Category: World

Thank you very much. It is a great pleasure to be able to welcome everyone at here, in London, for the Global Partnerships Conference, and a huge pleasure, especially to be able to co-host this conference with South Africa, just as our two countries worked together last year on the replenishment of the Global Fund, […]

In March 2026, a tropical-like cyclone named ‘Jolina’ produced significant damage across North Africa. In 2020 and 2023, storms Ianos and Daniel both caused severe damage in Greece, and the latter triggered a humanitarian disaster in the city of Derna, Libya, where thousands were declared dead or missing. These tropical-like cyclones occur in a non-tropical […]

WHO’s representative in DRC, Dr Anne Ancia, told reporters in Geneva that there are more than 500 suspected cases including 130 suspected deaths, but that only 30 cases have been confirmed in the country so far. The agency is working closely with the authorities and rushing more testing kits to eastern DRC to identify cases […]

The British Embassy in the Republic of Moldova can offer help but will not be able to get you out of prison or get you special treatment because you’re British. Find out what help the embassy or consulate can offer. Family and friends can contact: the British Embassy in the Republic of Moldova the Foreign, […]

As NATO counts down to its annual summit in Turkey in July, the alliance is facing perhaps the biggest challenge in its history – what a potential future without the United States, or US security guarantees, would look like. In recent weeks, the Trump administration has taken a series of steps widely interpreted in European […]

FCDO consular support Whenever possible we will seek your permission before taking any action on your behalf. We can: listen to you and help you look at your options help you to contact friends and family members if you want to visit you in hospital or prison in line with our usual procedures raise any […]

If you have ever seen the Milky Way in the night sky, you probably noticed that it looks cloudy. That is because towards the centre of our galaxy, and of most galaxies, there are vast amounts of dust that make it hard to see what is going on. That means a big swathe of the […]

Thank you so much, and welcome everyone, to Woolwich Works, and to the Global Partnerships Conference this morning!  It is my absolute honour and privilege to welcome all of you, and the very broad community of friends and partners who are represented here today. To welcome those of you for whom this might not be your first international development conference.  Who have been […]

The world needs fertiliser to be moving in weeks not months, damage has begun to be priced in to the agriculture market for the next year as harvests suffer and food prices rise Global conference brings governments, investors, international organisations, technology leaders and civil society together to agree new ways of working on shared global challenges, including directly combating the […]

The owner of two Southern California non-emergency ambulatory companies pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and money laundering. According to court documents and statements made in court, Mehrdad Tabrizi was the sole owner of Life Fleet Inc. and Resonante Group, two medical businesses based in Orange County. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tabrizi used these two […]