Category: World

AI is already helping farmers predict droughts and manage crops more efficiently, but the environmental cost of training large models and running vast data centres is raising alarms. Meanwhile, cooling – once seen as a luxury, now a survival need in many parts of the world – remains one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse […]

“Women speaking to us from El Fasher, the heart of Sudan’s latest catastrophe, tell us that they’ve endured starvation…displacement, rape and bombardment,” Anna Mutavati, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, told reporters in Geneva. “Pregnant women have given birth in the streets as the last remaining maternity hospitals were looted and destroyed.” […]

What comes out of our wastewater treatment plants may not be very appealing, but the real problem is what is left behind after water treatment. Wastewater plants produce a liquid sludge that is usually dried and then burnt or dumped. This is costly, polluting, and has long been considered wasteful. A group of EU-funded researchers […]

The Signatories are gravely alarmed by the reports of systematic and ongoing violence against civilians during and after the fall of El Fasher to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as well as the escalation of conflict across North Darfur and the Kordofan region. Deliberate targeting of civilians, ethnically motivated mass killings, conflict-related sexual violence, starvation as […]

Seven years since his last trip, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is back in D.C. for a high-stakes meeting with President Trump. 🏛️ Back in Washington On November 18, 2025, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) will walk into the White House for talks with President Donald Trump. It’s his first U.S. visit […]

Summary: Across Africa, business innovation, digital transformation, geopolitical shifts, security challenges, and human rights concerns are shaping the continent’s trajectory. Here is a concise, multi‑section overview of the latest developments. 📊 Business 💻 Technology 🌍 Geopolitics 🔒 Security ⚖️ Human Rights In summary: Africa’s November 2025 landscape is marked by economic resilience, digital innovation, political […]

Summary: Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense has confirmed that a C-130 military transport aircraft crashed near the Georgia-Azerbaijan border shortly after taking off from Azerbaijan. Video footage shows the plane breaking apart mid-air before impact. Search and rescue operations are underway, with no immediate details on casualties released. ✈️ Incident Confirmation The crash was confirmed […]

On October 9 2025, Italy took the unprecedented step of approving a law that recognises obesity as a chronic, progressive, and relapsing disease. The law came into effect on October 25. To date, no other European country has enacted a national law that recognises obesity with such breadth: as a chronic condition with specific guarantees […]

LOS ANGELES – Five members of the transnational criminal organization Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) were found guilty by a jury today of committing six murders to advance their standing in the gang – killings in which the victims varyingly were strangled, shot, stabbed with knives or a machete, beaten with a baseball bat, then, in […]

Independent politician takes office at Dublin Castle, pledging unity, peace, and climate action. In summary: Catherine Connolly has been inaugurated as Ireland’s 10th President, taking office in a ceremony rich with symbolism and tradition. Her speech set out priorities of peace, neutrality, climate action, and inclusivity, marking the start of a new chapter in Ireland’s […]