Category: World

French police official Lucas Philippe has been elected president of Interpol at its 93rd General Assembly held in Marrakech, Morocco, to serve a four-year term. Philippe, 53, currently counsellor for European and international affairs to the director of the French National Police, succeeds Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi of the UAE. The assembly united 886 delegates from […]

Thank you, Chair.  And thank you for your report to the Permanent Council, Representative Braathu. And thank you for the dedicated work of you and your team. Our predecessors at the OSCE recognised that media freedom is a cornerstone of regional security and democratic societies. Regrettably, as your report makes clear, there are a range of severe and growing challenges to media freedom in […]

Minister of State Neale Richmond and First Minister John Swinney unveiled a new bilateral cooperation framework setting out shared priorities for collaboration between Ireland and Scotland through to the end of the decade. The two leaders met at Iveagh House in Dublin for the annual Ireland–Scotland Bilateral Review meeting, where they reaffirmed the strength of […]

Minister for Children, Disability and Equality Norma Foley has allocated more than €320,000 from Ireland’s Dormant Accounts Fund to boost prevention and early intervention services for children and young people nationwide. A total of €329,625 has been awarded to 13 community and voluntary organisations under the 2025 What Works Enhancing Quality Fund, with grants of […]

Apple has formally moved to challenge India’s revised antitrust regime, warning that the new rules could expose the company to penalties of up to $38 billion. The legislation, recently amended by New Delhi, allows regulators to calculate fines based on a company’s global revenue rather than domestic earnings, significantly raising the stakes for multinational corporations. […]

Italian architect and researcher Dr Chiara Mazzarella has long been captivated by the idea of finding better ways to use empty buildings. Across Europe, millions of homes and commercial buildings lie vacant, even as housing shortages and rising rents leave many people in precarious living situations. “We talk a lot about the circular economy, but […]

  The EU bioeconomy already contributes significantly to job creation and economic growth in Europe. It employs more than 17 million people (around 8% of EU jobs) and in 2023 had a value of €2.7 trillion. With its new strategy for bioeconomy, the EU aims to further unlock the bioeconomy’s potential to help it replace […]

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has unveiled a sweeping package of £26 billion in tax increases as part of her Autumn Budget 2025, marking one of the most significant fiscal adjustments in decades. The measures come as the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) downgraded economic growth forecasts, warning of slower expansion, higher inflation, […]

A collision in Kunming, Yunnan province has killed 11 railway workers and injured two others, marking China’s deadliest rail accident in more than ten years BOL News Al Jazeera The Star. Details of the Incident The accident occurred in the early hours of November 27, 2025, when a test train conducting seismic equipment checks struck […]

The devastating fire that swept through the Tai Po housing estate in northern Hong Kong has claimed 44 lives, with dozens more residents hospitalised in serious condition. As dawn broke, officials confirmed that the blaze, which raged across seven high‑rise blocks, is now mostly under control compared to yesterday’s peak intensity, though firefighting teams remain […]