Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal opened the first TechDiplomacy Talk with the Technology Representative of the UN Secretary-General Amandeeph Singh Gill, Federal Minister Karoline Edtstadler, State Secretary Florian Tursky and experts from the Austrian technology […]
The legislative package aims to protect people who pass on information about legally questionable practices in their professional environment, such as fraud, corruption, health hazards or environmental hazards, from reprisals in the workplace and other negative consequences such as legal proceedings that threaten their existence. […]
Thousands of schools in the UK have closed some or all of their classrooms, train services have been paralysed and delays are expected at airports in what is shaping up to be the biggest day of industrial action Britain has seen in more than a […]
Jamaica’s prime minister has said his government is willing to send soldiers and police officers to Haiti as part of a proposed multinational security assistance deployment. The announcement comes a week after the United Nations special envoy for Haiti, Helen La Lime, said she hoped […]
Meta Platforms Inc’s stricter cost controls this year and a new $40bn share buyback sent shares soaring on Wednesday, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg called 2023 the “Year of Efficiency”. The parent of Instagram and Facebook cut its cost outlook for 2023 by $5bn and projected […]
The FBI has conducted a search of Joe Biden’s Delaware beach house with the president’s “full support and cooperation” as part of a probe into his handling of government documents, his lawyer has said. “No documents with classified markings were found,” Biden’s personal lawyer, Bob […]
India’s Adani Enterprises has called off its $2.5bn share sale due to prevailing market conditions, the company said on Wednesday, days after a rout in its stocks following criticism by a US short seller. “Given the unprecedented situation and the current market volatility the company […]
The United States has expressed “deep concern” about Sudan’s decision to release a man from prison who was convicted in the killing of a US diplomat and a Sudanese colleague. In a statement on Wednesday, the US Department of State denounced the circumstances surrounding the […]
Pope Francis’s visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo comes as it struggles to contain worsening violence. Eastern DRC has suffered unrest for years. But fighting has intensified and displaced one million people since the resurgence of the M23 armed group. The pontiff will go […]
Qatar Airways and Airbus have reached a settlement in a long-standing legal dispute over the safety of the A350 jetliner. The companies said in a joint statement on Wednesday that the settlement was “amicable and mutually agreeable’’. “A repair project is now underway and both […]
