Category: World

DUBAI — Floating shipping containers, oil slicks, and debris scatter across the Strait of Hormuz following sustained attacks on commercial vessels, providing a stark visual representation of a crisis that has escalated into one of the most severe maritime blockades in modern history. With transit through the vital choke point virtually halted, the blockade’s direct […]

A biorefinery in Spain is turning household organic waste and sewage sludge into coatings, fertilisers and biodegradable bags. In the Netherlands, a company is producing a plant-based chemical building block for new bottles, films and fibres. Together, they show how Europe is exploring ways to rely less on fossil raw materials, an approach that could […]

So, look, I come to this event very conscious that I’m sharing a panel with people who know much more about these issues than I do. What am I trying to do in my remarks before you get onto the real experts on the panel? I want to try and offer political leadership on the […]

Thank you, Mr Chair. The United Kingdom wishes to express solidarity with Bulgaria and Malta following the attacks in the Black Sea this week. The United Kingdom also remains unwavering in its support for Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders, and for a just and lasting peace. Last week, the […]

According to the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE, under its Spanish acronym), a “piquete” is either a sharp object, a small wound, or a group of striking workers blocking access to a workplace. It is a word, generally speaking, of conflict and harm. But when Puerto Rican musician Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio – more commonly known […]

UK joins G7 partners in an international funding package that will back Ukraine’s nuclear safety in the face of continued Russian aggression. Support comes after the Prime Minister welcomed President Zelenskyy to Downing Street, calling on allies to increase pressure on Putin’s war machine. Russia continues to carry out hundreds of strikes on Ukrainian oil […]

As we meet in the eighty-first year of the United Nations, we are reminded that the international security architecture, built over generations, cannot be taken for granted. As my Prime Minister said in his recent statement to the UN General Assembly, this is a dangerous, turbulent age. Strategic competition is intensifying.  We are witnessing an […]

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A federal jury convicted Justin Lee Plunk, 39, of Corinth, Mississippi, for conspiring to distribute and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) for profit on Instagram and Telegram. “Justin Plunk exploited the most vulnerable members of our society to turn a profit,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva for the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. […]

In Spain, an average of 44 evictions are carried out every day. While statistics like this are shocking, numbers alone rarely spark a revolution. Mass protest movements instead tend to rally around one compelling individual story. This was exactly what happened with 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal, who has become so famous that she is known in […]