Christine Lagarde: We are getting ready to make the digital euro a reality in October

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, has confirmed that the digital euro, the EU’s central bank digital currency (“CBDC”), will launch in October 2025

Malaysia approves a new search for MH370 wreckage in the Indian Ocean

Jiang Hui, whose mother was on the missing MH370 Malaysia Airlines passenger jet, wears a shirt "Remembering 239 Lives, MH370" as he talks to media on the 11th anniversary of the jet going missing on March 8, 2025, in Beijing, China.

Peru: Veto ‘Anti-NGO’ Law

(Washington, DC) – Peruvian President Dina Boluarte should veto a bill approved by Congress that would severely restrict the work of independent journalists and civil society organizations, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 12, 2025,

Canada says China executed four Canadians earlier this year

Canada Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly responds to a question during a news conference on tariffs, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Ottawa. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP

Gaza: Israeli Military War Crimes While Occupying Hospitals

(New York) – Israeli military forces caused deaths and unnecessary suffering of Palestinian patients while occupying hospitals in the Gaza Strip during the current hostilities, amounting to war crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. Witness

Investigating levies and barriers for the development of offshore multi-use platforms in European regional seas

The ocean plays a pivotal role in driving economic activities by providing space for these activities such as offshore wind farm, transport, and aquaculture activities. Recognizing its significance as a key driver of the European economy, t

Placing knowledge equity at the heart of the UN Ocean Decade: An Early Career Researcher perspective

The UN Ocean Decade provides a framework for stakeholders and rights-holders to come together to develop transformative ocean solutions for sustainable development. We are a group of Early Career Researchers (ECR) from diverse backgrounds w

Trump is taking a hammer to traditional pillars of soft power : Consider This from NPR

A sign for the United States Institute of Peace at its headquarters in Washington. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to disband multiple federal advisory committees including the Institute of Peace.

Freedom Research news round-up

Germany’s new government office deals with “conspiracy thinking”; Antarctic ice growing, not shrinking; NASA eliminates climate science advisor’s position, DEIA office; Russia is developing surveillance state and German spy agency says covi

Israel has launched a new ground invasion into Gaza after breaking ceasefire

Israeli soldiers patrol a street in northern Gaza on Wednesday. The Israeli military says it has launched a new ground offensive in Gaza, a day after Israel broke a ceasefire with a punishing series of airstrikes that killed more than 400 p

Zelenskyy and Trump speak after Trump's call with Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint news conference with the Finnish president at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on Wednesday. Zelenskyy was on an official visit to Finland.

Despite state efforts to reverse it, Russia’s birth rate declines. What do Russians believe is the cause?

Russia’s birth rate has been declining significantly. The fertility rate of 1.41 children per woman in 2024 is below the replacement rate of 2.1. The Russian government has implemented initiatives to address the falling birth rate, includin

Users are leaving X

A spectre is haunting the social media platform known as X—a spectre of exodus. But the migration from the platform once known as Twitter to alternatives like Bluesky has also sparked warnings about another spectre—the echo chamber.

Environmental protection laws still apply even under Trump’s national energy emergency − here’s why

In response to President Donald Trump’s declaration of a “national energy emergency,” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently listed hundreds of energy and infrastructure projects that would be eligible for fast-track permitting. The proj

Self-Determined: Climate Resilience Is Sacred

As a tidal wave of authoritarianism crashes across the U.S., it may seem as if nothing is sacred. But in these moments of uncertainty, it is the sacred to which we must return. For the Indigenous peoples of Moananuiākea—across the water fro