📍 Beijing, July 15, 2025 — China’s exports rose 5.8% year-on-year in June, exceeding forecasts and marking the strongest monthly performance since March, according to the General Administration of Customs. The rebound follows a tentative trade agreement between Beijing and Washington that eased tariffs and helped stabilize bilateral trade flows. 📈 US Trade Shows Signs […]
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📍 Geneva / New York — July 15, 2025New data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF shows that global childhood immunization coverage remained stable in 2024, with 89% of infants—approximately 115 million—receiving at least one dose of the diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP) vaccine. However, 14.3 million infants received no vaccines at […]
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“I have survived a genocide,” said Munira Subašić, whose youngest son – her favourite – and 21 other family members were murdered in the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre. “And the world and Europe was just watching in silence.” Now president of the Mothers of Srebrenica and Žepa, Ms. Subašić spoke at a special commemoration, urging […]
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The 2025 High-Level Political Forum, or HLPF, follows two recent successful UN conferences focused on vital development issues: one in June in Nice, France, dedicated to ocean protection, and another held in Sevilla, Spain, centred on boosting financing for sustainable initiatives. The Sevilla meeting ended with a strong call to action: to urgently address the […]
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📍 London, July 12, 2025 — The pricing spread between diesel in Asia and Europe widened to $120 per metric tonne in July, marking the largest gap since October 2022, according to LSEG data. The surge reflects mounting supply pressures in Northwest Europe, exacerbated by the bankruptcy of the UK’s Lindsey refinery and ongoing disruptions […]
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📍 Dublin, July 12, 2025 — Taoiseach Micheál Martin has issued a formal statement urging calm and constructive engagement in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 30% tariff on imports from the European Union. The proposed measure, outlined in a letter from President Trump to EU leaders, has raised concerns across […]
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📍 Dublin, July 12, 2025 — Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Harris TD has issued a renewed appeal to Irish citizens travelling abroad this summer to “Make the Right Memories” by staying safe, informed, and connected. The call comes amid a sharp 11% rise in consular assistance cases and escalating extreme […]
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📍 London, July 13, 2025 — The British government has unveiled a landmark £500 million ($675 million) Better Futures Fund, aimed at improving outcomes for up to 200,000 vulnerable children across the country. The initiative, announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, is designed to provide long-term support for children facing challenges such as school absence, mental […]
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📍 Memphis, Tennessee — July, 2025Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has raised a combined $10 billion—split evenly between debt and strategic equity—to accelerate development of its Grok chatbot and expand its AI infrastructure, according to Morgan Stanley. The funding marks one of the largest private capital raises in the AI sector to date, bringing […]
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The agency is calling for calm and cooperation to provide a dignified path forward for millions of displaced Afghans. More than 1.6 million Afghans have returned from both neighbouring countries in 2024 alone, according to UNHCR – a figure that has already surpassed earlier forecasts for the entire year. ‘From Afghanistan – not of Afghanistan’ […]
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