Author: News Desk

  EU rules that update the lists of pollutants in surface and groundwaters have entered into force, aiming to improve water resilience and reduce pollution. The updated lists reflect the latest scientific advice and ensure that new substances are monitored more closely and subject to stricter controls. New substances added to water pollutant lists The […]

The crisis is unfolding as Chad struggles to cope with a massive influx of refugees and returnees fleeing the civil war in neighbouring Sudan, placing enormous pressure on already stretched services in the country’s east. “Chad is currently hosting more than 1.3 million refugees and returnees, most of them women and children” Andrew Saberton, UNFPA […]

Independent studies by the agencies paint a picture of widening disparities that begin in childhood and continue into higher education, despite decades of global progress in school and university enrolment. An unequal report card Examining the relationship between economic inequality and children’s wellbeing in 44 OECD and high-income countries, the UNICEF report found that rates […]

The UN chief was speaking at the opening of the Africa Forward Summit, co-hosted in Nairobi by Kenyan President William Ruto and French President Emmanuel Macron.  “The name of this Summit captures the moment – and the mission,” he said.  “Africa is not waiting. Africa is moving. Africa is leading.”  Driving debate, finding solutions  Mr. Guterres highlighted how Africa is driving the debate around reforming global financial institutions that […]

Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Iranian national Sharon Gohari pleaded guilty to unlawfully smuggling aliens into the United States and intentionally receiving child sexual abuse material (CSAM). For years, Gohari, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen and resided alternately in Iran and Nassau County, New York, solicited and received payments from Iranian nationals […]

The mayor of Arcadia, California, has been charged in federal court with acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the Justice Department announced today. Eileen Wang, 58, of Arcadia, is charged via information with one count of acting in the United States as an illegal agent of a foreign government. […]

Remarks as prepared for delivery. Thank you, U.S. Attorney Hayes, for the work you and your office have put into investigating this matter with us. Good morning. I’m Adam Gustafson, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division. We join the U.S. Attorney’s Office in prosecuting this important matter. The […]

A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida returned a six-count indictment today charging Brandon Sartor, 33, of Hyattsville, Maryland, with sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion and related charges. According to court documents, Sartor compelled two adult women to perform commercial sex acts in Miami and elsewhere for his financial benefit […]

A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today in the District of New Jersey to 60 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive controlled substance.   According to court documents, between July 2019 and July 2024, Michael Emma, 66, of Philadelphia, engaged in the unlawful sale of prescription oxycodone pills as a member […]

A Mexican national was sentenced yesterday to 41 months in prison for her involvement in a massive international alien smuggling organization. “We take seriously organized human smugglers who seek to undermine the integrity and security of our borders and our immigration laws for their ill-gotten gains,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the […]