June 2022

The veiled threat comes as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern attends a NATO leaders’ summit in Madrid, Spain, where member nations are expected to release a new strategic concept document, outlining their priorities and approaches for the next decade. . NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg said that for the first time thisRead More →

Rapidly melting sea ice has opened up a potential new Arctic shipping lane through the North Pole, which will give powerful nations easier access to the vast riches of the frozen zone, but has also sparked fears of war. The Arctic Council predicts that during the summers sea ice willRead More →

Airlines are no longer required to share passenger data with European Union countries, at least for flights within member states, the EU Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The Court of Justice of the EU has ruled that the obligation for airlines to provide passenger data to national authorities does notRead More →

Britons will have to pay a visa waiver to travel to 30 European countries next year under new rules. The waiver scheme, which is due to come into effect in May 2023, aims to ensure safer travel to EU member countries under the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS).Read More →

In a speech at the 25th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokaev spoke out against the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine and Kremlin support for separatist movements pro-Moscow in several former Soviet republics. Kazakhstan, which pursued a multi-vector foreign policy under Tokayev which tried to maintainRead More →

BRUSSELS The European Union will support vulnerable countries with an additional 600 million euros ($633 million) to deal with the food crisis aggravated by Russia’s war against Ukraine. “To help our partners, we will mobilize an additional 600 million euros to avoid a food crisis and an economic shock,” UrsulaRead More →

Germany, Italy and France are among the European countries that have snapped up cheap Russian fuel. Their purchases accounted for nearly half of the $97 billion in revenue Russia from fuel exports. Six European buyers accounted for nearly half of Russia’s fossil fuel export revenue in the first 100 daysRead More →

Representatives from nearly 200 countries have traveled to the city of Bonn, six months after Glasgow hosted COP26 for crucial climate talks. But the talks, which lasted two weeks, ended amid fury from developing countries who pleaded for more money to deal with the impacts of climate change, something causedRead More →

The United States is not alone in facing stubborn inflation, and the Federal Reserve is not the only central bank trying to bring it under control by raising interest rates. A few dozen central banks around the world raised rates – in England, Mexico, Canada, Argentina, India, South Africa andRead More →

According a new study published by researchers from the German University of Bonn, rich countries must drastically reduce their meat consumption in order to keep global climate goals within reach and ensure future food security. This is the latest in a series of recent research demonstrating the massive environmentalRead More →

France is trying to push European Union countries to agree to a plan to relocate around 10,000 asylum seekers to member states that agree to take them in. According to AFP, a French document established that the plan calls for a voluntary solidarity mechanism on a 12-month trial basis, reportsRead More →

157,100 Schengen visa applications were submitted by Moroccan nationals and residents needing a Schengen visa to travel to the European area without borders in 2021 to European embassies, consulates and visa centres, newly released Schengen visa statistics reveal. In 2021, Morocco is listed as the fifth largest source of SchengenRead More →

The good news first: the United States is not the country with the highest gas prices in the world (although in times of runaway and crippling inflation, it can seem like it is the case). In fact, the country sits in the middle of a list comparing gasoline prices aroundRead More →

The Republic of Turkey was one of the four main countries engaged in espionage and seeking influence over Germany in 2021, Turkish Minute reportedciting Deutsche Welle’s Turkish service. The other countries grouped with Turkey were the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Iran. TheRead More →

Developing countries are hardest hit by this year’s oil shock. Many rely on imported fuel and are crushed by a combination of high international prices, weak currencies and competition from wealthy countries whose economies are recovering from the pandemic. Higher fuel bills are exacerbating inflation inRead More →

Following the latest mass shooting at an American school in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were killed by an 18-year-old with an assault rifle, a comparison considering how Comparing the United States to other countries on child deaths caused by firearms is compelling. As the independent nonprofitRead More →

Rome- Five European Union countries on the Mediterranean who fear possible waves of refugees driven by hunger out of Africa called on Saturday for an end to the EU’s “voluntary” solidarity with migrants and for a better way to redistribute the burden of caring for them. Interior ministers from Italy,Read More →

5 minutes (1403 words) Lily Download PDF If properly integrated, Ukrainian migrants can bring economic benefits to their host country IN AN INTERVIEW Along with F&D’s Bruce Edwards, economist Giovanni Peri argues that refugees from Ukraine can be a boon of human capital for host countries like Poland,Read More →

Health and mortality in the United States continues to rank poorly compared to peer countries, and a new additional number to The journals of gerontology, series B: psychological sciences and social sciences titled “Why Does US Health Care Continue to Lag?” features articles that analyze the reasons for the downwardRead More →