How to make meetings worthwhile and productive … for everyone involved

With summer fast becoming a distant memory, many of us have spent the month of September returning to routines, including regular work meetings. Bad planning and execution can often make meetings a waste of time, but if done well they can be very fruitful, and are essential to making decisions and strengthening team bonds. While […]

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Shooting near Israeli embassy in Stockholm: No injuries reported

A shooting incident occurred outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, according to local media reports on Tuesday. All embassy staff members were safe, with no injuries reported. While authorities have refrained from providing specific details concerning the incident, many police vehicles were seen at the scene. At least ten police cars were on the […]

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UK commits additional £10 million of aid to Lebanon

the Foreign Secretary continues to work with his counterparts to reduce tensions in the Middle East comes as the UK government has chartered more flights to help British nationals leave Lebanon The UK is boosting its humanitarian support for Lebanon with a further £10 million to respond to the mass displacement of people, as well […]

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UN condemns deadly West Bank airstrike, attacks on Gaza schools

At least 18 people were killed, and many more fatalities could be trapped under the rubble of the three-storied building, according to the UN human rights office (OHCHR). The killings “marked yet another escalation of the violence”, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at the regular news briefing at UN Headquarters in New […]

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Greek health minister condemns Palestinian community

Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis condemned the Palestinian community in Greece on Friday on X/Twitter after it claimed that Ionas Karussis, who was murdered in the terrorist attack in Jaffa on Tuesday, “was not an innocent civilian” because he had served in the IDF. Η ανακοίνωση της «Παλαιστινιακής Κοινότητας» για τον νεκρό Ιωνά εκτός από […]

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Russia should immediately cease its deliberate attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure: UK statement at the UN Security Council

I will keep my remarks brief and I will focus on three points. First, the UK takes the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines extremely seriously and we share the desire of other Council members to understand what happened and who was responsible. We believe the best way to get those answers is to support […]

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Lebanon: Medical aid arrives in Beirut amid intensifying Israeli strikes

“There were two strikes and a huge crater was created in the no-man’s land between the Syrian and the Lebanese side. It’s very hard for vehicles still to go through this road,” said Rula Amin, Senior Communications Advisor for the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, for the Middle East and North Africa. Speaking from Amman, Ms. […]

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Borrell accuses Israel of exacerbating conflict in Israel-Hamas War

Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, strongly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for exacerbating the conflict and intentionally withholding aid from Gaza in an interview with Spanish radio on Friday. Borrell shared his concerns with Onda Cero over the intensity of any Israeli response to the Iranian […]

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UK charters flight to leave Lebanon on Sunday as conflict escalates

The UK has chartered a flight to leave Beirut on Sunday (Oct 6) as tensions in the region escalate. There are no more scheduled flights, due to a decrease in demand. However, the situation will be kept under constant review.  Any remaining British nationals who want to leave Lebanon are urged to register with the Government immediately. The Government has been advising British […]

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A for modernization: Labor Department excels on IT scorecard

  Technology is shaping the future of work, and the Department of Labor is harnessing IT innovation to improve the lives of America’s workers and promote economic growth. Our efforts have been recognized with top marks on the latest IT scorecard from Congress. How did we score? The Department of Labor achieved an overall “A” […]

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