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Design note – Alias service
This design note outlines the Bank’s emerging thinking on an alias service for a potential digital pound. It forms part of the design phase and contributes to the development of a blueprint that will inform a future decision on whether to proceed...
Owner: British Government
Acclimatised − speech by Sam Woods
I know what you’re thinking. This man has given this speech nine times before. How can he possibly have anything left to say? It’s a good question. And I have noticed in my role that the longer CEOs are in office the more verbose they tend to...
Owner: British Government
President Lai hosts luncheon for Japanese Diet delegation visiting on 2025 National Day
TAIWAN, October 10 - Details 2025-10-10 President Lai meets Saint Lucia Governor-General Errol Charles On the afternoon of October 10, President Lai Ching-te met with Saint Lucia Governor-General Errol Charles and his wife. In remarks, President...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
Liberal Democrat membership gets cut in half in past five years
(MENAFN) The Liberal Democrat party has seen its membership nearly cut in half over the past five years, according to analysis of publicly available data. Numbers have declined from just under 118,000 in 2020, when Sir Ed Davey assumed leadership,...
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President Lai meets Governor-General Froyla Tzalam of Belize
TAIWAN, October 10 - Details 2025-10-10 President Lai meets Saint Lucia Governor-General Errol Charles On the afternoon of October 10, President Lai Ching-te met with Saint Lucia Governor-General Errol Charles and his wife. In remarks, President...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Lai meets Saint Lucia Governor-General Errol Charles
TAIWAN, October 10 - Details 2025-10-10 President Lai meets Governor-General Froyla Tzalam of Belize On the afternoon of October 10, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Governor-General Froyla Tzalam of Belize and her husband. In...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
STV decision to cut jobs and programming ‘an act of cultural vandalism’
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has described the proposed axing of STV North’s News at 6 programme and up to 30 job cuts in the newsroom as “an act of cultural vandalism for journalism in Scotland”. Giving evidence to the Scottish...
Owner: National Union of Journalists
Guest speaker announced for 2025 Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture
The NUJ Black Members’ Council has announced that Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP will give this year’s Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture. Held during Black History Month, the Lecture celebrates the pioneering radical journalist who founded the UK's first Black...
Owner: National Union of Journalists
NEWS RELEASE: Gov. Spencer J. Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre M. Henderson Public Schedule Oct. 20 – Oct. 24, 2025
**Events labeled Media Access indicate that an event is open to media. Events labeled Media Availability indicate that an event is open to the media and that a media Q&A is planned.** Gov. Spencer J. Cox’s Schedule Oct. 20 – Oct. 24, 2025 **The...
Owner: American Government
Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture 2025
Every year the NUJ's Black Members' Council organises the Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture in honour of the pioneering journalist who founded the UK's first black newspaper The West Indian Gazette and Afro-Asian Caribbean News. This year’s Lecture...
Owner: National Union of Journalists
Protests Erupt in London to Support Gaza Flotilla Activists
(MENAFN) Hundreds gathered in central London Thursday to protest the illegal detention of Global Sumud Flotilla activists by Israeli forces. The demonstration took place at Parliament Square following an Israeli naval assault on an international...
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DBV Technologies Announces Sale of approximately $30 million of ADSs Through its At-The-Market (ATM) Program on Nasdaq
Châtillon, France, October 6, 2025 DBV Technologies Announces Sale of approximately $30 million of ADSs Through its At-The-Market (ATM) Program on Nasdaq DBV Technologies (Euronext: DBV – ISIN: FR0010417345 – Nasdaq Capital Market: DBVT) (the...
West Yorkshire Combined Authority Selects Blink Charging to Deliver £1.4 Million Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Project
More than 700 chargers to be installed across West Yorkshire London, UK, Oct. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) has selected Blink Charging UK Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ:...
SNP are new proof things changing fast in politics—Chris Mason
(MENAFN) Just a year ago, the Scottish National Party appeared to be in serious trouble. Following a crushing defeat in the general election, their representation dropped from 48 MPs to only nine. Leadership instability compounded the issue, with...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
25 years on from UN pledge, local women’s rights organisations and peacebuilders get just 0.1% of aid as donors pour billions into arms
The same governments that pledged support in 2000 to the UN’s flagship resolution on “Women, Peace and Security” (WPS) have since spent 25 years paying it lip-service, according to a new Oxfam report today that reviews its progress. The report...
Owner: Oxfam International (Non-profit)
Iran Calls in Polish Diplomat Over Drone Exhibit in London
(MENAFN) Iran has formally summoned Poland’s Charge d’Affaires, Marcin Wilczek, to lodge a protest following a public display of an Iranian-made drone by Poland’s foreign minister at a recent event in London. The diplomatic summons came after...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
End the freelance pay delay
Want to be paid on time? The deadline is approaching to let the government know. Article by Tim Dawson, NUJ freelance organiser. When you have completed a job, you deserve to be paid. It is a simple axiom, to be found, in varying forms, in the...
Owner: National Union of Journalists
Poll showcases threat to Zelensky losing presidential contest
(MENAFN) Recent polling suggests that Ukraine’s President Vladimir Zelensky could lose a presidential contest to either military intelligence chief Kirill Budanov or former armed forces commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny. Zelensky has repeatedly...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Zelensky Lags Behind Military Leaders in New Ukrainian Presidential
(MENAFN) A recent opinion poll reveals Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky could lose a hypothetical presidential election not only to former armed forces chief Valery Zaluzhny but also to military intelligence head Kirill Budanov, signaling...
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Poll Suggests Zelensky Faces Leadership Challenges
(MENAFN) A fresh opinion poll indicates that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky would lose in a direct presidential contest to both the current head of military intelligence, Kirill Budanov, and the former top military commander, Valery...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber