Unprecedented Diagnostic Crisis Deepens: 46,000 Patients in Ireland and Over 7 Millions in UK Face ‘Unacceptable’ Delays for Vital Scans

Campaigners warn that prolonged waits for cancer and heart scans are putting lives at risk, as patients in Ireland and the UK endure unprecedented backlogs. Healthcare systems in both Ireland and the UK are under intense scrutiny as waiting lists for diagnostic scans reach crisis levels. In Ireland, unpublished National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) data […]

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Britain and Indonesia Seal £4 Billion Maritime Shipbuilding Partnership

Britain and Indonesia have finalized a £4 billion ($5.24 billion) maritime deal, a landmark agreement led by UK defence firm Babcock International to build vessels for the Southeast Asian nation. Announced on November 22, 2025, the deal underscores a deepening strategic partnership between London and Jakarta, with implications for both defence cooperation and economic growth. […]

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UK PM announces landmark deals to boost SA growth partnership

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has arrived in Johannesburg this morning ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit. He is set to unveil a series of landmark initiatives aimed at stimulating job creation, unlocking private capital, and strengthening economic ties between the UK and South Africa. The UK remains committed to supporting South Africa’s efforts […]

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Germany’s Constitutional Court Rules Police Need Warrants to Enter Refugee Shelters

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has delivered a landmark ruling, declaring that police cannot enter refugees’ homes or communal shelters to enforce deportations without a judicial search warrant. The decision strengthens the rights of asylum seekers and sets new limits on state authority in deportation procedures The African Courier InfoMigrants. Background of the Case The ruling […]

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Stronger measures to protect our democracy and civil society

  Our democracies are under threat in today’s world of international conflicts and growing technological disruption. Authoritarian regimes seek to undermine our trust in democratic institutions, free and fair elections and the values on which the European Union is founded. To counter this threat, the European Commission has presented the ‘European Democracy Shield’ that provides concrete […]

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ukrainian Presidential Office Head Andriy Yermak Remarks to Press

SECRETARY RUBIO:  All right.  QUESTION:  Good evening.  SECRETARY RUBIO:  Hey, guys, how we doing? QUESTION:  Good.  Thanks for welcoming us.  MR YERMAK:  Hello. SECRETARY RUBIO:  Thank you for coming.  So let me – at the outset let me say we’re going to come back here in a few minutes, in maybe an hour or two […]

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White-Collar Executive Incarcerated for Fixing Nurse Wages and Fraud | Office of Public Affairs

A federal district court in Nevada sentenced Eduardo “Eddie” Lopez of Las Vegas to 40 months in custody and $550,000 in criminal fines. In addition, Lopez must pay $2,496,101 in criminal restitution to the defrauded purchaser of his home healthcare company. Lopez was also ordered to forfeit $10,459,000 from the fraudulent sale of his home […]

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Belém COP30 delivers climate finance boost and a pledge to plan fossil fuel transition

Climate disinformation: Commitment to promote information integrity and counter false narratives. The final decision emphasises solidarity and investment, setting ambitious financial targets while leaving energy transition for later discussion. The burning of fossil fuels emits greenhouse gases that are by far the largest contributors to global warming, making this omission a point of concern for […]

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Nigeria: Schools should be ‘sanctuaries not targets’ says deputy UN chief following latest mass abduction

t was originally reported that 215 pupils had been kidnapped from St.  Mary’s School in Papiri, Niger state, early on Friday morning – but the figure was revised upwards to 303 students and 12 teachers, according to The Christian Association of Nigeria. The association’s chair who reportedly visited the school on Friday said that more […]

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UK Right of Reply on behalf of AUKUS partners to the IAEA Board of Governors, November 2025

Chair,  I take the floor on behalf of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States to respond to misleading claims about Australia’s acquisition of a conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarine capability through the AUKUS partnership. Once again, we are compelled to invoke our Right of Reply to address remarks that purposefully mischaracterise the nature of our […]

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