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Xinjiang’s Organ Transplant Expansion Sparks Alarm Over Uyghur Forced Organ Harvesting
Xinjiang’s official organ donation rate is shockingly low. So why is China planning to open six new organ transplant facilities in the region?
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:
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Modi plans UK visit next week to sign India trade deal
The trip would be the Indian PM’s first visit to the U.K. in seven years.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Africa: Africa Launches Continental Strategy to Decentralize Diagnostics and Accelerate Outbreak Response
[Africa CDC] Yaoundé, Cameroon -- In a major step toward faster and more localized outbreak response, Africa CDC convened public health leaders from ten African countries in Yaoundé to co-develop a continental framework for decentralizing laboratory services. The four-day workshop, which began on 14 July, placed equitable access to diagnostics at the core of Africa's epidemic preparedness and response strategy.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Meta rebuffs EU's AI Code of Practice
The company has previously been critical on the Commission’s work on GPAI, claiming it stifles innovation.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:UK sanctions Russian spies linked to Mariupol strikes
Those singled out for sanctions will have their assets frozen and be banned from traveling to Britain.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:China may not want Russia to lose – or to win – in Ukraine
TheSouth China Morning Post(SCMP) cited unnamed sources to report that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his EU counterpart that China doesn’t want Russia to lose in Ukraine because the US’s whole focus might then shift to China. His alleged remarks were spun by the mainstream media as an admission that China isn’t as neutral […] The post China may not want Russia to lose – or to win – in Ukraine appeared first on...
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Meta rebuffs Brussels over AI rules
The code of practice has faced months of fierce lobbying from the tech industry.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Lion's share of tripled EU migration budget aimed at border management
The newly proposed EU long-term budget prioritises border management, seeking to make entry by migrants harder, over support for asylum and reception processes. Rights groups accuse the EU of exposing migrants to human rights abuses.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Eddington' - Get ready to be polarised
Imperfect and overlong, Ari Aster's fourth feature still ends up as a neat snapshot of the COVID years, as well as a sly missile aimed at a lie we’ve all been sold...
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:As war rages on in Ukraine, organised crime is taking new forms
Almost four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion, criminal groups in Ukraine are adapting their business models amid displacement, rising trafficking risks and an increased demand for synthetic drugs, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a report published on Friday.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Humanitarians report more deaths, displacement and desperation in Gaza
The continued onslaught and mass deprivation of people in the Gaza Strip is becoming normalised, the UN aid coordination office OCHA warned on Friday.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Violence in Haiti, rising insecurity in DR Congo, expert panel on nuclear war
The UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA is stressing the need to scale up support for displaced families in Haiti amid ongoing insecurity and violence.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:UN envoy urges Colombia to ‘stay the course’ as peace faces new strains
Colombia has changed profoundly since the 2016 peace deal, but uneven state presence, lingering armed groups and mounting political tensions threaten to erode confidence unless implementation accelerates, the top UN envoy for the country said on Friday.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Aid cuts leave refugee agency unable to shelter six in 10 fleeing war in Sudan
Major cuts to aid budgets have already left people fleeing wars in Sudan and beyond without the assistance and protection they need, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR,said on Friday.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:UN80 initiative should be ‘inclusive and transparent’, recognises General Assembly
The General Assembly on Friday adopted by consensus a resolution on the Secretary‑General’s UN80 Initiative to strengthen and streamline the United Nations system.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Mandela’s legacy ‘is now our responsibility’, Guterres says on International Day
In honour of Nelson Mandela International Day on Friday, the United Nations is celebrating with a public service activity, a chamber music concert and a General Assembly meeting, where Secretary-General António Guterres presented the 2025 Mandela Prize.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:‘You have to be able to rule your life’: The care revolution in Latin America
Globally, there are 12.5 billion hours of work that the world never pays for because it barely even sees these duties.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:On the road in war-torn Gaza
Mohammed Saad sits with others inside a homemade cart pulled by a car carrying several passengers, waiting to travel to Gaza City in one of the “uncomfortable and extremely expensive” means of transportation used to get around the Strip.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Syria crisis: Hundreds killed in ongoing violence, hospitals overwhelmed
Amid violent clashes in southern Syria’s Suweida governorate, a picture of grave human rights abuses and rising humanitarian needs is emerging by the hour, the UN said on Friday.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Israel repeatedly denying visas for several heads of agencies working in Gaza, UN says
Visas for the local leaders of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the human rights agency OHCHR and the agency supporting Palestinians in Gaza, UNRWA, have not been renewed in recent months.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Syria’s Future Hangs in Balance Amid Sweida Violence and Israeli Strikes
On Thursday, Israel, which portrayed itself as a protector of the Druze community, launched a series of airstrikes. A sudden eruption of violence in Syria’s southern province of Sweida has triggered a complex and escalating crisis, exposing the deep fragility of Syria’s stability just six months after the collapse of the previous government and sending […]
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Germany deports 81 Afghan nationals under tougher migration policy
Coordinated with Qatar, the flight departed on Friday as Berlin toughens migration policy. Officials said all deportees had criminal records and were required by law to leave.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Brazil passes controversial 'devastation bill' that weakens environmental regulations
Critics have called it "by far the worst piece of legislation” ever from an environmental standpoint.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Tinubu Renames University of Maiduguri After Buhari
[Leadership] President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday announced the renaming of the University of Maiduguri as Muhammadu Buhari University in honour of the late former Nigerian president who died on July 13 in a UK hospital and was buried in Daura, Katsina State, on July 15..
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Middle East: Clerics visit Gaza after deadly church strike
The Jerusalem Patriarchate said the trip was made to show a "powerful expression" of solidarity. The clerics were joined by diplomatic representatives from more than 20 countries. DW has more.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Brazil offers COP30 cruise ship rooms and cost caps but negotiators remain unhappy
While some developing countries have been offered rooms on two cruise ships at $220 a night, others will have to pay up to $600 in a process criticised as "opaque" The post Brazil offers COP30 cruise ship rooms and cost caps but negotiators remain unhappy appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Brazil offers COP30 cruise ship rooms and cost caps, but negotiators remain unhappy
While some developing countries can book rooms on two cruise ships at $220 a night, others will have to pay up to $600 in a process criticised as "opaque" The post Brazil offers COP30 cruise ship rooms and cost caps, but negotiators remain unhappy appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Is Europe losing the AI race? Magnificent Seven widen gap over Europe's giants
The US ‘Magnificent Seven’ have pulled far ahead of Europe’s corporate giants, driven by massive AI growth. While US tech surges, Europe’s top firms—mostly in traditional sectors—struggle to keep pace in the new innovation-driven economy.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Dutch competition watchdog's fitness for purpose questioned by reports
With more and more legislation being introduced in the past years, the mandate of the ACM has expanded significantly.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Fighter jet maker Saab pops 12% on profit beat amid European defense splurge
Saab reported better-than-expected sales growth and income for the second quarter.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Africa: Trump's Africa Summit - Outsourcing America's Immigration Problem?
[ISS] The US president reportedly asked the five African nations at his summit to accept third-country asylum seekers.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:CBS axes Colbert's 'The Late Show' after Trump deal quip
US television presenter Stephen Colbert says his commercially successful and acclaimed "The Late Show" will end in May 2026. The timing follows his sharp criticism of CBS parent Paramount over a legal deal with Trump.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Wildfire near Madrid sends smoke over capital and forces evacuations
A wildfire broke out near the town of Méntrida in central Spain on Thursday, spreading rapidly and sending a thick cloud of smoke over the capital, Madrid.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Listen: Why should Georgia's crackdown on democracy worry Europe?
In this episode, Evi Kiorri explores Georgia’s sharp turn toward authoritarianism eight months after disputed elections. Journalists face arrests, violence, and surveillance, while new laws silence dissent. But as the EU hesitates, Georgia’s crackdown risks spreading across the region.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Burberry shares pop 8% as British heritage pivot lures back U.S. shoppers
Burberry sales rose in the Americas in the fiscal first quarter, indicating green shoots in the embattled luxury brand's overhaul plans.
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