UNESCO is to support Jamaica’s hurricane-battered education sector by helping with the provision of learning kits for students in grades 7-9, and targeted grants to 100 student-teachers at Sam Sharpe Teachers College in St James. The assistance aims to ensure continuity of learning, particularly for students and student-teachers from the hardest-hit communities, a statement said. It will help with printing of the kits.
Landspítali University Hospital has set up temporary accommodation for patients in a parking garage on the ground floor of the hospital in Fossvogur. Rafn Benediktsson, director of the emergency department, says that infections and contagious illnesses have made it necessary to do everything possible to keep patients separated.
The Russian central bank has made the first move in what is likely to be a long game of legal chess Read Full Article at RT.com
China is making a bold bid to shape how the world thinks about war, peace, and power in the decades ahead Read Full Article at RT.com
Kiev and its European backers hope to wait out Trump to pursue a war with Russia with his successor, Stevan Gajic has said Read Full Article at RT.com
Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky is desperate to retain power, as stepping down would mean “political death,” Anton Orlov has told RT Read Full Article at RT.com
The EU has voted to freeze Russia’s foreign assets indefinitely using an emergency clause to bypass vetoes from opposing member states Read Full Article at RT.com
Adm. Frank Bradley’s legal adviser has emerged as a key figure as members of Congress assess whether the killing of two men violated the law of armed conflict.
President Donald Trump has increasingly pressured his administration to find widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, despite those claims having been debunked and dismissed in dozens of cases by the courts.
In a pair of nearly simultaneous votes this week in the Indiana legislature and in Congress, GOP lawmakers issued unusual displays of defiance.
The deployment of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites is rapidly transforming global communications, providing low-latency and high-speed internet from altitudes generally below 2 000 km. However, this vital infrastructure is vulnerable to sophisticated cyber threats such as jamming and hijacking. In response, existing EU frameworks on cybersecurity and physical resilience are being complemented with the proposed EU space act. This new regime is set to reinforce binding cybersecurity and resilience measures – including encryption, secure authentication and comprehensive supply-chain risk management – to strengthen the security of space assets and operations. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP
The location of the fault on the Neskaupstaður Line 1 has now been identified. It has proven difficult to access the site because of the heavy snow in the area.
Julianne Murray, an ex-chair of the Delaware Republican Party who the Justice Department appointed as interim U.S. attorney in the state, announced her departure.
The organization, which is charged by Congress with historic preservation, is seeking to halt construction on one of the president’s priorities.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released more than a dozen photos showing the convicted sex offender and Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Steve Bannon and others.
Leaked figures suggest Keir Starmer's party has lost around 100,000 activists in the wake of his historic win.
Eight-year-old Louie Ellis and Mason Ellis, aged six, died after the Vauxhall Astra driven by Amy Sheppard, 29, collided head-on with an Audi in October 2023 at Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire.
Among the images shown in the latest batch is of the former Duke of York alongside Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
The former BBC political editor has been inundated with goodwill messages over an incident while he was presenting his LBC show at around 6.30pm yesterday.
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Democratic lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee unveiled 19 intimate photos of Epstein parading around with Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.
[allAfrica] Africa's trade ambitions hinge on a simple truth often obscured by headlines about ports, power and tariffs. Trade expands rapidly when exporters, financiers and insurers have frameworks to identify, price and transfer the underlying risks. Specialty insurance - the bespoke, technically sophisticated cover that protects complex, high-value and high-frequency commercial activity - is not a nice-to-have.
[Nigeria Health Watch] Africa's health sector is facing an unprecedented funding crisis, driven in part by a sharp decline in external health aid, which has fallen by 70% between 2021 and 2025. This shortfall is made worse by a rapidly expanding debt burden in African countries. In 2025, African countries are projected to spend about USD 81 billion on debt repayments, a figure that exceeds anticipated foreign funding inflows. These converging pressures critically undermine the fiscal capacity needed to build resilient health
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- THE Dar es Salaam Regional Police Command has confirmed the detention of former Minister Geofrey Mwambe since the night of December 7, 2025, when he was arrested in the Tegeta area, Kinondoni, over allegations related to unspecified criminal offenses that are still under investigation.
[New Times] President Paul Kagame has promoted two senior officers to the rank of Brigadier General in a wave of promotions that elevates more than 20,000 soldiers across all ranks, the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF announced on Friday, December 12.
[UN News] More than half a million people have now been uprooted by escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) the UN said on Thursday, warning that the M23 rebel offensive is driving a rapidly worsening humanitarian emergency.
[New Times] Excitement builds up as Morocco welcomes the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) scheduled for December 21 to January 18, 2026.
The news report pointed out that Greece's financial participation in the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List program at this stage is primarily symbolic and emphasizes Athens' desire not to deviate from Washington's position
EC Spokesperson Thomas Regnier said the commission will «now look into this request»
The European Commission proposed launching negotiations on Ukraine’s EU membership back in 2024, but those plans were blocked by Hungary’s veto
Diplomats commented on NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's statement that the alliance would allegedly become Moscow's «next target»
Alistair Carns expressed disagreement with provisions of the new US National Security Strategy that criticize European countries for uncontrolled migration
