Together with Parliament, the Council of the European Union is the institution that adopts EU legislation through regulations and directives and prepares decisions and non-binding recommendations. In its areas of competence, it takes its decisions by a simple majority, a qualified majority or unanimously, according to the legal basis of the act requiring its approval. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

By supporting the Member States in the fight against poverty, social exclusion and discrimination, the EU aims to reinforce the inclusiveness and cohesion of European society and to allow everyone to enjoy equal access to opportunities and resources. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

European integration has led to significant social developments over the years. An important milestone came in 2017, when Parliament, the Council and the Commission proclaimed the European Pillar of Social Rights and reaffirmed their commitment to improving living and working conditions throughout the EU. The related action plan, adopted in 2021, set out concrete initiatives to turn this commitment into reality. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Respect for fundamental freedoms and human rights is a core value of the European Union (EU), and one that is promoted through its policies. The European Parliament's Sakharov Prize honours the work of people who stand up for these freedoms and rights. This year's Sakharov Prize is to be awarded to journalists Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaglobeli, both jailed for defending freedom of expression and democracy in their respective countries, Belarus and Georgia. The award ceremony will take place during the Parliament's December plenary session. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

A rare set of conjoined twins are being urgently airlifted from Papua New Guinea to Australia, with doctors recommending they be separated as soon as possible.

When the gates of the historic Monymusk Sugar Factory in southern Clarendon closed years ago, many residents felt an era had ended and their futures had dimmed overnight. For generations, the factory had been the lifeblood of the Vere plains — a...

WESTERN BUREAU After years in a cramped space under threat of eviction, police in Little London have moved into a modern station that leaders call a turning point for security and public trust in western Jamaica. Sergeant Arlene McBean, chairman...

WESTERN BUREAU When Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica, destroying homes, schools and livelihoods, the Manning’s School Past Students’ Association, New York Chapter (MPSA NY), moved quickly to support students and teachers with...

A convoy from the RG CARES Foundation recently brought relief supplies to communities across sections of South St James following the devastation of Hurricane Melissa. Working with church leaders, police and residents, the team delivered over 300...

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, Give Back Jamaica joined forces with non-profit organisations to deliver relief to families across St Elizabeth and Westmoreland. Hopeton Brown, president of Give Back Jamaica, coordinated with the South Wales...

The Russian leader noted that when that understanding and awareness came in full this practice of external pressure would cease

Modernization potential of the S-400 Triumph air defense system allows it to quickly mitigate emerging threats during the special military operation

Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar called the project the largest in Turkey and the world

Answering a reporter’s question about the supply of the S-400 air defense missile systems to India, Dmitry Shugayev said that this topic would be discussed during talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Turkey considers it necessary to ensure uninterrupted energy flows in the Black Sea basin

À quelques jours de l’élection de Miss France 2026, qui se tiendra ce samedi au Zénith Amiens Métropole, Hinaupoko Devèze, Miss Tahiti, figure déjà parmi les favorites. La reine de beauté Polynésienne aborde cette dernière ligne droite avec détermination malgré une récente polémique. Sa directrice de comité, Leïana Faugerat Dang, assure qu’elle est plus concentrée que jamais et appelle les Polynésiens à se mobiliser lors du vote du public, par SMS.

The Russian language has been stripped of protection under a key European Council convention Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US representatives on Tuesday for talks on a peace plan Read Full Article at RT.com

Vladimir Putin’s visit to Delhi comes amid hectic diplomatic activity spurred by sanctions and tariffs Read Full Article at RT.com

The EU could be turning a blind eye to Ukrainian corruption because it is not that different itself, Hungary’s Peter Szijjarto has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukrainian HUR forces seriously injured a number of soldiers in a fight over clinic space in Kiev, according to media reports Read Full Article at RT.com

Despite this, the document was adopted

Andrey Belousov will take part in the 22nd meeting of the Russian-Indian intergovernmental commission on military and military-technical cooperation

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21 of them were destroyed over the territory of the Republic of Crimea

A Malaysian man who successfully escaped from a job scam syndicate based in Cambodia has shared how he and others were forced to make scam calls to victims, posing as «officers from a cyber security agency from Singapore». During a press conference held in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday (Dec 3) following his release, Muhammad Syafiq Pubalan Abdullah, 40, also said that under his watch, «one Singapore was scammed out of $67,000». The businessman shared that he had been tricked into the syndicate by a friend of more than 12 years who urged Syafiq to open a Malaysian restaurant in Cambodia, reported The Star. After arriving in Bangkok, he was taken to Cambodia by a driver. Syafiq estimated that there were about 700 Malaysians held at the centre, with many facing torture while being held captive. The victims, aged between 17 and 35, were often beaten up, he said. He shared that he was also hit every day during his first week in the centre, and was forced to eat pork or be beaten up. 

The case against bauxite mining company Windalco, which is before the St Catherine Parish Court over a 2019 fish kill in the Rio Cobre, continues to face delays. The trial resumed today in court with the defence calling its second witness,...

The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) says greater accountability is needed in the distribution of hurricane relief aid and called for the Government to ensure that its planned tracking system takes into account full transparency....

Trailblazer Ena Collymore-Woodstock, who was Jamaica’s first woman resident magistrate, now called parish judge, and a World War II veteran, has died. Collymore-Woodstock passed away on Tuesday at age 108. She was born in Spanish Town, St...

A motion to suspend the fiscal rules to allow for additional spending towards Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts was on Tuesday scrapped and then re-tabled after a senior opposition lawmaker pointed to a flaw in the document. Finance and the...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The family of a Colombian man has filed the first formal challenge to US military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, arguing in a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas that his death was an...

The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has coordinated a delivery of over seven tonnes of humanitarian aid to Thailand, in response to cyclonic storms and monsoon rains that have caused severe flooding to the city of Hat Yai in Thailand.The southern city, a major transport and trade hub in Thailand's Songkhla province, saw widespread damages and casualties after heavy rains inundated Thailand's south late last month.As of Wednesday (Dec 3), the death toll in Hat Yai alone has hit 142 — more than half of the 267 people who lost their lives across eight provinces. In a Facebook post on Dec 3, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said more than seven tonnes of aid contributed by the SAF was transported via a Republic of Singapore Air Force C-130 transport aircraft to Thailand. The ministry added that the relief supplies included food, hygiene supplies, medicine and water.The delivery was coordinated by the Changi Regional Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Coordination Centre (Changi RHCC). 

A pensioner killed himself and a 30-year-old solicitor in a horror four-car pile-up when he took a wrong turn and drove more than 450m down a busy dual carriageway in the wrong direction.

Venezuelan energy magnate Leopoldo Alejandro Betancourt Lopez, 45, has been granted the unusual bail condition of travelling by private helicopter between his luxury residences.

John Holland, 59, packed more than 90 caravans, 40 vehicles and piles of waste across two fields on Wet Moor in the Somerset Levels - a highly protected Site of Special Scientific Interest.