The UN food agency helping Palestinians and others in need across the world has come under scrutiny for its contract with Palantir â the controversial US tech and AI company used by various international border police and militaries to sort data and better identify targets.
Russia’s hybrid attacks on Europe are “unacceptable,” EU Council president AntĂłnio Costa said in New York, as threats increase across the continent.
Brazilian leader Lula da Silva will give the opening speech at the UN in New York on Tuesday morning, in which he will “personally” warn Donald Trump not to interfere in Brazilian elections, before Trump takes the floor.
Emmanuel Macron says France is an ‘ethical partner’ for African countries as he seeks to increase Paris’s diplomatic and economic influence on the continent. However, diplomatic immunity for French troops, no-shows from Brussels, and an angry Macron hushing a crowd nearly overshadowed the event.
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Palestinian UN envoy Mansour said Europe must abandon âbusiness as usualâ with Israel, urging real pressure to defend the two-state solution, in an interview with EUobserver.
The EUâs bet is on the Global Gateway, a development model focused on generating ‘win-wins’, aimed at fostering economic growth and private sector investments in partner countries, while also bringing direct benefits for European citizens. But the starting point is no longer what works to reduce poverty, but rather what works for Europe and can still be framed as ‘development cooperation’, warns Caritas Europa.
