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EU Inc. – making business easier in the European Union

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  The Commission presented EU Inc., a new single set of corporate rules that will be the same and apply across the EU. This will make it easier for businesses to start, operate and grow across the EU. Its optional, fully digital procedures would enable innovative companies to scale up and incentivise them to stay in Europe and encourage those who once looked elsewhere to return. EU Inc. is part of the new broader 28th regime that offers businesses the chance to seize the benefits of the single market.   […]

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EU steps up support for disaster preparedness and humanitarian aid in Asia

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The European Commission has released nearly €11 million to support humanitarian aid and strengthen disaster preparedness across Asia in 2026. Over €8.7 million will fund disaster preparedness initiatives throughout the region, the majority through a regional allocation of €7 million covering ASEAN countries, as well as Nepal and Sri Lanka. In addition, a dedicated envelope […]

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Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Conducts Court-Authorized Disruption of DNS Hijacking Network Controlled by a Russian Military Intelligence Unit

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Today, the Department of Justice and the FBI announced a court-authorized technical operation to neutralize the U.S. portion of a network of small office/home office (SOHO) routers compromised by a unit within Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) Military Unit 26165, also known as APT28, Sofacy Group, Forest Blizzard, Pawn Storm, Fancy […]

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Women leaders unite to advance gender equality, defend multilateralism amid growing global pushback

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The Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed recently convened women leaders who met in Manhasset, Long Island, for the fifth year, to reaffirm their collective commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), women’s rights, gender equality, and the principles of the UN Charter. Fundamental rights Participants underscored that gender equality is a fundamental human rights issue […]

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World News in Brief: Death on the Mediterranean, displacement in Afghanistan, ‘One Health’ summit

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It brings the total number of migrants and refugees killed this year attempting the crossing into Europe to almost 1,000.  Reacting to these latest figures, on Tuesday, Amy Pope, the head of IOM, called for stronger efforts to stop traffickers and smugglers from exploiting vulnerable people, and an expansion of safe and regular pathways, so […]

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Guterres slams international failure to manage safe migration

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António Guterres presented his latest biennial report on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration to Member States during an informal meeting of the General Assembly.  It shows that in 2024, an estimated 304 million people were migrants, or 3.7 per cent of the world’s population. Children accounted for between 12 to14 per cent, or around 37 to 42 million. Mr. […]

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‘Entire families brutally erased’: Remembering the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

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Serge Gasore’s childhood is the stuff of nightmares. He was a young child when the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi began in Rwanda and narrowly escaped death on multiple occasions. His mother was murdered, and he saw his grandmother killed by a grenade attack on a church where Tutsis were hiding. He spent weeks fleeing […]

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Record number of wildfires in 2025 calls for stronger EU action

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The European Union experienced its most devastating wildfire season on record in 2025, with over 1 million hectares of land burnt – an area roughly the size of Cyprus – according to new data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), managed by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. EFFIS satellite monitoring revealed that […]

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Middle East war: UN’s Türk decries ‘severe restrictions’ on free speech

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“Repression of civic space and freedom of expression has significantly deepened across the Middle East, compounding the already existing climate of fear unleashed by multiple conflicts and crises,” UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Wednesday. Iran accounts for the bulk of reported arrests, impacting nearly 2,350 people since the conflict began, according to […]

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Ukraine wakes to more violence as Russia’s full-scale invasion enters fifth year

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“Four years ago, people in Europe woke up in another world because generations like mine have always had the privilege to live a life in peace,” Ms. Baerbock told journalists in Geneva. “But this changed four years ago with the full invasion [by] Russia, of the neighbouring country of Ukraine.” Echoing the UN Secretary-General’s assessment that the […]

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