Category: World

  As you prepare for warm summer days ahead, you will be happy to learn that the vast majority – 85.4% – of bathing water sites in Europe met the EU’s most stringent ‘excellent’ bathing quality standards in 2023. This is according to the annual Bathing Water report which was published today by the European […]

Norway, Ireland and Spain have all announced plans to recognise the state of Palestine on May 28. The move has drawn harsh criticism from Israel, which has withdrawn its ambassadors from the three countries. Jonas Gahr Støre, the Norwegian prime minister, said: “There cannot be peace in the Middle East if there is no recognition.” […]

  In the labor relations world, most people know about the Office of Labor-Management Standard’s role enforcing the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act and advancing its mandate of promoting union democracy, financial transparency and integrity. But not everyone understands Section 504, an important part of the act designed to advance those goals by keeping people […]

Under Secretary Fernandez will travel to Michigan May 28 to 30 to participate in the Mackinac Policy Conference, the premier Midwest policy and economic gathering of government and industry leaders to discuss current policy challenges and opportunities in the critical minerals, batteries, and electric vehicle sectors, and their associated supply chains as well as meet with […]

The novelist and short story writer J.G. Ballard, is known for conjuring warped and reimagined versions of the world he occupied. Dealing with strange exaggerations of realities and often detailing the breakdown of social norms, his unconventional works are hard to categorise. Sitting on the edge of reality, these unsettling visions often provoked controversy. Eschewing […]

Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, voiced his horror at further loss of civilian lives in the war-ravaged enclave. “The images from the camp are horrific and point to no apparent change in the methods and means of warfare used by Israel that have already led to so many civilian deaths,” he said […]

U.S. Department of State China Coordinator and Deputy Assistant Secretary for China and Taiwan Mark B. Lambert met virtually with People’s Republic of China (PRC) Director-General for Boundary and Ocean Affairs Hong Liang on May 23.  The two sides discussed the current situation in the South China Sea and East China Sea, as well as […]

The droughts have destroyed harvests in areas where 70 per cent of the population depends on agriculture for survival. Executive Director McCain said what she has seen has been both alarming and heartbreaking. “I met farmers who usually grow enough to feed their families and communities. This year they harvested nothing. Now imagine a similar […]

In April 2024, the trial of nine people accused of plotting the violent overthrow of the German government began in Stuttgart. The case suggests what can happen when, in extreme circumstances, people feel politically alienated. The suspects were, in the words of German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, ‘driven by hatred towards our democracy.’ Local voices […]

Russia will build a small nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan, the first such project in post-Soviet Central Asia, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Monday at a meeting with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin. The nuclear deal, if implemented, will showcase Russia’s ability to export not only energy, but also high-tech products to new Asian […]