Category: World

Like all living things, trees have a limited life cycle, with phases of youth, maturity, and old age. In their prime, trees provide shade, coolness and environmental quality – as well as an undeniable aesthetic value – to urban spaces. However, as they get older they get weaker, and this affects their stability. Old age […]

Mr President, I deliver this statement on behalf of the Item 2 Core Group for Sudan: Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway and the UK. The details contained in the Fact-Finding Mission’s report are, frankly, horrific. Sudan’s brutal conflict has triggered the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with 8.7 million people on the brink of famine and […]

French national debt has grown steadily over the last 30 years. It is the sum of all public deficits accumulated since the mid-1970s. To compare the amount of national debt to the government’s financing capacity, it is expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) – debt-to-GDP ratio – which indicates how many years of […]

BENIN CITY — Eight operatives of Nigeria’s Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were killed on Friday night in a deadly ambush by armed assailants in Edo State, southern Nigeria. The attack targeted a convoy escorting Chinese expatriate workers employed at the BUA Cement facility in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area. According to NSCDC […]

Michael James Pratt, founder of the now-defunct California-based pornographic website GirlsDoPorn, was sentenced on Monday to 27 years in federal prison for orchestrating a sex trafficking scheme that exploited hundreds of women. U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino handed down the sentence in San Diego, exceeding the prosecution’s recommendation due to the “sheer scope and magnitude” […]

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to accompany U.S. President Donald Trump on a state visit to the United Kingdom next week, according to sources familiar with the itinerary. The visit, scheduled for September 17–19, will include a state banquet hosted by King Charles at Windsor Castle. Huang will be joined by other prominent U.S. […]

Germany plans to invest €10 billion ($12 billion) in civil protection and disaster management by 2029, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt confirmed in an interview with Bild published Sunday. The initiative, dubbed the Civil Protection Pact, aims to modernize emergency infrastructure amid rising geopolitical tensions and threats such as extremism and hybrid attacks. Key components of […]

The “bloquons tout” (“block everything”) movement has called for a nationwide shutdown on September 10 to protest the French government’s policies, and Jean-Luc Mélénchon, the leader of the hard-left France Unbowed party, is calling for a “general strike”. This concept played a major role in the revolutionary rhetoric of the early 20th century before falling into […]

An Oklahoma man was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison for possession of child sexual abuse material. According to court documents, Thomas Edward Gailus, 52, of Webber Falls, Oklahoma, used the dark web to access child sexual abuse material, which he collected in large quantities, including child sexual abuse material featuring prepubescent minors. […]

Office of the Spokesperson Deputy Secretary Landau’s Call with Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar September 8, 2025 The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Piggott: Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau spoke with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to reaffirm the strength of the U.S.–Trinidad and Tobago partnership. The Deputy Secretary commended Trinidad […]