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Europe cannot afford to step back from Africa, warns UN development Africa chief
In a wide-ranging interview with Euronews, Eziakonwa argued that Africaโs growing strategic importance demands a stronger, more balanced partnershipโnot a retreat.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:
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Gaza: Hospitals rationing critical supplies, ambulances stalling
UN humanitarians have warned that the catastrophic conditions in Gaza are worsening, as tents, schools, homes and medical facilities come under attack, and fuel supplies run out.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Defense, infrastructure: Germany plans record investment
The Bundestag is debating the government's budget plans, which include record expenditures and debt. The aim is to get the country back on its feet through massive investment.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:US tariff delay deepens trade uncertainty, warns top UN economist
A leading UN trade official warned on Tuesday that the United Statesโ decision to delay the end of a tariff suspension by a few weeks risks prolonging global uncertainty and undermining long-term investments and commercial contracts.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Ukraine: UN refugee agency helps repair homes amid ongoing conflict
As relentless attacks continue to damage homes and communities across Ukraine, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has now helped repair over 40,000 war-damaged homes โ marking a major step in helping displaced families return and recover.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:South Sudanโs longest cholera outbreak enters critical stage
On the eve of the fourteenth anniversary of its independence, South Sudan โ the worldโs youngest country โ is experiencing its worst and longest cholera outbreak.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:UN summit confronts AIโs dawn of wonders and warnings
The UNโs flagship platform on artificial intelligence opened in Geneva on Tuesday, launching four days of high-level dialogue, cutting-edge demonstrations and urgent calls for inclusive AI governance. The event comes as autonomous and generative systems evolve faster than regulatory frameworks can keep pace.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Srebrenica, 30 years on: UN officials and survivors call for truth, justice and vigilance
At the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, survivors of the Srebrenica genocide joined top officials in marking 30 years since thousands of Bosnian Muslims were systematically killed in the worst atrocity on European soil since World War II. The affirmed the need to counter denial, support survivors and promote lasting peace.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:UN rights office urges restraint in Kenya as fresh protests turn deadly
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed deep concern over the killing of at least ten protesters in Kenya on Monday, amid reports that police and security forces used lethal force to quell violent demonstrations in Nairobi and across the country.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:The Velvet Sundown explained: Whatโs behind the Spotify-verified AI band controversy?
Explaining the controversy surrounding The Velvet Sundown - the rock band that lied about being generated by artificial intelligence. How has this empty 'provocation' highlighted Spotifyโs alleged dubious practices โ chiefly, avoiding paying royalties - and confirmed fears about generative AI?
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Shein files for Hong Kong IPO to speed up London listing, FT reports
The e-commerce platform filed for a London IPO around a year and a half ago, but has been unable to secure regulatory approval, partly linked to its exposure to the Xinjiang region.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:The declining dollar faces more headwinds after posting worst first-half return in 52 years
The U.S. dollar faces a variety of headwinds heading into the second half of the year that could have important investing implications.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:What's happening online as the European Commission tries to crack down on hate speech?
As a surge of hate speech in EU countries like Portugal and Sweden is raising concerns, how is the online sphere behaving?
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Trump announces steep tariffs on 14 countries starting Aug. 1
President Donald Trump, in social media posts, shared screenshots of signed form letters dictating new tariff rates to the leaders of 14 countries.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Obesity, Illness, and Mortality on the Rise Among U.S. Children
Between 2007 and 2022, a child in the U.S. was about 1.8 times more likely to die than peers abroad. U.S. children today weigh more, battle more illnesses and face higher odds of dying than youngsters just a generation ago, according to the most extensive review of pediatric well-being published in nearly two decades. RELATED: [โฆ]
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Two injured, two missing after suspected Houthi attack on ship in the Red Sea
The Greek-owned bulk carrier Eternity C came under fire late in the same area where the Houthis claimed to have recently sunk another vessel.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Trump's tariffs overshadow the pomp and pageantry as Macron meets King Charles
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife will be treated to the best of British pomp and pageantry during their three-day state visit to the U.K.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:CBD is becoming more popular. But even low doses may harm some peopleโs health, researchers warn
In a clinical trial, a few people who took small doses of CBD saw their liver enzyme levels rise to more than three times higher than the normal range.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Greece temporarily shuts Acropolis due to heat wave
The ancient temple in Athens draws millions of visitors each year. But authorities were forced to close it off to protect tourists and workers from extreme heat.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Suspect in shooting of Slovakia's Prime Minister Fico stands trial on terror charges
Juraj Cintula, 72, could face life behind bars if he is convicted over the attack on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico last year.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:East German doping victim fights for the truth
Around 15,000 athletes in what was East Germany were, often unknowingly, doped, some of them as children. Boxer Andreas Wornowski was one of them and is now coming to terms with his past.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Germany summons China's ambassador after military aircraft lasered in Red Sea
The maritime surveillance aircraft was part of the EU mission Aspides, which is intended to better defend civilian ships against attacks by Yemenโs Houthi rebels.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:EU examines US proposal of 10% tariffs but concerns remain on sectoral tariffs
A preliminary agreement is expected by Wednesday, according to sources, with implementation planned by 1 August. Negotiations are accelerating to secure exemptions from a baseline 10% tariff in some strategic sectors.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Return to Office: Whatโs Happening in the Nonprofit Sector and Why?
In 2020, millions of nonprofit jobs became remote overnight. Many nonprofits have since switched back, reversing many of the equity gains remote work had brought.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Dependence on Chinaโs minerals blocks Indian โstrategic autonomyโ
The US and China signed the London Agreement to end their tense trade standoff some days back. US President Donald Trumpโs strategy of escalating tariffs to pressure China was counterbalanced by Beijingโs retaliatory measures, a mixed bag of counter-tariffs and โexport controlsโ on critical minerals vital to solar, wind turbines, automobiles, aircraft and semiconductors, as [โฆ] The post Dependence on Chinaโs minerals...
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Israeli defence minister plans to move Gaza's population to camp in Rafah
Israel Katz tells Israeli media the so-called "humanitarian city" in Rafah will eventually house 2.1 million Palestinians.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Iris Van Herpen unveils extraordinary bioluminescent algae dress at Paris Couture Week
Created using 125 million living bioluminescent microalgae, a "living dress" stole the show at Iris Van Herpen's Paris Couture Week showcase.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Samsung expects profit to halve as tariffs and export curbs biteย
The South Korean companyโs second-quarter operating profit is expected to be less than half of what the company reported last year.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Academic Union Threatens Nationwide Strike Over Delayed Salaries
[Premium Times] The president said the union is prepared to escalate its action if the federal government fails to pay lecturers' July salaries by the end of the month
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Jeffrey Epstein 'client list' does not exist, US Justice Department says in apparent U-turn
No more files related to sex trafficking probe into Epstein would be released, the government said, after attorney general promoted the "client list" theory.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Germany must give visas to at-risk Afghan family, court says
A court has ruled that the government cannot renege on a promise of visas to an Afghan family at risk of persecution by the Taliban.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Trump is working on regime change in Europe โย fact, not conspiracy theory
On 27 May, an official document, The Need for Civilizational Allies in Europe, calling for regime change in European countries was published, written by a senior adviser for the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in the US State Department, writes Caroline de Gruyter.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Japan calls Trump's latest tariff salvo 'regrettable' as nations scramble to deal with fresh deadline
Trump shared screenshots of letters detailing new tariff rates for over a dozen countries, allowing room for further negotiations before the renewed deadline of Aug. 1.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Hamas used sexual violence as part of 'genocidal strategy', Israeli experts say
The Dinah Project, an all-women group, lays out "a legal blueprint for prosecuting these crimes", which Hamas has denied committing.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:The EU's fence-sitting as Serbia's Vuฤiฤ steps up violent state repression
The EU choosing โstabilityโ in the current moment means de facto endorsement of violent repression in Serbia. The EUโs timid messaging has in fact encouraged Serbian president Aleksandar Vuฤiฤ to step up his repression. He unleashed violent thugs on the protesters and launched a relentless media campaign denouncing the students as โterroristsโ paid by Serbiaโs enemies.
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