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The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said he is “deeply alarmed” over the standoff between the United States and Venezuela in recent months, which culminated on Saturday morning in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro by US special forces. US President Donald Trump made the announcement on social media, and the US Attorney General said Mr. Maduro and his […]
© UNICEF/Andriy Vashkiv.Waiting for vaccination against influenza at a health centre in Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district. This article is published in association with United Nations. Amid an early start to the Northern Hemisphere influenza season a new variant of the virus is rapidly gaining ground – but vaccination remains the “most effective defence”, the UN health agency […]
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Societe Generale signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to develop joint collaborations and strengthen their support of innovative, fast-growing small and mid-cap companies active in the cleantech sector. The combination of the EIB guarantees with Societe Generale working capital facilities will […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN’s top humanitarian official has called for an immediate ceasefire in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur region, amid reports of significant civilian deaths, attacks on hospitals and the city’s reported capture by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Tom Fletcher, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. With armed gangs expanding their influence, self-defence groups morphing into gang-like entities and public officials acting with impunity, Haiti is slowly becoming something like the Wild West, according to William O’Neill, the UN’s designated expert on human rights for the Caribbean island nation. And if you ask Mr. O’Neill what […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Without an urgent and unrestricted flow of aid, Gaza’s already dire humanitarian crisis could deteriorate further, the UN warned on Friday. In his regular daily briefing, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric highlighted that ongoing delays, bottlenecks at holding points and interference in the loading process at crossing platforms […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved a €11 billion French scheme to support offshore wind energy in line with the objectives of the Clean Industrial Deal. This measure will contribute to the transition towards a net-zero economy and reaching the renewable energy target set at […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Recent attacks by armed groups in northern Mozambique displaced tens of thousands in July alone, deepening an already dire humanitarian crisis in Cabo Delgado and straining limited aid supplies. The displacement is the latest consequence of a cascade of overlapping emergencies in the country – including armed […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Rountable of Working Group 8: Peace Supporting Package Excellencies, The European Union is honoured to lead, with our Arab League partners, the work on the ‘Peace Day Effort’. By working together on the vision for the ‘day after’, we lay the ground for it to […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, issued its advisory opinion on the obligations of States in respect of climate change, read out by the President of the Court, Judge Iwasawa Yuji, on Wednesday. The UN’s principal judicial body ruled that States have an […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Pregnant women and newborns in Gaza face “catastrophic” conditions, including a dysfunctional healthcare system, psychological stress and food deprivation, the UN reproductive health agency UNFPA reported on Wednesday. In the first half of 2025, only 17,000 births were recorded, according to Gazan health authorities, representing a 41 […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has issued an informal guidance letter to provide antitrust guidance for the creation of a licensing negotiation group in the automotive sector (the Automotive Licensing Negotiation Group or ‘ALNG’) that would negotiate licences to use technologies covered by standard essential patents […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission reaffirms its commitment to supporting the development of a hydrogen market by introducing a comprehensive greenhouse gas emission methodology for low-carbon hydrogen and fuels, as set out in the Hydrogen and Gas Market Directive. This methodology complements the existing ones […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Workers dismissed in Belgium after the closure of chip manufacturer BelGaN are set to benefit from EU support through the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). The €930,000 proposal, adopted today, would support 417 people in returning to employment. BelGaN ceased operations in July 2024. […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Within one year, a maize and sorghum cooperative of 20 members in the Central Equatorial State of South Sudan had grown to over 150 members allowing many members to boost their income and provide for their families for the first time. “Cooperatives are a system that enables […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General on Saturday strongly condemned Russia’s latest wave of drone and missile attacks in Ukraine – reportedly the largest in over three years of war – warning that the strikes again jeopardised nuclear safety at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). In a statement issued […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Developing countries currently face a staggering $420 billion annual gap in the funding needed to achieve gender equality, UN Women estimates. This gap means that programmes and services for women and girls are chronically underfunded. “The money simply is not reaching the women and girls who need […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission today proposed an amendment to the EU Climate Law, setting a 2040 EU climate target of 90% reduction in net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, compared to 1990 levels, as requested by the Commission Political Guidelines for 2024-2029. It will give certainty […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission launched several initiatives to accelerate the EU’s transition to a circular economy and prepare the ground for the Circular Economy Act, expected in 2026. Circular economy enhances competitiveness and economic growth by promoting the reuse, recycling and remanufacturing of materials. The […]
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has committed €10 million to Movens Fund 2, a new fund raised by Movens Capital, a multi-stage venture capital firm backing technology companies from central and eastern Europe (CEE). With Fund 2, Movens Capital will provide critical funding to young […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission presented today a Roadmap setting out the way forward to ensure law enforcement authorities in the EU have effective and lawful access to data. The roadmap is an important deliverable under ProtectEU – the EU’s Internal Security Strategy which the Commission […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission announced yesterday its intention to issue up to €70 billion of EU-Bonds in the second half of 2025. The planned issuance builds on the €86 billion raised in the first half of the year, consistent with the previously communicated planned issuance […]
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. To strengthen food security and resilience in wartime Ukraine, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is arranging a financing package of up to €100 million for a leading Ukrainian agribusiness producer’s investment programme. The EBRD will lend €40 million to agribusiness products producer MHP […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Tobacco use still claims over seven million lives a year, the World Health Organization warned on Monday, calling for greater efforts to limit its use amid rising interference from the global tobacco industry. The World Health Organization (WHO) published its 2025 report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic on […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Afghanistan is already grappling with immense humanitarian and economic challenges and growing instability in the wider region following airstrikes by Israel and the United States in Iran is compounding the situation, the UN’s top envoy in the country told the Security Council on Monday. Roza Otunbayeva, the […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is “deeply alarmed” by the further escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, his Spokesperson said in a statement on Monday. It comes in the wake of reports that Iran launched missiles at an American military base in Qatar in retaliation for […]
