“The playing field is still far from level,” Mr. Türk said. In the past few years, topflight women’s sporting competitions have achieved increased global prominence with around a billion people watching the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023. This visibility and attention have prompted important conversations about stereotypes and power dynamics in women’s sports. […]
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Thirty years ago, CGAP was established to prove the concept of microcredit as a way to benefit people and economies. Since then, our vision has evolved as microcredit morphed into microfinance, then into financial inclusion and digital finance, and, most recently, into inclusive finance. Three decades on, the world is a very different […]
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On July 16, 2025, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, officially launched Global Talent Ireland, a strategic initiative aimed at recruiting top-tier international researchers to Irish higher education institutions and public research bodies. Managed by Research Ireland, the programme is designed to strengthen Ireland’s position as a European […]
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On July 16, 2025, Minister of State for Migration Colm Brophy TD announced the opening of the 2025 Ireland Against Racism Fund (IARF), allocating up to €1 million to support national and regional projects aimed at combating racism and promoting racial equality and community cohesion. The fund is a key component of the National Action […]
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A new report commissioned by the County Councils Network (CCN) reveals that granting England’s counties greater fiscal autonomy could generate £4.4 billion per year to invest in local services, infrastructure, and economic development—without raising taxes. 💷 Proposed Revenue Retention Measures The report, authored by Grant Thornton UK, outlines four key mechanisms for fiscal devolution: Measure […]
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On July 7, 2025, Emanuel Rodriguez Rodriguez, 34, of Puerto Rico, was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release for his role in a maritime drug trafficking operation involving 25 kilograms of cocaine transported via jet skis between Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 🚨 Details of the […]
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On July 14, 2025, Saudi Arabia signed power purchase agreements for seven utility-scale solar and wind projects totaling 15 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy capacity. The $8.3 billion initiative—led by ACWA Power, Aramco’s SAPCO, and PIF-owned Badeel—marks a major step toward the Kingdom’s goal of installing 130 GW of renewables by 2030, with 70% of […]
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On July 15, 2025, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on Senegalese authorities to immediately release news commentator Badara Gadiaga, who was arrested on July 9 following remarks made during a televised debate on Télé Futurs Médias (TFM). The organization also demanded the release of fellow commentators Abdou Nguer and Bachir Fofana, and urged […]
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The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting farmers impacted by bovine tuberculosis (TB) through a suite of targeted financial assistance schemes. These measures aim to mitigate the economic hardship caused by herd sickness, prolonged movement restrictions, and forced depopulation. 🐄 Key Support Schemes 🧾 Dispute Resolution Mechanisms These […]
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On July 16, 2025, a Turkish court sentenced Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul’s mayor and a leading opposition figure, to one year and eight months in prison for insulting and threatening the city’s chief prosecutor. The ruling follows his March 19 arrest, which occurred just one day before he was expected to announce his candidacy for the […]
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