Category: World

Eric Yuan was not happy at Cisco Systems even though he was making a salary in the high six figures, working as vice president of engineering on the videoconferencing software Cisco WebEx. “I even did not want to go to the office to work,” Yuan told CNBC Make It in 2019. Yuan was unhappy with […]

Cohesion policy is the EU’s main investment policy. It plays a key role in reducing disparities between EU regions to promote economic, social, and territorial cohesion, and making the EU more competitive, sustainable, and equitable.    Under its mid-term review of the cohesion policy, the European Commission is proposing amendments to existing laws and inviting […]

Office of the Spokesperson HomeOffice of the Spokesperson Press Releases…Senior Bureau Official Meyer’s Travel to Pakistan Senior Bureau Official Meyer’s Travel to Pakistan Media Note April 5, 2025 Senior Bureau Official (SBO) for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Eric Meyer, will lead an interagency U.S. delegation traveling to Islamabad from April 8-10, […]

US President Donald Trump’s implementation of 10% import tariffs has triggered market turbulence, prompting global concerns and calls for a measured response from European leaders. The tariffs, announced by Trump and now in effect, cover a broad range of goods entering the United States. While the country-specific tariffs are set to be enforced on April […]

The drastic reduction in programs by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is causing significant disruptions in humanitarian aid, impacting non-governmental organizations responsible for delivering vital assistance. A study by Nature warns that the loss of crucial funding could result in an estimated 163,500 deaths annually other estimates points at a much higher […]

In a recent statement, UN rights chief Volker Turk expressed deep concern over reports of extrajudicial killings in Khartoum, Sudan, following the army’s recapture of the city from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Turk described himself as “appalled” by credible accounts of multiple incidents of summary executions of civilians across various areas of Khartoum, based […]

The world markets witnessed a tumultuous week as stocks plummeted, marking one of the worst trading periods in recent years. The escalating trade war between the United States and China sent shockwaves through financial sectors, with China retaliating against President Trump’s tariffs by imposing a hefty 34 percent duty on imported U.S. goods. Market turbulence […]

The great Russian physicist and Nobel laureate Lev Landau once remarked that “cosmologists are often in error, but never in doubt”. In studying the history of the universe itself, there is always a chance that we have got it all wrong, but we never let this stand in the way of our inquiries. A few […]

WASHINGTON — A California man was arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging that he targeted children for sexual exploitation online as part of his role in an online violent network that seeks to accelerate social unrest and the downfall of the current world order. Jose Henry Ayala Casamiro, 28, of San Fernando Valley, was arrested […]

Mohamed Refaat, IOM Chief of Mission in Sudan, was speaking to reporters after returning from previously inaccessible Khartoum state, which is now back under the control of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). War erupted between the SAF and former ally the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023, and civilians continue to bear the brunt […]