Category: World

I will make three points. First, the United Kingdom joined Bahrain in calling for this urgent meeting following the serious escalation by the Houthis in Yemen and their reckless attacks against Saudi Arabia. The United Kingdom strongly condemns the Houthis’ decision to resume conflict in Yemen and their continued strikes on Saudi Arabia, including the […]

Millions of Europeans are struggling to find a home they can afford. They face expensive rents and rising house prices, and may wait years for a home that meets their needs. Sometimes, they have to make difficult choices about where and how they live.  These challenges affect everyone: young people, families, workers moving for a […]

When a family receives the devastating news that their child has cancer, one of the first questions they usually ask is “How is that possible, they’re just a child?” The first thing to bear in mind is that there is no one to blame – in many cases, the causes of childhood cancer remain unknown […]

Making the announcement at the Universities UK conference, Minister McDonald hailed the programme that will identify the barriers to collaboration and find practical ways to overcome them. He introduced the first two funding opportunities that will enable groups to identify barriers and solutions, pilot new collaborations, and seed regional innovation partnerships across multiple organisations. New […]

Dompé U.S. Inc. (Dompé), based in California, has agreed to pay $32 million to resolve allegations that, between 2018 and 2021, it paid Medicare beneficiary co-pays through two patient assistance foundations to induce the purchase of its drug, Oxervate, in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act. “This settlement demonstrates the United […]

The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) concluded Operation Meridian in Ohio, recovering 79 missing and endangered children aged 6 to 17. Spearheaded by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies throughout August 2026, officials confirmed the initiative marks the largest missing-child recovery operation in Ohio’s history. Combined with parallel successes like Florida’s Operation Statewide Shield, which […]

Thank you, Chair. I take the floor today on behalf of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. We would like to thank Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, and Romania, as cosponsors of the resolution the Board has before it for consideration. Colleagues, Much of today […]

KEY TAKEAWAYS France’s far-right Rassemblement national (RN) party wants to ban Muslim headscarves being worn in public spaces if it wins the presidential election. The RN cites the fight against Islamism as its rationale. However, research findings do not support the view that wearing the veil is, in itself, an indication of adherence to an […]

  Home to 5 million people, the EU’s outermost regions – French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint-Martin (France), the Azores, Madeira (Portugal), and the Canary Islands (Spain) – are its most remote territories. They extend the EU’s presence across the globe and play a key geostrategic role. The Commission has put forward a new strategy that will ensure these remote regions […]

The situation UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) new five-year strategy sets out our ambition to reduce grant processing times by at least 50% by 2031. We will achieve this through both automation and staff expertise and working in partnership with researchers and research organisations. At the same time, we know that application volumes for some […]