Category: World

I want to start by welcoming the Secretary-General’s recent visit to Haiti, which comes at a critical time for the Haitian people.  Nearly 1.5 million people are currently displaced, more than half the population is food insecure, and access to essential services is severely restricted.  Within the most recent reporting period, BINUH documented 853 survivors […]

During conversation, our brains are constantly predicting which word comes next. That ability helps us understand speech in a noisy café, or anticipate a friend’s next sentence. This skill for prediction is also linked closely to our enjoyment of music. For Professor Shihab Shamma, an auditory neuroscientist at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and […]

LONDON — Andy Burnham officially became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on July 20, 2026, after accepting an invitation from King Charles III at Buckingham Palace to form a government. Burnham’s accession follows the resignation of Keir Starmer, who stepped down after two years in office amid declining party support and policy reversals. […]

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — In a move that formally dismantles Nicaragua’s remaining democratic processes, President Daniel Ortega announced that the Central American nation will no longer hold general elections, shutting the door on future constitutional transfers of power. Speaking at an official ceremony in Managua marking the anniversary of the 1979 Sandinista Revolution, the 80-year-old leader […]

“I saw the building collapse, floor by floor. You could hear people screaming and calling for help,” said Roberto Rodríguez, 24, who survived two catastrophic earthquakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 that struck the central-northern region of Venezuela on 24 June. Having just returned home, he had yet to reach his apartment. “Bricks and pieces […]

A New Mexico woman pleaded guilty today to working with a non-emergency medical transport (NEMT) company to submit millions of dollars in false and fraudulent claims to New Mexico Medicaid for ineligible and non-existent trips to medical appointments.  According to court documents, Dorothea Irving, 47, of Farmington, New Mexico, worked as a driver between 2020 […]

“We are indeed concerned by a resurgence of hostilities and renewed escalation across much of the region,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Monday in New York, stressing that “immediate de-escalation is essential.”  He noted that “as in any conflict, the protection of civilians and civilian objects is critical,” and the vital infrastructure they rely on to survive […]

The Department of Justice announced today that it filed denaturalization actions in various U.S. district courts against 10 individuals accused of serious offenses—including sexual abuse of a child, health care and wire fraud, immigration fraud, and conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine. The complaints were filed over the last 30 days.  Under […]

A Kodak engineer built the first digital camera in 1975. The bosses said: “That’s cute, but don’t tell anyone”. On inventing a filmless device that would revolutionise photography, the reaction inside the company, was more or less that it was a charming little toy and that they should probably keep quiet about it. Kodak had […]

Manchester has always been an English city that tells its story through culture. Its reputation was not built solely through a global crucible of industry, commerce or politics but through music, football, television, art and a tradition of creative self-invention. The northern English city of Manchester has played a critical role in the development of […]