GENEVA, 16 April 2025 – Following more than three years of intense negotiations, countries have reached a landmark agreement at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, aimed at preventing a repeat of the global failures witnessed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The accord, finalised in the early hours of Wednesday morning after a marathon […]

Local authorities in Kursk, a regional capital situated approximately 90 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, reported that the strike occurred early Tuesday morning, resulting in significant damage to civilian infrastructure. Casualties & Impact Details Fatalities 1 (85-year-old woman) Injured 9 (6 hospitalised with burns and trauma) Infrastructure Damage Apartment blocks damaged; debris widespread Drone Attacks […]

Background: A Long Road Since COVID-19 The proposed treaty comes over five years after the emergence of COVID-19, which claimed millions of lives globally and plunged economies into crisis. Negotiators have cited mounting health threats — including avian influenza (H5N1), measles outbreaks, Ebola, and mpox (formerly monkeypox) — as further proof of the urgent need […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 April 2025 (BSS/AFP) – The first three months of 2025 saw 27 piracy-related incidents in the Singapore Straits — nearly four times more than the seven incidents recorded during the same period in 2024. This worrying increase has raised international concern over the safety of seafarers and the security of global shipping […]

PARIS, 15 April 2025 (BSS/AFP) – A wave of violent attacks has struck multiple prisons across France, including arson and automatic gunfire, in what authorities believe may be retaliation by criminal networks against the government’s intensified anti-drug operations. Justice Ministry officials confirmed on Tuesday that a series of coordinated attacks took place overnight, targeting correctional […]

PARIS, 15 April 2025 (BSS/AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron is set to bestow national honours upon nearly 100 craftspeople, architects, and officials who played an instrumental role in the painstaking restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, nearly six years after the catastrophic fire that gutted the historic Parisian landmark. In a symbolic ceremony at the […]

ODESA, Ukraine, 15 April 2025 (BSS/AFP) – NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, during an unannounced visit to the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, remarked that US President Donald Trump’s initiative to broker a ceasefire and secure lasting peace in Ukraine remains a difficult endeavour. He further condemned Russia’s relentless pattern of attacks on Ukrainian civilians. […]