Category: World

Below the waves of the Mediterranean, Europe’s KM3NeT neutrino telescope is on a cosmic hunt. Towering strings of sensors stretch a kilometre down to the seafloor, arranged in a vast 3D grid. Its mission? To capture ghostly subatomic particles called neutrinos, messengers that can travel unhindered across the universe – even through planets and stars […]

A man has been sentenced for driving his car at high speed, crashing it into a historic shelter, submerging it in a lake and then ringing the police to claim the car had been stolen. Harry Mason Harry Mason, 29, of The Mallards in Southport, was spotted by police, driving a Mercedes car in a […]

In recent years, several websites selling ultra-low-cost goods have appeared on the French market. Shein, Temu and AliExpress, to name but a few, are shaking up the online retail landscape. According to a study conducted by BPCE Digital & Payments, the number of payment cards recording at least one monthly transaction on a discount site […]

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an agreement with the University of Virginia (“UVA”) that will protect UVA’s students, faculty, and employees from violations of federal civil rights laws, including from discrimination based on race, sex, or national origin. As part of the agreement, the University of Virginia agrees to be bound […]

LYON, Oct. 22, 2025 — A joint initiative by INTERPOL and AFRIPOL has resulted in the arrest of 83 individuals and the identification of 160 persons of interest in a sweeping operation targeting terrorism financing and its enabling crimes across six African countries. Dubbed Operation Catalyst, the effort ran from July to September 2025 and […]

DUBLIN, Oct. 23, 2025 — As Ireland prepares to elect its next president on October 24, the race has crystallized into a contest between Catherine Connolly, an independent TD known for her progressive activism, and Heather Humphreys, a seasoned cabinet minister representing Fine Gael. The winner will succeed President Michael D. Higgins, whose term concludes […]

DUBLIN, Oct. 22, 2025 — The death of Vadym Davydenko, a 17-year-old Ukrainian refugee on the 16th of October, has prompted widespread scrutiny of Ireland’s emergency accommodation system for minors. Vadym, who had arrived in Ireland just four days earlier to escape conscription in Ukraine, was stabbed to death on October 16 at a Tusla-funded […]

In a significant policy shift, the Irish government has signed into law revised Teaching Council Registration Regulations, enabling teachers who qualified abroad—but did not complete their induction overseas—to now undertake that process in Ireland. The change is designed to streamline recognition of international teaching qualifications and address staffing shortages in schools nationwide. The regulations, signed […]

VIENNA, Oct. 22, 2025 — The OSCE Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) and the Forum on Information and Democracy (FID) unveiled a new policy manual titled “Safeguarding Media Freedom in the Age of Big Tech Platforms and AI”, designed to help OSCE participating States uphold freedom of expression, media pluralism, […]

ŠIBENIK, Oct. 22, 2025 — In a landmark move for Croatia’s energy sector, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a €16.8 million equity investment in the country’s first grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) and virtual power plant (VPP). The project, developed by IE‑Energy Projekt, will deliver up to 60 megawatts […]