Category: World

Serbia’s student-led political movement has secured a historic election victory. Preliminary results suggest the so-called Student List has won 141 of the 250 seats in parliament, with the ruling Serbian Progressive Party taking 104. The result brings the 12-year rule of Alexander Vučić to an end. The Student List’s story is remarkable. It has no […]

Cancer is devastating for dogs and their owners. But researchers at Yale University have developed a promising new vaccine that teaches a dog’s immune system to recognise and attack cancer cells. In early trials involving dogs with bone cancer, one-year survival rates rose from around 35% with conventional treatment to 65% among vaccinated dogs. Some […]

Global Clean Power Alliance The Global Clean Power Alliance (GCPA) is an agile alliance of Global North and Global South partners, working to accelerate the global shift to clean power, including rapidly advancing electrification and strengthening energy security. With high-ambition countries and actors across industry, private finance and international organisations, the alliance focuses on two […]

MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian appeals court ruled on Friday that 52-year-old Erin Patterson must spend the rest of her life in prison without the possibility of parole, citing the “shocking criminality” involved in poisoning her estranged husband’s relatives with lethal death cap mushrooms. The three-judge panel of the Victorian Court of Appeal dismissed Patterson’s […]

SINGAPORE — A state-sponsored North Korean hacking group has been identified as the prime suspect behind an unprecedented $6.3 billion cyberattack targeting Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, in what security experts call the largest theft in digital asset history. The incident prompted Binance to halt all deposits and withdrawals as international law enforcement and […]

Nowhere in the Iberian Peninsula or the Balearic Islands has a tropical climate – for this to be the case, the average temperature in the coldest month would have to be 18°C or higher. The contrast between Spain’s winters and summers, and the low temperatures reached in winter, do not resemble those of any tropical […]

Thank you, Chair.  Welcome back to Permanent Council, Director Telalian.    Firstly, the UK’s support for ODIHR remains unwavering. Participating States have mandated ODIHR to monitor implementation of Human Dimension commitments. Rest assured of continued UK support, including additional financial support this financial year.       ODIHR can only deliver its mandate if participating States protect its independence […]

Today a federal district court in the Eastern District of Virginia sentenced Ahmad Umar Agha to 42 months in prison for his central role in an expansive hacking conspiracy organized and led by members of former Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s inner circle, including the commander of Syria’s General Intelligence Directorate, from as early as Aug. 24, 2011, […]

The United Kingdom welcomes this opportunity to consider the implications of emerging technologies for maritime security. Emerging technologies are transforming our world. At sea, they offer immense opportunities to improve safety, strengthen maritime domain awareness, and protect the global trade on which all our countries depend.  But these technologies also bring new risks, and we […]

FRANKFURT, Germany — European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde announced on Thursday, October 29, 2026, that she will step down from her position on February 7, 2027—almost nine months before the official conclusion of her eight-year term. Lagarde officially notified the ECB Governing Council and European Council President António Costa of her decision, prompting […]