Category: World

Dublin — 4 December 2025 — Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Jim O’Callaghan has secured Cabinet approval for a €2.18 billion Sectoral Investment Plan for Justice, forming part of the State’s largest-ever National Development Plan (NDP) Review. The five‑year package represents an €800 million increase on the previous NDP allocation and will fund […]

BUSINESS & MACRO Ghana Secures $20m UK‑Backed Loan to Boost MSMEs Ghana’s First National Bank (FNBG) has secured a US$20 million loan from British International Investment to expand credit access for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises. The facility is expected to support long‑term lending and working‑capital financing, offering a lifeline to businesses seeking to recover […]

Dublin — 5 December 2025 — Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris spoke by phone on Friday with the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, with both sides discussing key issues shaping the Ireland–UK relationship ahead of a pivotal year for European and regional cooperation. According to the Department of Finance, the conversation […]

Two Illinois brothers were indicted yesterday in a superseding indictment on charges related to a scheme to defraud Medicare, Medicaid and private health care insurers and for participating in a money laundering conspiracy with the fraud proceeds.    “These defendants are charged with a brazen scheme to steal nearly $300 million from vital health care […]

The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists’ ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible through technological advances in the way DNA is extracted from ancient bones and analysed. These advances have revealed that Neanderthals and modern humans interbred – something that wasn’t previously thought to have happened. It has […]

The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) first State of the Climate in the Arab Region report paints a stark picture of a region under constant pressure from rising temperatures and increasingly extreme weather. The UN agency noted that “a number of countries [in the Arab region] reported temperatures of above 50°C (122°F) last year, while average […]

4th of December 2025: Irish Defence Forces personnel serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) came under small‑arms fire on Thursday evening during a routine patrol, the Defence Forces confirmed. The incident occurred at approximately 18:30 local time, when a patrol from the 127 Infantry Battalion was targeted while operating near UN […]

Remarks Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace Washington, D.C. December 4, 2025 SECRETARY RUBIO:  So obviously on the security cooperation, we want to – we’ve talked about the end of the conflict as not the last of our engagement with the Democratic Republic of Congo.  We want a strong U.S. partnership with the Democratic Republic […]

Fighting erupted between rival militaries in April 2023 following a breakdown in the transition to civilian rule, following the overthrow of longtime former President Omar al-Bashir four years earlier. The army of Sudan’s military government has been battling the formerly allied fighters of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia for control of the vast country, […]