The Ministry of the Interior has created an Austria-wide registration office solution together with Comm-Unity, an Austrian IT company specializing in e-government solutions. The local registration register combines registration, personal, and election data and expands the central registration register with additional procedures that are required […]
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted to a hospital in the US state of Florida after suffering from “abdominal pain”, his wife has confirmed. “My dear ones, I come to inform you that my husband Jair Bolsonaro is under observation at the hospital […]
Ukraine says it is strengthening its forces around Bakhmut in the eastern Donbas region and repelling constant attacks there by the Russian mercenary group Wagner. Kyiv has sent reinforcements to Soledar, a small town near Bakhmut where the situation was particularly difficult, Ukrainian officials said […]
One of the fallouts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is that previously neutral Nordic countries are seeking to join the NATO military alliance. Sweden and Finland applied for membership in May, within months of Russia launching its offensive. Turkey has objected to their entry – […]
A court in Venezuela has issued arrest warrants for three opposition leaders who have publicly denounced the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro, accusing them of treason, money laundering and impersonating public officials. The warrants come after the three legislators were named last week to […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged former McDonald’s Corp Chief Executive Stephen Easterbrook with making false and misleading statements to investors about the circumstances of his 2019 termination. The SEC hit Easterbrook with a five-year officer and director bar and a $400,000 […]
United States football player Damar Hamlin has been moved to a hospital in Buffalo, his doctors said, one week after the 24-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed during a National Football League (NFL) game. Hamlin, a safety for the Buffalo Bills, was released from […]
Pakistan says donors at an international conference in Geneva have pledged to give more than $9bn to help it rebuild following last year’s devastating floods. Pakistan is hosting the event in Geneva on Monday with the United Nations as it seeks international assistance to cover […]
Canada has finalised an agreement with the United States and weapons maker Lockheed Martin to purchase 88 F-35 fighter jets, the government announced, as it seeks to upgrade the country’s ageing fleet. During a news conference on Monday, Defence Minister Anita Anand said the $14.2bn […]
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to keep a key border crossing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest open for critical aid deliveries for another six months. In a surprise move, Syria’s ally Russia supported the resolution during Monday’s vote. Authorisation by the 15-member […]
