Category: World

Thank you Madam Chair.      The United States has just informed this Council of steps it has taken to defend its democratic institutions in the face of a covert foreign influence operation by the Russian Federation. This follows other participating States’ interventions in this Council to highlight multiple forms of malign interference across our region in recent […]

  The European Day of Languages, celebrated annually on 26 September, promotes linguistic diversity, encourages language learning across all age groups, and highlights the importance of translation and language-related professions.  This year, the European Commission is hosting 2 virtual conferences to foster discussions about multilingualism in Europe. In addition, a wide range of activities will […]

A photograph of Anupa Geevarghese  Today, we celebrate the anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a significant milestone in ensuring people with disabilities have access to good jobs. Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act Section prohibits federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating against qualified applicants and employees with disabilities and requires contractors to take […]

The text of the following statement was released by the United States of America, Germany, France, and the European Union following the Ministerial Meeting on Advancing Peace in Sudan on the margins of the UN General Assembly, on September 25, 2024. A Ministerial Meeting on Sudan was convened by Germany, France, the United States and the European Union […]

By Tyler Nickel, Senior Product Marketing Manager, FourKites. Managing a complex supply chain with thousands of SKUs can be a major challenge, often leading to issues like expedited orders, duplicate orders and unexpected inventory levels. Think about the number of SKUs your business handles. The average company handles 500 to 1,000 SKUs and sometimes tens […]

“During the day he’s completely calm, but at night he gets very agitated.” “Tonight she hasn’t stopped calling out for her mother, who passed away many years ago. But she’s been asleep all day, and it was almost impossible to wake her up.” These testimonies will be relatable to many relatives and caregivers of an […]

António Guterres was addressing a High-Level Debate in the Security Council on Leadership for Peace, designed to bolster support for the principles of the UN Charter and build on the call for reform contained in the ground-breaking Pact for the Future, adopted on Sunday. In the face of deepening divisions and growing mistrust between nations, […]

Norway‘s security police (PST) have begun a preliminary investigation into reports that a Norwegian-owned company was linked to the sale of pagers to Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah that exploded last week, a police lawyer told Reuters. Over a two-day period last week, thousands of pagers, as well as walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah operatives, blew up […]

Looking forward to a new era of constructive cooperation within the bilateral relationship, characterised by improved dialogue and confidence-building measures, the UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina, Diana Mondino, met in New York on 24 September and made progress towards a broad agenda covering […]

Russia has established a weapons program in China to develop and produce long-range attack drones for use in the war against Ukraine, according to two sources from a European intelligence agency and documents reviewed by Reuters. IEMZ Kupol, a subsidiary of Russian state-owned weapons company Almaz-Antey, has developed and flight-tested a new drone model called […]