Category: World

EDINBURGH – In a move designed to anchor Scotland’s economic and social future, the Scottish Government has launched an ambitious £30 billion Infrastructure Strategy. Unveiled alongside the 2026-27 draft Budget, the plan outlines a multi-year investment cycle running to March 2030, aiming to transform the nation’s housing, transport, and healthcare sectors. At the heart of […]

Mr Secretary-General, let me begin by expressing our sincere thanks to you for your leadership over the past nine years.  You have steered the United Nations through an era of unprecedented global challenge, with vision and resolve. Under your tenure, and with our support, the UN has advanced major priorities: elevating climate action to the […]

Thank you, Chair. Federal Councillor Cassis, on behalf of the UK, welcome back to the Permanent Council. The UK welcomes Switzerland’s leadership of this organisation at a crucial and challenging time.     The UK and Switzerland have a longstanding cooperation agenda and extensive shared interests. Here at the OSCE we firmly support your Chairpersonship priorities and focus on dialogue and trust as a way to rebuild security within our region.    First and […]

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Donald Trump is clearly in a hurry to dominate the political narrative in his second term of office. He began 2026 with strikes in Syria against Islamic State groups, the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, threats to intervene in Iran and the declaration that the US would take control of Greenland – by hook […]

France is facing a surge in violent assaults and kidnappings aimed at cryptocurrency holders, as organised crime groups increasingly turn to physical coercion to obtain private keys and drain digital wallets. Security agencies have documented a marked escalation in so‑called “$5‑wrench attacks”—a term describing the use of force, abduction or torture to compel victims to […]

A ransomware attack on the AZ Monica hospital network in Antwerp has forced the transfer of critically ill patients and triggered widespread disruption across its two campuses, after administrators shut down all IT systems to contain the breach. The hospital confirmed experiencing “a serious disruption” early Tuesday, prompting a full server shutdown that halted scheduled […]

BEIJING — In a historic reshaping of the global economic order, China’s trade surplus 2025 reached an unprecedented $1.19 trillion, signaling a defiant resilience against Western protectionism. The data, released this week by the General Administration of Customs, confirms that Beijing has successfully navigated renewed “Trump-era” trade pressures by pivoting its export machine toward emerging […]

Iran has been rocked by unprecedented unrest since late December. Protesters from all regions and social classes have taken to the streets to denounce the economic crisis and political repression, defying the regime’s blockade of internet and telecommunications. The country is in the throes of a deep economic crisis: currency devaluation, rampant inflation and growing […]

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