The Informal Council of Ministers of the EU Development Ministers took place in Stockholm yesterday and today, 8 and 9 March 2023. The Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs, Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, represented Austria. The agenda included Global Health, the reconstruction of Ukraine, and a discussion on multilateral […]
Chancellor Karl Nehammer will give a speech tomorrow “on the future of the nation”. This is also to be the starting signal for a plan for the future, “Austria 2030”, in which experts, practitioners, and politicians from various fields are to participate in different constellations, […]
The CEO of Norfolk Southern Railway has apologised before the United States Congress and pledged millions of dollars to help the town of East Palestine, Ohio, recover from last month’s fiery derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials. But Alan Shaw stopped short of fully […]
A historic drought ravaging Argentina’s crops has deepened the grain-exporting giant’s economic crisis, heightening default fears and putting at risk targets agreed on with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The South American nation, the world’s top exporter of processed soy and number-three source of corn, […]
At least three people have been wounded in a shooting in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv and are being treated by emergency services, Israel’s ambulance service has said, as television footage showed large numbers of police and medical workers at the scene. The shooting […]
International medical charity Doctors Without Borders has temporarily closed its hospital in a violence-plagued area of the Haitian capital, saying it could no longer guarantee the safety of staff and patients amid clashes between armed groups. The organisation – known as MSF, according to its […]
Meta‘s oversight board says it will review the moderation of the Arabic word “shaheed”, which means “martyr” in English, because it accounts for more content removals on the company’s platforms than any other single word or phrase. Thomas Hughes, director of oversight board administration, said […]
A former lawyer for Donald Trump has been publicly censured for spreading “misrepresentations” about the 2020 United States presidential election, including claims that the ex-US president’s legal team could “prove” the vote was fraudulent. Jenna Ellis reached an agreement with Colorado attorney disciplinary officials on […]
Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Republican caucus in the United States Senate, has been hospitalised after a fall at a hotel in Washington, DC. In a statement on Thursday, a spokesperson for the Republican leader said McConnell would remain in the hospital for several […]
A barrage of more than 80 Russian missiles and a smaller number of exploding drones have hit residential buildings and critical infrastructure across Ukraine, killing six people and leaving hundreds of thousands without heat or electricity. The largest such attack in three weeks also put […]
