Category: World

Summary: Minister for Children, Disability and Equality Norma Foley has launched a new Growing Up in Ireland report, distilling insights from over 300 studies on the lives of more than 28,500 children. The findings highlight both risks—such as bullying, family adversity, and rising screen time—and protective factors like strong relationships, safe communities, and structured activities. […]

Busan, South Korea — The United States and China have agreed to a one-year trade truce, with both sides pledging measures to ease economic tensions that have strained relations between the world’s two largest economies. The accord, confirmed in a White House fact sheet, was finalized during a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese […]

Dublin, 4 November 2025 — The Irish government has announced sweeping reforms to the rental market aimed at strengthening tenant protections. From 1 March 2026, all new rental agreements will include Tenancies of Minimum Duration (TMDs), designed to provide greater security of tenure and limit landlords’ ability to terminate leases without cause. Key Features of […]

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — A police operation in Rio de Janeiro has left at least 120 people dead, the highest death toll ever recorded in a single raid in Brazil. The unprecedented scale of violence has prompted United Nations human rights experts and civil society groups to call for an independent investigation into what […]

Beneath the world’s oceans, a silent revolution is underway. More than 1.48 million kilometres of underwater fibre-optic cables carry almost all global internet and telephone traffic. Now researchers are showing that these cables can do more than transmit data: they can listen to the planet. By capturing tiny changes in how light travels through them, […]

Last Friday, the FBI arrested multiple suspects and took them into custody. They have now been charged for having firearms that would be used in a conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS—a vicious foreign terrorist organization hell-bent on murdering Americans. The complaint sets forth grievous allegations of a radical Islamic terror plot involving AR-style […]

In the recent Northern Cyprus presidential election, an overwhelming majority of the Turkish Cypriot electorate rejected incumbent Ersin Tatar, backed by the Turkish government, and his hard-line two-state rhetoric. Opposition leader Tufan Erhürman’s landslide victory has revived hopes for a settlement on the divided island. Cyprus is an independent country and a member of both […]

The finding comes in the latest State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), released on Monday in Rome. “The report delivers a clear message: land degradation is not just an environmental issue – it impacts agricultural productivity, rural livelihoods and food security,” the UN agency said. Human activity driving degradation Land is the core of agrifood systems, supporting […]

Office of the Spokesperson HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases…Deputy Secretary Landau’s Call with Argentine Foreign Minister Quirno November 3, 2025 The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott: Today, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau spoke with Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs Pablo Quirno to congratulate him on his new role and reaffirm the United […]

According to the latest IPC food security report, more than 21 million people across Sudan are facing high levels of acute food insecurity – the largest such crisis in the world. Famine takes root The analysis found that famine conditions are ongoing in El Fasher, North Darfur, and in Kadugli, South Kordofan, where families are […]