Category: World

Minister of State at the Department of Justice with special responsibility for International Law, Law Reform and Youth Justice Niall Collins visited The Alternative Project, a youth intervention project in Athy on the morning of 25th of June, 2025, highlighting the government’s continued focus on youth rehabilitation and community-based crime prevention. During the visit, Minister […]

Screens dominate much of the modern world, and there are ongoing debates, among experts and parents alike, about whether young children should be exposed to them. So what exactly is the real impact of screen time on a child’s neuropsychological development? Many pediatric associations recommend limiting exposure during childhood, especially for children under five years […]

A six-year-old British boy has reportedly been caught up in a major international drug trafficking operation, after being detained alongside six adults at Mauritius’ main airport in connection with a £1.6 million cannabis smuggling plot. The group—comprised of six British nationals, one Romanian man, and the child—was stopped on Sunday at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International […]

Paris, 29 June 2025 – In a landmark meeting hosted by the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), the Heads of the world’s Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) have pledged intensified joint action to tackle urgent global development challenges, committing to bold reforms and expanded impact. Amid increasing geopolitical and economic volatility, the Heads reaffirmed their […]

France has offered to help make food distribution in Gaza safer, following mounting international outrage over the deaths of hundreds of civilians near aid centres in the war-torn territory. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Paris—and Europe more broadly—“stands ready to contribute to the safety of food distribution” in Gaza. The proposal comes amid growing […]

A relentless wave of natural disasters is hammering the Australian economy, compounding a global crisis that is far more costly than previously believed. New findings from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) reveal that global disaster-related losses are nearing US$2.3 trillion—more than 11 times earlier estimates. Financial losses from natural catastrophes have […]

A wave of new bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is propelling a fresh surge of investment into China’s high-tech and artificial intelligence sectors, as money managers respond to a growing appetite for yield-bearing assets in the wake of deposit-rate cuts. Ten major Chinese asset managers—including E Fund Management, China Southern Asset Management, and Invesco Great Wall […]

The fentanyl crisis in the United States is unprecedented, with overdoses remaining the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 44. More than 40 percent of Americans reportedly know someone who has died from an opioid overdose, and in 2024 the United States averaged over 220 overdose deaths daily. Today, I am announcing […]

President, let me make three points. First, the United Kingdom commends efforts by the African Union, United States and Qatar to negotiate the peaceful resolution to the conflict and also commends the continued engagement of DRC and Rwanda. DRC and Rwandan Foreign Ministers have been meeting today in Washington to sign a peace agreement.  The […]

OMAHA, Neb. — 27 June 2025 — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett donated $6 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock on Friday, marking his largest annual contribution since pledging to give away the majority of his fortune nearly 20 years ago. The donation includes approximately 13 million Class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway, distributed among five […]