and international community to prioritize the release of prisoners of war (POWs) held in Russia. These demonstrations, particularly in Kyiv, often focus on the release of Ukrainian soldiers captured while defending the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol during the early months of Russia’s full-scale […]
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Principal Asset Management has successfully closed its Principal Data Center Growth & Income Fund, raising $3.64 billion—exceeding its initial target. This marks the third fund in Principal’s data center-focused series and will support over $8 billion in hyperscale data center projects across the U.S. in partnership with Stream Data Centers. John Berg, senior managing director […]
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“In the last six months alone, more than 200,000 people have been evacuated from frontline areas in the east and north,” said Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on the three-year anniversary of the war on Monday 24 February. Mr. Grandi added that, since the start of the war, around 10.6 million people […]
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