Category: World

A compact, multi‑sector snapshot of the continent’s latest economic, political, technological and human‑rights developments. BUSINESS & MACRO SPAR Group Restructures After Heavy Losses South Africa’s SPAR Group reported R132.4 billion in revenue for the year to September 2025, a 1.6% increase driven by stronger grocery and liquor sales London South East.However, profitability weakened: diluted headline […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived at 10 Downing Street in London for a pivotal round of talks with European leaders as diplomatic efforts intensify to shape the next phase of the war with Russia. The meeting, hosted by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, brings together France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz, […]

Gardaí have issued a nationwide alert as the investigation intensifies into a fatal firebomb attack in Edenderry, Co Offaly, Ireland, that killed four‑year‑old Tadhg Farrell and his 60‑year‑old grandaunt, Mary Holt. Detectives believe the pair were murdered in a petrol‑bomb assault linked to a local drugs gang, in what officers have described as a “reckless, […]

Premier League football stadiums in England can be hotspots for certain types of crime on match days, demanding a heavy police presence. But for much of the year, community sports clubs located in nearby neighbourhoods play an important role in reducing levels of crime. Our recently published research focused on men’s match days at Tottenham […]

[English translation of statement delivered in French.] I am delivering this statement on behalf of the following participating States that are members of the Informal Group of Friends on the Safety of Journalists: Austria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and my own country, France. […]

Nigeria’s government says it has secured the release of 100 children abducted during last month’s mass kidnapping at St. Mary’s Catholic boarding school in Niger State, one of the country’s worst school abductions in recent years. The children, taken by armed gunmen in late November, were transported to Abuja and are expected to be handed […]

Stacey Taylor, 42, of Plattsburgh, New York, appeared for an arraignment Monday after a federal grand jury in Albany returned an indictment on Oct. 2 charging her for her role in an international alien smuggling conspiracy that brought aliens primarily from India into the United States across the northern border. According to court records, U.S. […]

Over two days, Special Envoy for Peace Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Ukrainian Secretary of National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov and Chief of General Staff General Andriy Hnatov for constructive discussions on advancing a credible pathway toward a durable and just peace in Ukraine. Today, the group had their sixth meeting […]

In a statement on Sunday, António Guterres paid tribute to the “resilience and courage of the Syrian people, who never stopped nurturing hope despite enduring unimaginable hardship.” He described the past year as proof that “meaningful change is possible when Syrians are empowered and supported in driving their own transition.”  “What lies ahead is far […]

A Tennessee community is reeling after a grandfather and his three‑month‑old granddaughter were killed in what authorities described as an “especially difficult and brutal” dog attack at a home in Tullahoma. The victims have been identified as 50‑year‑old James Alexander Smith and his infant granddaughter International Business Times UK NBC News. Police were called to […]