Category: World

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — The death toll from a devastating Russian aerial bombardment on a humanitarian aid distribution center in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region has risen to 37, with at least 59 people remaining missing beneath the rubble. The attack, which targeted a former school building serving as a vital community shelter and weekly food distribution […]

The United Kingdom thanks the Department of Global Communications, under the leadership of Under-Secretary-General Fleming, for its impactful work, including on Information Integrity. As UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham warned at the General Assembly, we face an “industrial-scale assault by hostile actors” on our information environment, one that corrodes trust, fuels conflict and puts lives […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. stock futures erased early losses to turn positive on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, as international financial markets reacted to election results confirming that the Democratic Party secured majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The projected sweep in the U.S. midterm elections sparked a broad reassessment across global asset […]

DUBLIN — The Irish Government has officially approved the ratification of the United Nations’ Second Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The landmark international agreement targets the most severe forms of abuse against minors—establishing robust global protections against the sale of children, child prostitution, sexual exploitation, and child sexual abuse […]

HEIF returns £14.80 for every £1 invested. Research England has today launched a consultation on proposed changes to the formula used to allocate the HEIF. This would be the first significant change to the formula’s underlying design since it was introduced in 2008. HEIF gives universities in England flexible funding to build knowledge exchange capability, […]

In today’s interconnected world, millions of people move between two or more languages every day. They may negotiate at work in one language, speak with family in another, and follow news, entertainment and social media across several others. Using multiple languages can deeply change the way a person sees the world. Research has suggested that […]

Young people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will have the opportunity to study for a new Ukrainian GCSE, helping Ukrainians to preserve a vital connection to their language, culture and identity while opening pathways to future education and employment for all pupils. The new qualification is part of the UK’s enduring support for the […]

Research England has set out a refreshed vision and funding approach for English universities. It has confirmed changes to a number of targeted funding streams from the 2027 to 2028 academic year while maintaining core research and knowledge exchange funding. The changes follow a period of engagement with the English higher education sector during summer […]

KEY TAKEAWAYS Brazil’s experience offers lessons for other democracies, including Europe, that are turning to education to strengthen democratic resilience. Knowing how institutions work is not enough: democracy is learned through experience as much as via content. Civic education mandates often fail between the law and the classroom. Teachers, time and democratic school life decide […]

ISLAMABAD — International human rights monitoring organizations, United Nations independent experts, and global bar associations are escalating demands for the immediate and unconditional release of married Pakistani human rights attorneys Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha. The calls follow a October 29, 2026 decision by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad sentencing both lawyers to […]