Category: World

Autistic Girl Left in Tent During Freezing Temperatures A Dublin-based voluntary group, A Lending Hand, has raised alarm over the plight of rough sleepers, including an autistic girl forced to live in a tent during -2°C conditions. The organisation’s founder, Keira Gill, said repeated attempts to secure emergency accommodation had been met with “radio silence” […]

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All along Paris’s River Seine, private foundation money has been pouring into older Parisian institutions to make their buildings hospitable to large modern conceptual works. Crowds flock to the Bourse du Commerce, for example: once a grain and later a labour market, it has now been transformed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando into clean, white […]

Healthcare Workers Voice Outrage Ireland’s migrant nurses and other essential worker groups have issued a strong condemnation of the government’s newly approved family reunification policy, The Migrant Nurses of Ireland facebook post described it as “inhumane, unjust, and a betrayal” of those who have sustained the country’s health system through its most difficult moments. The […]

Today, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reached an agreement with Northwestern University (Northwestern) to safeguard its students, employees, and faculty from unlawful discrimination based on race, religion, sex, or national origin, including race-based admissions practices and a hostile educational environment directed […]

Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer has sold to an anonymous phone bidder for US$236.4 million (£180.88 million) at Sotheby’s New York. Only Leonardo Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi has achieved a higher hammer price. For modern art, Klimt is the uncontested champion. What’s more, this record was achieved despite a cooling global art market, and […]

On behalf of the United States of America, I want to congratulate the people of Albania as you celebrate your Independence Day. The United States and Albania enjoy a strong partnership, built on a shared commitment to a safer, more prosperous future. Our alliance in NATO is the bedrock of our mutual defense, and we […]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres is “deeply concerned by the unfolding events,” his spokesperson said in a statement late on Thursday. “He strongly condemns the coup d’état perpetrated by elements of the military and any attempt to violate constitutional order.” He stressed that disregarding “the will of the people who peacefully cast their vote during the […]

Agreement to Bolster Stability The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a staff-level agreement with Ukraine for an $8.2 billion four-year aid package under a renewed Extended Fund Facility. Pending approval by the IMF Executive Board, the program—set to run from 2026 to 2029—aims to reinforce macroeconomic stability and governance as Russia’s ongoing invasion continues […]

European Union member states agreed Wednesday on a common position for new regulations to combat online child sexual abuse, emphasizing risk assessments and prevention without forcing tech giants to scan private messages. The deal, advanced by Denmark’s Council presidency, requires platforms to evaluate misuse risks for distributing abuse material or child solicitation, then deploy mitigation […]