Category: World

Minister for Education and Youth Hildegarde Naughton has announced a major funding allocation of €338,681 under the Youth Capital Funding Scheme 2025, supporting 26 national youth organisations across Ireland. The announcement coincided with Youth Night / Oíche na hÓige 2025, a nationwide celebration of youth work. Supporting Inclusive Youth Spaces The scheme provides grants for […]

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has called on G20 leaders to confront “trade‑distorting industrial policies” and modernise the global trading system, in what marked Ireland’s first‑ever address at the summit. Ireland’s Debut on the Global Stage Speaking in Johannesburg, Martin addressed leaders from the world’s largest economies, stressing the need for fairer and more transparent trade rules. […]

“Yesterday morning, a baby girl was reportedly killed in Khan Younis by an airstrike, while the day before, seven children were killed in Gaza City and the south,” said Ricardo Pires, spokesperson for the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF. What to know UNICEF says 67 children have been killed during the ceasefire. 280 Palestinian deaths and […]

The death toll from multiple landslides in Central Java, Indonesia, has risen to 31, with at least 20 people still missing, according to the country’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB). Torrential rains triggered the disasters last week in Banjarnegara and Cilacap, burying homes and forcing mass evacuations. Rescue Efforts Underway More than 700 personnel, including […]

The UN described it as one of the most appalling attacks in a new wave of violence by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an armed extremist rebel group. Four wards housing patients were set ablaze during the assault in Byambwe, a remote community about 60 kilometres west of Lubero in the restive North Kivu province, […]

HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases…Reward Offers Up to $15 Million for Information Leading to Arrest and/or Conviction of Canadian Narcotics Trafficker and Up to $2 Million Each for Assassins Responsible for Federal Witness Murder hide Today, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is announcing a reward offer increase […]

  Building on its plans to protect peace and ramp up our continent’s defence readiness, the European Commission has unveiled a set of measures that should significantly enhance military mobility across Europe. The measures will create an EU-wide military mobility area where troops, equipment and military assets can move around quickly and smoothly.    Simultaneously, […]

A curated overview of the latest developments across Business, Technology, Geopolitics, Security, and Human Rights shaping Africa’s landscape. Business & Macro Kenya’s Sovereign AmbitionPresident William Ruto has unveiled plans to channel Sh5 trillion (~US$38 billion) over the next decade into transport, energy, agriculture, and education projects. Two new vehicles — a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) […]

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has dismissed remarks made by a Kremlin spokesperson questioning Ireland’s neutrality, describing them as “nonsense” during comments on Friday. Kremlin Briefing Sparks Response The Kremlin briefing suggested that Ireland’s traditional stance of neutrality was compromised by its alignment with European Union positions on security and defense. Officials in Moscow claimed Ireland was […]

Tesla has announced it is offering its CEO Elon Musk a performance-based pay package worth US$1 trillion. That’s right: 12 zeros. To put this figure in perspective, it is double the amount of Musk’s existing fortune of US$500 billion (£380 billion) and equal to the GDP of Switzerland. There are, of course, strings attached. The […]