The European Commission is presenting three initiatives to advance transnational cooperation between higher education institutions in the European Union, with the ultimate goal of creating a European degree. A voluntary European degree would benefit students and the higher education community by boosting learning mobility within the EU and by enhancing students' transversal skills. According to
The United States has expressed deep concern over the Venezuelan National Electoral Council's decision to prevent democratic opposition parties from registering successive candidates for the upcoming presidential election. U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Matthew Miller alleged in a statement that the CNE's acceptance of only those opposition candidates with whom President Nicholas Maduro a
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced that it is awarding $27.2 million to 11 U.S. universities to conduct resaearch on a variety of aviation environmental topics including sustainable aviation fuels, aircraft emissions, and noise impacts. The FAA grants are part of its Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT) program. The awards will be matched in-kind by the Center's partners under
As families across the U.S. continue their spring break travel, the Federal Aviation Administration predicts next week will be the busiest of the season, with most fliers taking off on April 4. The FAA is forecasting spring break traffic will peak with 50,670 flights next Thursday, and with 48,904 flights on Friday, April 5. This Thursday is also expected to see more than 50,000 flights in the
The United States and Britain have imposed sanctions on a set of key financial facilitators who are involved in fundraising for Hamas. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said that in the wake of the October 7 cross-border attack by Hamas against Israel, Gaza Now engaged in fundraising efforts to support the Gaza terrorist outfit. Gaza Now and its founder Mustafa
World Health Organization has launched a new network for coronaviruses. Named CoViNet, it aims to facilitate and coordinate global expertise and capacities for early and accurate detection, monitoring and assessment of SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV and new strains of coronavirus. CoViNet expands on the WHO Covid-19 reference laboratory network established during the early days of the pandemic. Initially,
The United States has imposed sanctions on eight individuals and entities instrumental in the transfer of funds that boost Pyongyang's ability to develop its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program. The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned six individuals and two entities based in Russia, China, and the United Arab Emirates, that generate revenue
The United States imposed sanctions on 11 individuals and entities supporting Syria's Bashar Al-Assad regime through the facilitation of illicit financial transfers and trafficking of illegal drugs, as well as the extraction and export of Syrian commodities. Syria has become the leading producer and exporter of Captagon, a highly addictive amphetamine-type stimulant trafficked illegally through
Sea ice at both the top and bottom of the earth continued its decline in 2024. In the waters around Antarctica, ice coverage shrank to near-historic lows for the third year in a row. The recurring loss hints at a long-term shift in conditions in the Southern Ocean, likely resulting from global climate change, according to scientists at NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Meanwhile,
The U.S. Government has imposed a sixth round of sanctions targeting the network of Iran-based, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force-backed Houthi financial facilitator Said al-Jamal. The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning six entities, one individual and two tankers that are based or registered in Liberia, India, Vietnam, Lebanon, and Kuwa
NASA will launch three sounding rockets during the total solar eclipse on April 8 to study how Earth's upper atmosphere is affected when sunlight momentarily dims over a portion of the planet. The APEP (Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path) sounding rockets will launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to study the disturbances in the ionosphere created when the Moon eclips
President Joe Biden has approved an emergency assistance package for Haitian security forces to help them protect civilians and critical infrastructure against organized and targeted gang attacks. The U.S. assistance package for up to $10 million, which draws from excess Department of Homeland Security stocks, may include weapons, ammunition, bulletproof vests, and helmets. This was announced by
Six people are missing after a huge cargo ship hit Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing its collapse. All the missing are presumed dead, reports say. They are reportedly citizens of El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico. The accident has blocked the traffic of ships through Baltimore ship channel. As the the Port of Baltimore remains closed, it is expected to affect the local ec
The UN General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution on the promotion of "safe, secure and trustworthy" artificial intelligence (AI) systems that will also benefit sustainable development for all.
Adopting a United States-led draft resolution without a vote, the Assembly also highlighted the respect, protection and promotion of human rights in the design, development, deployment and the u
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has announced that after a gap of seven months, Colombia has formally reopened its market for U.S. poultry and egg products. The Colombian government had stopped issuing import permits for U.S. poultry in August last year. Following extensive engagement with USTR and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario agreed to re