Category: World

📍 Dublin, July 11, 2025 — Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy Jennifer Murnane O’Connor has announced €330,000 in funding to support outdoor swimming initiatives nationwide. The investment is part of the Healthy Ireland programme, now in its second year, and aims to improve accessibility, safety, and inclusivity at designated swimming […]

UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva on Friday that “we’ve raised concerns about atrocity crimes having been committed and the risk of further atrocity crimes, where people are lining up for essential supplies such as food and medicine and where they are being attacked, where again… they have a choice between being shot […]

📍 Helsinki/Vienna, July 11, 2025 — On the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Secretary General issued a joint statement honoring the memory of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys killed in July 1995. The leaders expressed solidarity with survivors and families, emphasizing that nearly 1,000 victims remain missing, […]

Los Angeles, Federal authorities have charged Paul Richard Randall, 66, of Orange, California, with health care fraud for allegedly orchestrating a $270 million scheme to defraud Medi-Cal, California’s public health insurance program, through fraudulent prescription drug reimbursements. 💊 Scheme Overview Between May 2022 and April 2023, Randall and co-conspirators exploited a temporary suspension of Medi-Cal’s […]

On April 24th, Veolia’s shareholders voted by more than 99% to inscribe the company’s corporate purpose into its bylaws. This means that Veolia’s board of directors will need to monitor the implementation of its corporate purpose by executive management even more closely than before. What approach will they take? Rather examining how corporate management handles corporate […]

Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan told ambassadors in the UN Security Council that the ICC has “reasonable grounds to believe” that both war crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed in region, where a deepening conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has plunged the region into a humanitarian […]

📍 Brussels, July 10, 2025 — The European Union has secured a landmark agreement with Israel to significantly expand humanitarian aid access to the Gaza Strip, following weeks of diplomatic pressure and mounting concern over deteriorating conditions in the enclave. The deal was announced by EU High Representative Kaja Kallas, ahead of a key foreign […]

📍 Dublin, July 10, 2025 — Ministers Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Health) and Norma Foley (Children, Disability and Equality) have welcomed the recommendations put forward by the National Youth Assembly of Ireland (NYAI) to enhance online safety and wellbeing for children and young people. The proposals emerged from a dedicated Assembly session on Youth Online Health, […]

📍 Strasbourg, July 9, 2025 — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called on EU member states to directly procure weapons from Ukraine’s defense industry, which she described as “impressive” but currently operating at only 60% capacity. Her remarks came during a plenary debate at the European Parliament, following the June 26 European […]

📍 Washington, D.C. — July 9, 2025U.S. President Donald Trump stated Wednesday that a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is nearing completion, following two days of intensive talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. “We’re getting very close to a deal,” Trump said, adding that negotiations could conclude “this week […]