Category: World

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 […]

Vebjørn Andersson has seen first-hand how long a dementia diagnosis can take. As a PhD student and dementia researcher at Oslo University Hospital, he sees many patients with late-stage dementia who may have missed opportunities for earlier support and care. “It takes too long for the diagnostic procedures to find the right diagnoses for people, […]

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Chair,  The Director General’s report is clear. Syria has taken significant steps to address the legacy of the Assad regime, and to support the Agency’s efforts to resolve nuclear safeguards issues which have been outstanding for fifteen years. Today is an opportunity to recognise Syria’s journey, and for this Board to demonstrate its shared commitment to the international non-proliferation architecture and the value of cooperation with the IAEA.   I would like to make three […]

Notices Sanctions Notice, Global Human Rights: 8 September 2026 (PDF, 181 KB, 6 pages) Sanctions Notice, Gloabal Human Rights, 9 June 2026 (PDF, 184 KB, 9 pages) Sanctions Notice, Global Human Rights, 16 April 2026 (PDF, 157 KB, 3 pages) Sanctions Notice, Global Human Rights: 14 April 2026 (PDF, 162 KB, 3 pages) Sanctions Notice: […]

Looking around this room, I see people who have spent years building connections between our countries. People who understand that strong partnerships are built through trust, shared ambition and long-term commitment. Like many of you, I’ve cared about Africa, deeply, for a long time. I still remember the optimism and sense of shared purpose in […]

Looking around this room, I see people who have spent years building connections between our countries. People who understand that strong partnerships are built through trust, shared ambition and long-term commitment. Like many of you, I’ve cared about Africa, deeply, for a long time. I still remember the optimism and sense of shared purpose in […]

The famous words of General de Gaulle – “How can you govern a country where there are 246 varieties of cheese?” – show just how closely regional identities are linked to a country’s cheesemaking heritage that seems to be rooted in ancient history. And yet this is both true and false, as this tradition that […]