Category: World

  This past June, Europeans were called to use their vote and elect their representatives in the European Parliament. This was democracy in action, but it is not the only way EU citizens can have their voice heard and influence the creation of EU laws. Other tools exist too, and these are used to give […]

Applications include: the transformation of early disease diagnosis seeing the invisible such as gas leaks and hidden objects the creation of a ‘quantum internet’ realising the potential of quantum computing resilient position, navigation and timing systems Cutting-edge science Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Peter Kyle announced the new hubs, which are being […]

The 2024 Paris Olympics aim to be the greenest edition on record, and the first compatible with the Paris climate agreement. Talk of “green games” goes back to April 2021. At the time, the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (OCOG) had even aspired to carbon neutrality by removing more greenhouse gases from the atmosphere […]

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh today in Hanoi to express his deepest condolences for the loss of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Secretary Blinken and Prime Minister Chinh welcomed the progress the United States and Vietnam have made […]

The European Union announced on Friday that it was adding the neo-Nazi group ‘The Base’ to the EU Terrorist List. The group, founded in 2018 by Rinaldo Nazzaro, has been responsible for multiple terrorist attacks, the EU stated in a release on the matter. Nazzaro is an American who is now based in Russia. […]

Geneva/Athens, 19 July – Following a two-day visit to Athens, Greece, Amy Pope, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), welcomed a landmark agreement to further protect migrants in the country.  The new Host Country Agreement signed with the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs will allow IOM to continue providing services including life-saving […]

President, on his recent visit to the region, my Foreign Secretary met Israelis and Palestinians and heard their stories of suffering, pain and anguish on both sides. He came away determined to help improve the situation and further convinced that there is no military solution to this conflict. That is why we are calling for […]

  We do it in our daily life – when we cycle to work or go for a swim. We watch and enjoy it live or on TV. Sport is all around us, representing an integral part of the lives of millions of Europeans. Especially so this summer, after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the […]

The launch of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) community consultation 2024 marks a crucial step in reviewing the Forward Look for UK Bioscience. This important document will underpin BBSRC’s strategic direction over the coming decade. A community empowered Central to the Forward Look consultation is a commitment to gathering insights from all […]

As part of President Biden’s Cancer Cabinet, we hosted a Cancer Moonshot panel last week to share how agencies within the department are protecting and supporting workers affected by cancer. Our Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor Nikki McKinney kicked things off by highlighting the department’s role in enforcing laws and regulations designed to defend workers […]