Category: World

Menopause has long been treated as something private, but the silence surrounding it is increasingly at odds with demographic reality. Women over 50 are the fastest-growing group in the workforce in many countries, and most will experience menopause during their working lives. Despite this, workplaces, policies and research continue to treat menopause as a personal […]

Addressing journalists at UN Headquarters in New York outside the Security Council, António Guterres said that humanitarian and other legal obligations are being disregarded in the Middle East and elsewhere, breeding chaos, suffering and destruction.  He said the theme of upholding international law would be a central theme of his visit this week to the UN’s highest tribunal in the […]

“This grim and chastening anniversary marks another year when the world has failed to meet the test of Sudan,” UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said in a statement from Berlin, where the international community will meet on Wednesday, amid continuing efforts to end the war.  The deadly fighting that erupted on 15 April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and […]

Register your presence Let the UK government know you’re in Qatar, register your presence if you’re in Qatar for further updates. Regional escalation  Regional escalation poses significant security risks and has led to travel disruption.    The Iranian regime has publicly stated its intention to target locations associated with the United States and Israel. This includes […]

Many people have already heard of national digital wallets like France Identité in France, MyGov.be in Belgium, mObywatel in Poland, in Portugal or Ireland. These services provide a sovereign national digital identity that will be implemented throughout the EU by the end of 2026, once they have been brought into compliance with the EU eIDAS […]

Today, the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group published a report detailing the Biden Administration’s weaponization of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Based on a review of over 700,000 internal records, the report not only details specific ways the Biden Justice Department weaponized federal law, but also outlines the corrective action taken […]

The sporting icon wasn’t there to talk tactics, but to lead his lifelong club, Flamengo, into a global pact to tackle some of the planet’s biggest challenges. Through an initiative called Football for the Goals, the UN is tapping into the sport’s massive cultural influence to promote human rights, environmental sustainability, and social equality. A legendary […]

Money is changing at a pace that would have seemed unthinkable even a few years ago. In just the last ten years, credit cards, debit cards and mobile phones have displaced cash, with notes and coins being used less and less as physical money gives way to digital. Given this growing trend, the European Central […]

Denise Brown, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, said the crisis is following a grim pattern of repeated abuses and repeated suffering. “We are on repeat in Sudan,” she told journalists in New York by video link from the capital Khartoum. “Please don’t call this a forgotten crisis. I’m referring to this as an abandoned crisis.” […]

Europe’s cities emit huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Two essential urban services – waste incineration and wastewater treatment – are among the biggest contributors to municipal CO2 emissions in the EU. These systems are vital for public health and urban life, yet they produce emissions that are difficult to eliminate entirely. But what […]