During major energy blackouts, natural disasters, conflicts or pandemics, access to essential goods – such as food, water, oil, fuel and medicines – is crucial. The Commission has put forward two strategies designed to improve this access during crises: an EU stockpiling strategy and a medical countermeasures strategy. The stockpiling strategy becomes the EU’s first […]
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The study, conducted by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in collaboration with Australia’s Burnet Institute, and published in the authoritative British Medical Journal (BMJ) Global Health, analyzed 210 outbreaks across 49 low-income countries over a 23-year period. It found that rapid vaccine deployment during outbreaks of cholera, Ebola, measles, meningitis and yellow fever, had led to […]
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📍 Washington, D.C. — July 11, 2025The United States is experiencing its worst measles outbreak in more than three decades, with 1,288 confirmed cases reported across 39 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The surge has led to 162 hospitalizations, nearly half involving children under five, and three confirmed deaths, […]
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📍 Geneva, July 11, 2025 — The number of journalists killed worldwide has risen sharply in the first six months of 2025, with 86 media workers reported dead across 26 countries, marking a 16% increase compared to the same period last year, according to the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC). 🕊️ Conflict Zones Drive Casualties The […]
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Mali Junta Chief Grants Himself Unlimited Mandate, Expands Military Control On Thursday, Mali’s junta chief, General Assimi Goita, approved a new law granting himself a renewable five-year presidential mandate, effectively extending his rule until at least 2030. The law, which allows Goita to remain in power without elections, was signed on Tuesday following approval by […]
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📍 Washington, D.C. — July 11, 2025The U.S. government is preparing to lay off more than 2,145 senior NASA employees, as part of a proposed 25% reduction in the agency’s overall budget for fiscal year 2026. The cuts, if enacted, would represent the largest downsizing in NASA’s history, leaving the agency with its smallest budget […]
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📍 Washington, D.C. — July 11, 2025In a landmark move to reduce U.S. dependence on Chinese rare earths, the Department of Defense (DoD) has invested $400 million in MP Materials, acquiring a 15% stake and becoming the company’s largest shareholder. The strategic partnership aims to establish a fully domestic mine-to-magnet supply chain, critical for defense […]
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As armed clashes intensify and conditions worsen inside Myanmar, thousands continue to cross the border seeking safety in the overcrowded camps of Cox’s Bazar, where nearly one million Rohingya refugees already live in densely populated camps. “This is the largest movement of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh since 2017,” said Babar Baloch, spokesperson for the UN […]
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Across the Gaza Strip, as people desperately search for food, mass casualty incidents are reported almost daily, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, told reporters at his regular briefing in New York. Hospitals, already under immense strain, are struggling to cope and lack of essential supplies – including fuel and medicines – is placing even greater pressure […]
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Today, the Justice Department filed a statement of interest in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case of Children’s Health Defense et al. v. Washington Post et al. The lawsuit — led by plaintiffs allegedly deplatformed for sharing independent news and opinion related to the COVID-19 pandemic — alleges […]
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