Category: World

Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order that takes unprecedented action to impose new consequences on those who wrongfully detain Americans abroad.  Through this Executive Order, actors designated as State Sponsors of Wrongful Detention may face severe penalties including economic sanctions, visa restrictions, foreign assistance restrictions, and travel restrictions for U.S. passport holders.  Like the […]

📍 Lagos, 6 September 2025 — Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery has exported its first shipment of petrol to the United States, marking a historic milestone for Africa’s largest oil processing facility. The consignment, totaling approximately 300,000 barrels of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), departed from the refinery’s Lekki jetty on 26 August aboard the vessel Gemini […]

“When women are missing, democracy is incomplete,” said Kirsi Madi, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director with the UN gender equality agency, UN Women, responding to the latest analysis. Ms. Madi emphasised that the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in the media needs to be recognised as a key issue, so that democratic standards are not eroded for future generations. […]

📍 South Boston, Virginia, 5 September 2025 — Hitachi Energy, a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., has unveiled a landmark $1 billion investment to expand production of critical electrical grid components across the United States. The initiative includes $457 million dedicated to building a large power transformer facility in South Boston, Virginia—the largest of its kind […]

📍 Dublin, 5 September 2025 — Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Jim O’Callaghan has announced €1.75 million in funding to enhance services for children, young people, and families residing in international protection accommodation across Ireland. The funding will be delivered through the Children and Young People’s Services Committees (CYPSC), a nationwide network that […]

Giorgio Armani’s passing at the age of 91 has closed a golden age in high fashion, and consolidated the legacy of a visionary who forever redefined the codes of contemporary style. The designer’s death marks a crucial moment for an empire that generates annual revenues of €2.3 billion euros. Armani transformed fashion with unstructured silhouettes […]

The dramatic liquidity crisis currently impacting the UN and its global partners has already prevented a high-level human rights probe into the DRC emergency created in February from getting underway. According to testimonies gathered by OHCHR investigators into widespread violence in DRC’s North and South Kivu since January, members of the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel paramilitary group […]

📍 Brussels, 5 September 2025 — The European Commission has imposed a €2.95 billion antitrust fine on Google for abusing its dominant position in the digital advertising technology sector. The penalty marks the fourth major EU sanction against the tech giant in the past decade. The Commission found that Google systematically favored its own ad […]

📍 London, 5 September 2025 — Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has appointed David Lammy as Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary following the resignation of Angela Rayner amid a ministerial code breach related to her personal tax affairs. Rayner stepped down after admitting she had underpaid stamp duty on a property purchase, citing incorrect […]

📍 Washington, D.C., 5 September 2025 — The Trump administration is preparing to issue an executive order establishing a new designation for “state sponsors of wrongful detention,” aimed at penalizing countries that illegally detain or take U.S. nationals hostage. The measure, expected to be signed as early as Friday, would empower the U.S. State Department […]