Category: World

MADRID — Thousands of demonstrators marched through central Madrid on Saturday, demanding structural housing reforms and stronger protections for vulnerable tenants. The mass protest was triggered by the forcible eviction earlier in the week of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her home in the central Retiro neighborhood, where she had resided for over seven decades. The […]

DUBLIN, IRELAND — Tens of thousands of Christian worshipers gathered in central Dublin for the annual March for Jesus national rally. Organized as an interdenominational expression of faith, worship, and unity, the gathering brought together individuals, families, and church communities from across Ireland. Participants assembled in the heart of the capital before marching through key […]

WASHINGTON — Concluding a high-level summit in Washington, the United States and China have reached a consensus on recommendations for reciprocal tariff relief covering $30 billion worth of non-sensitive goods in each direction. Announced by the White House and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the agreement forms a core component of an eight-point consensus […]

Europe is home to more than 200 languages. The European Union alone has 24 official languages and more than 60 regional or minority languages. On 26 September we celebrate the richness of our many languages and cultures on the European Day of Languages. Language and cultural institutes, associations, universities and schools will take part in […]

When Olivia Besters began caring for the patch of soil beneath the chestnut tree outside her home in Freiburg, Germany, more than 35 years ago, biodiversity was not on her mind. “It was the optics,” she told me. The ground was compacted and littered with trash and dog “legacies”. Besters simply wanted the space directly […]

On Thursday, the Attorney General gathered victims and survivor families together at the first Summit on Victims of Violent Crime ahead of a memorial for National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims held on September 25. At the Summit, Justice Department officials also announced the “Assisting Neighborhoods and Governments with Enforcement of Laws” (ANGEL) Grant […]

We, the Foreign Secretary of the UK, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, and the Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of Kenya co-hosted yesterday a meeting of Foreign Ministers to underscore the security risks of the intensifying […]

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced $4.9 million in new grant funding to expand the Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) network into Alaska, Florida, and Louisiana. This strategic investment reinforces the Trump Administration’s commitment to supporting American service members as they transition from military service to economic leadership, empowering veterans with the specialized […]

On 24 September, the United Kingdom, on behalf of the Coalition for Atrocity Prevention and Justice in Sudan and in association with Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and Preventing And Ending Mass Atrocities (PAEMA) hosted a high-level event during the 81st session of the UN General Assembly on protecting civilians and frontline responders in Sudan. The event […]

Friedrich Merz’s demeanour was grim as he stepped before the cameras on Sunday evening to address his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party after two more disappointing state election results. Following what the German chancellor had called the CDU’s “worst defeat in many years” in Saxony-Anhalt two weeks ago, Merz described the result of Sunday’s Mecklenburg-Western […]