Rise in domestic deals boosts Ukraine’s M&A activity in early 2025, report finds

A Kyivstar mobile communications store in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 19, 2025. (Andrew Kravchenko / Bloomberg) Higher domestic activity comes as foreign investment drops off. Merger and acquisition activity ramped up in... Read more »

E.U.-China Summit Strikes Pessimistic Tone on 50th Anniversary of Relations

Last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa met Chairman Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang for a summit marking 50 years of diplomatic ties... Read more »

A record year for Great Lakes piping plovers

Scattered across Great Lakes shores in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Ontario, Great Lakes piping plovers are nesting and reproducing this year. Since being put on the U.S. Endangered Species Act list... Read more »

Impact Investing Drives Purpose-Led Innovation

In a time of global uncertainty, capital is increasingly flowing toward ventures that promise more than financial return. Impact investing is emerging as a strategic tool for solving pressing global challenges, channeling... Read more »

Queensland teachers preparing to strike over pay negotiations, nurses angered by ‘swift’ police pay deal

Thousands of Queensland’s teachers are preparing to hold a 24-hour strike next Wednesday, August 6 as negotiations with the state government over pay remain at a stalemate. A spokesperson for the Queensland... Read more »

Famine is unfolding in Gaza U.N. backed report finds : NPR

A charity distributes meals to Palestinians facing food shortages amid ongoing Israeli attacks and severe restrictions in Gaza City, Gaza on July 28, 2025. Ali Jadallah/Andalou/via getty images hide caption toggle caption... Read more »

Australian Labor government threatens Signal encrypted messaging system

Meredith Whittaker, the president of the foundation for widely-used global Signal encrypted messaging app, has said it will shut down the system in Australia if forced to hand over its users’ encrypted... Read more »

Nigel Farage demands apology over ‘disgusting’ Jimmy Savile comparison | Politics News

Nigel Farage has demanded an apology from a cabinet minister who claimed his opposition to online safety laws meant he was “on the side” of predators including the late Jimmy Savile. The... Read more »

Man who told girl abuse was ‘our little secret’ jailed for seven years

Photo: Brian Gavin/Press 22. A MAN who sexually abused and groomed a young girl from the time she was just 10 years old has been jailed for seven years, with one year... Read more »

Darkness at midnight | Buenos Aires Times

Comparisons are odious but the Peronist infighting in Buenos Aires Province taking two blackouts and a 38-hour extension beyond their own deadline of Saturday’s witching hour to patch together their list of... Read more »