These long-term contracts provide for the purchase of Russian gas until 2040. Most recently, Austria’s dependence on Russian gas increased again, with 70 percent of gas coming from Russia in December. This is almost as much as before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to […]
Austria’s fifth-round evaluation report by GRECO has been published today. It focuses on preventing corruption in the central government and law enforcement authorities. According to GRECO, an overarching integrity policy is required regarding government officials, particularly when it comes to managing conflicts of interest, given […]
Washington, DC – The United States has slammed a top Israeli minister for saying a Palestinian village that had been attacked by settlers needed to be “wiped out“, calling his comments “repugnant”. US Secretary of State spokesperson Ned Price also urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
The United States intelligence community has concluded that there is little evidence to support the belief that a hostile foreign power was responsible for “Havana Syndrome”, a series of unexplained ailments that diplomats and officials say they experienced across the world. The declassified findings were […]
Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering mixed reactions across the West African country. On Wednesday, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, announced that Tinubu had won 37 percent […]
Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur has spoken out against discrimination, a week after President Kais Saied said undocumented immigration from sub-Saharan African countries was aimed at changing the country’s demographic composition. Anti-immigrant measures announced by Saied have led to mass evictions and caused panic among […]
TikTok has said that every account held by a user under the age of 18 will have a default 60-minute daily screen time limit in the coming weeks. The changes arrive during a period in which there are growing concerns among different governments about the […]
China President Xi Jinping and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko have called for a ceasefire and negotiations to bring about a political settlement to the Ukraine conflict at talks in Beijing. The two leaders issued a joint statement on Wednesday in which they expressed “deep […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting four nations in central Africa. He’s hoping to regain influence on a continent where the former colonial power now faces competition from other nations, notably China and Russia. Macron says he wants to reset ties – promising a new […]
United States President Joe Biden has welcomed a move by a major drug manufacturer to significantly cut the price of insulin, a life-saving medication for people suffering from diabetes. Eli Lilly had said on Wednesday that it will slash prices for some older insulin products […]
