Diplomacy & International Relations

Ireland joins 12-country effort to develop quantum computing chips

(TechCentral) A major new European initiative, Photonics for Quantum (P4Q), will launch in 2026 across 12 countries, marking a decisive step in Europe’s effort...

Uzbekistan: Cotton, Wheat Farmers Exploited, Abused

(Human Rights Watch) The Uzbek government is violating the human and labor rights of cotton and wheat farmers through a coercive state production system,...

Egypt: Refugees in hiding amid crackdown involving arbitrary arrests and unlawful deportations

(Amnesty International) In recent months, the Egyptian authorities renewed their campaign of arbitrarily detaining and unlawfully deporting refugees and asylum seekers solely on the...

UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative amid Trump fears

(Kalyeena Makortoff - The Guardian) UK bank bosses will hold their first meeting to establish a national alternative to Visa and Mastercard, amid growing...

Ukraine and Russia to meet for third round of talks as fourth anniversary of war looms

(Luke Harding and Pjotr Sauer - The Guardian) Senior Ukrainian and Russian officials are to meet this week in Switzerland for a third round...

‘Economic fighters’: the volunteers helping direct sanctions against Russia

(Aisha Down - The Guardian) In August 2022, Olena Yurchenko stumbled across a heated discussion on a Russian-language online forum – and made a...

Europeans are dangerously reliant on US tech. Now is a good time to build our own

(Johnny Ryan - The Guardian) The French judge Nicolas Guillou knows exactly how deep Europe’s dependence on US tech is. Guillou and his colleagues...

Trump has pulled the US out of the World Health Organization – here’s why that’s sheer hypocrisy

(Devi Sridhar - The Guardian) Donald Trump is persistent. In his first term as president, he withdrew the US from the World Health Organization...

Macron pushes to Le Pen-proof France before 2027 election

(Clea Caulcutt, Giorgio Leali and Laura Kayali - Politico) Emmanuel Macron is racing to put guard rails around a potential far-right president of France....

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