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📺 WATCH: my speech in #Strasbourg today in a debate with @vonderleyen. Top 🔟 attacks by Trump II on international law: 1. Rolled out the red carpet for #Putin in Alaska 🇷🇺 2. Endless support for Netanyahu’s war crimes 🇮🇱 3. Withdrawal (again) from Paris Climate Agreement 4. Withdrawal from WHO, IPCC, UNHRC 🇺🇳 5. The sudden closing of #USAID 6. Illegal global tariffs 7. Sanctions on the @IntlCrimCourt 8. Illegal attack on Venezuela 🇻🇪 9. Threats to annex #Greenland 🇬🇱 10. Illegal attack on Iran 🇮🇷 We cannot stand this for another 3⃣ years. 🇪🇺 President @vonderleyen must finally stand up for European values and international law.

Ecosia and Qwant are teaming up to create a European search index, aiming to break the dominance of Google and reduce Europe's reliance on US tech giants. Can they succeed in challenging the status quo? p.dw.com/p/4nToZ

The EU and Mercosur countries have reached a free trade agreement covering 780 million people. The deal, praised as "ambitious and balanced" by Ursula von der Leyen, still needs approval from EU member states. 👉euronews.com/my-europe/2024…

EU regulators have ordered TikTok to retain its data on Romania's presidential election after intelligence uncovered a cluster of accounts with ties to Moscow. dw.com/en/eu-probes-t…

Children who attend co-educational schools have more friends, a study which focuses on gender and schooling here has found. rte.ie/news/2024/1206…

Sponsored: "Children are the innocent victims of Ireland’s homelessness crisis, their young lives disrupted, growing up without any sense of security." irishexaminer.com/sponsored/arid…

#development #sustainabledevelopment To Trump-proof climate, the Global South must take the lead euronews.com/green/2024/12/…

Women, Peace and Security Index 2023 1. Denmark🇩🇰 2. Switzerland🇨🇭 3. Sweden🇸🇪 4. Finland🇫🇮 4. Iceland🇮🇸 4. Luxembourg🇱🇺 7. Norway🇳🇴 8. Austria🇦🇹 9. Netherlands🇳🇱 10. New Zealand🇳🇿 11. Australia🇦🇺 11. Belgium🇧🇪 13. Estonia🇪🇪 13. Ireland🇮🇪 15. Singapore🇸🇬 16. Lithuania🇱🇹 17. Canada🇨🇦 18. Czechia🇨🇿 19. Portugal🇵🇹 20. Latvia🇱🇻 21. Germany🇩🇪 22. UAE🇦🇪 23. Japan🇯🇵 24. France🇫🇷 26. UK🇬🇧 27. Poland🇵🇱 27. Spain🇪🇸 30. Korea🇰🇷 34. Italy🇮🇹 36. Slovenia🇸🇮 37. USA🇺🇸 38. Taiwan🇹🇼 39. Georgia🇬🇪 39. Hong Kong🇭🇰 46. Mongolia🇲🇳 48. Armenia🇦🇲 50. Argentina🇦🇷 51. Greece🇬🇷 56. Russia🇷🇺 67. Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 68. Chile🇨🇱 69. Belarus🇧🇾 70. Kazakhstan🇰🇿 73. Peru🇵🇪 80. Israel🇮🇱 82. China🇨🇳 82. Indonesia🇮🇩 89. Paraguay🇵🇾 91. South Africa🇿🇦 96. Tunisia🇹🇳 99. Türkiye🇹🇷 106. Ecuador🇪🇨 107. Tanzania🇹🇿 110. Egypt🇪🇬 115. Brazil🇧🇷 116. Venezuela🇻🇪 117. Ukraine🇺🇦 121. Phillipines🇵🇭 128. India🇮🇳 128. Lebanon🇱🇧 131. Bangladesh🇧🇩 132. Colombia🇨🇴 140. Iran🇮🇷 142. Mexico🇲🇽 156. Palestine🇵🇸 158. Pakistan🇵🇰 162. Nigeria🇳🇬 177. Afghanistan🇦🇫 @giwps

Leaving Cert students to be let use artificial intelligence for research projects irishtimes.com/ireland/educat…

Amnesty International accused Israel of "committing genocide" against Palestinians in Gaza since the start of the war last year, saying a new report was a "wake-up call" for the international community rte.ie/news/middle-ea…

Political crises and weakening global demand have hit the growth prospects of the European Union's top two economies, according to the OECD. It warned that growing trade tensions could disrupt the world economy. p.dw.com/p/4njWS

Analysis: What next for climate policy now the Greens are out of government? irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…

🚨BREAKING: French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government collapsed today, triggering an unprecedented political crisis that threatens the stability of the eurozone. Full story: trib.al/14fGuzi

From freedom fighter to Namibia's first female president bbc.in/4gfI1jC

Asylum seekers protest outside Dáil after having to leave ‘cold weather accommodation’ irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/1…

Read our full list of priorities for the 34th Dáil term here: oco.ie/library/priori…

The gender imbalance here is quite stark.

The European Commission has set the emissions cap for the new carbon market at over a billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent for 2027. The scheme could raise fuel prices unless governments reduce demand. euronews.com/my-europe/2024…

As discussions turn towards Government formation, there are a number of key areas affecting children that should be included in the new Programme for Government. Critically, the next Government must include a strong and well-resourced Department of Children.

#imaginedcommunities #identity #UN General Assembly resolution calls for creation of Palestinian state france24.com/en/middle-east…