Category: Business

Over 850,000 civilians have been displaced in South Kivu province, nearly half of them children, according to the agency. Many are living in precarious conditions, sheltering in schools, churches or in the open, lacking clean water and sanitation, healthcare and education. Grave violations against children have also sharply risen, including sexual violence, killings, maiming and […]

This past January the new administration issued an executive order on Artificial Intelligence (AI), taking the place of the now rescinded Biden-era order, calling for a new AI Action Plan tasked with “unburdening” the current AI industry to stoke innovation and remove “engineered social agendas” from the industry. This new action plan for the president […]

While Britain has for the most part had a strong commitment to free trade, it’s a very different story in the US, which has a long history of protectionism. This means that President Donald Trump’s tariff wars are playing out very differently politically on his side of the Atlantic. And there is no certainty that […]

EFF is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mark Klein, a bona fide hero who risked civil liability and criminal prosecution to help expose a massive spying program that violated the rights of millions of Americans. Mark didn’t set out to change the world. For 22 years, he was a telecommunications technician for […]

The car industry is rarely out of the news, often under gloomy headlines related to tariffs, falling sales, low uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) and workers’ strikes. While the crisis in the sector affects all global brands, German companies have been especially badly hit. Volkswagen has been reducing its production capacity, Mercedes-Benz has issued a […]

During two-days in Johannesburg, Ms. Mohammed attended the G20 Finance Ministers meeting and the ‘Finance in Common’ Summit of National Development Banks. She also spent a day in Cape Town at a meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. She represented Secretary-General António Guterres at both stops and in her remarks in […]

On April 1, 2025, the European Union (EU) will begin imposing countermeasures in response to U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. This action follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to apply tariffs worth $28 billion on these imports. The European Commission, led by President Ursula von der Leyen, announced that the EU will retaliate […]

In a bold push for medical privacy, Hawaii’s House of Representatives has introduced HCR 144/HR 138, a resolution calling for the Hawaii Attorney General to investigate whether crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) are violating patient privacy laws.  Often referred to as “fake clinics” or “unregulated pregnancy centers” (UPCs), these are non-medical centers that provide  free pregnancy […]

Public sector workers in Iraqi Kurdistan, a semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq, have endured irregular and delayed salary payments for more than a decade. Many of these people are owed staggering amounts of money – US$50,000 (£38,700) on average, and as much as US$120,000 for higher-level employees. The region’s 6.5 million inhabitants have been caught […]

China has announced new tariffs of up to 100% on Canadian food exports, including canola and pork, set to take effect on March 20. The move is in direct response to Canada’s imposition of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, steel, and aluminum. China’s State Council Tariff Commission stated that the tariffs aim to discourage Canada, […]