Category: World

Every year on August 15, the Gràcia neighbourhood of Barcelona is awoken by a pyrotechnic procession of diables, or “fire devils”, running through its narrow streets, shortly followed by groups of drummers. As revellers dance to the rhythm of percussion and explosions, noise and smoke fill the neighbourhood, transforming its atmosphere and marking the beginning […]

Yesterday a federal jury in Los Angeles convicted an activist short seller of securities fraud for a long-running market manipulation scheme reaping profits of more than $21 million.  “Andrew Left used his expertise to profit at the expense of retail investors, ordinary people who owned the stocks he targeted. He callously boasted that it was like […]

Notices Sanctions Notice, Global Anti-Corruption: 27 February 2026 (PDF, 151 KB, 3 pages) Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office notices issued from 28 January 2026 about additions, revocations/delistings and variations/corrections to the UK Sanctions List. Previous notices See previous financial sanctions notices for Global anti-corruption issued by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation prior to 28 […]

  Due to climate change, wildfires are becoming more frequent and more destructive. In 2025 alone, a record 1 million hectares of land across the EU burned in wildfires – an area roughly half the size of Slovenia. In response, the EU is deploying a record number of firefighters, aircraft and emergency experts this summer to […]

A federal jury in the Middle District of Tennessee convicted a Tennessee woman yesterday for illegally distributing controlled substances. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Heather Marks, 43, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner who was licensed by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to distribute controlled substances. Marks prescribed […]

According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), there is an 80 per cent probability that El Niño conditions will emerge between June and August and a 90 per cent chance of this happening thereafter. “This update matters because El Niño is a major driver of global weather and climate patterns,” said WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo. […]

Chief Purpose Officers: Do firms really need them? For decades, the shareholder primacy model dominated corporate strategy, often displacing explicit discussions of broader organizational purpose. Today, in a world shaped by AI, economic uncertainty, and constant organizational change, many stakeholders want companies to stand for something more than short-term results. As a result, the term […]

What if schools could do more than teach sustainability? What if they could test it, measure it and experience it in real time? Across Europe, students and teachers have been turning classrooms into small-scale laboratories for environmental change. Over the past four years, schools and universities in Finland, Portugal, Romania and Spain trialled more than 60 […]

A New Jersey man was arrested yesterday and charged with assaulting federal officers and causing bodily injury. Brendan John Geier, 26, of Madison, New Jersey, was charged by complaint today and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cari Fais. “Peaceful protest doesn’t translate to violently attacking federal law enforcement officers,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. […]

Jeffrey Lee, a member of the Fully Blooded Felons gang, 25, of Cleveland, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy, drug offenses, including fentanyl distribution, and possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. “This defendant, now a fully convicted and sentenced felon, will […]