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Taiwan Lawmakers Seek Answers Over Unverified US Military Training Document
Public statements and congressional records document requests for transparency and an earlier recommendation to expand training personnel.
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Europe
Invesport Partners Acquires a Stake in HumanFab to Build a Network of Regional Performance Hubs
Invesport Partners, an investment and consolidation platform dedicated to European small and mid-sized businesses in sport and wellbeing, announces that it has acquired a stake in HumanFab, a leading centre of expertise in human performance engineering and sports performance. Completed in September 2026, this minority investment comes with a shared project: the development of a network of regional performance hubs in France and across Europe.
Europe
Launch of Invesport Partners, an Investment Company Dedicated to Human Performance
Invesport Partners today announces its creation. Founded by five entrepreneurs and senior executives with backgrounds in healthcare, finance, media, sport and retail, the company is an investment and consolidation platform dedicated to European small and mid-sized businesses in sport and wellbeing. Its ambition is to become Europe’s reference operator in human performance, through a network of regional hubs serving professional clubs, companies and elite amateur athletes in particular.
Americas
Britain Threatens Mass Expulsion of Israeli Diplomats
Up to 27 Israeli diplomats could be expelled from London if Israel forces Britain’s East Jerusalem consulate to close, threatening a historic rupture in relations.
Europe
TheSoul Group and ShortsTV Bring Award-Winning Short Films to YouTube
The Partnership Brings ShortsTV’s Award-Winning online Short Film Catalogue to a Global Audience
Americas
Gaza in Ruins as US Protection Shields Israel from Accountability
With Gaza’s economy devastated and Netanyahu addressing the UN under an ICC arrest warrant, former UN official Craig Mokhiber challenges the gap between Israel’s growing isolation and meaningful action. His warning extends to Trump’s threats against Iran and the contest to choose the next UN chief.
Europe
Multilocal Secures Backing of OAREX to Accelerate Global Growth with New Capital
OAREX provides Multilocal with £4M capital facility to support international expansion and M&A strategy.
Europe
Europe Turns to Private Enterprise to Close the Gap as BOARD Attracts Support from Over 200 European CEOs
Europe is renting its future rather than building it. It relies on others for its energy, its computing power and much of the capital its companies need to grow. Its leaders are pushing reform of markets and regulation to improve the conditions, but policy alone cannot build what Europe now rents. That falls to its companies, and in large part to the growth-stage private businesses that have had little voice in the debate about Europe’s future.
Americas
Gaza Anger Breaks Old Political Loyalties in Britain and Beyond
Labour’s electoral setbacks, an American protest vote and gains for the French left show how outrage over Gaza is reaching the ballot box — as Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja is arrested outside Labour’s conference.
Americas
Christopher Columbus Identified As A Portuguese Prince In New Investigation
Documents collated in a new book challenge five centuries of history by identifying Columbus as a prince born on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
Americas
Ireland’s Protest Puts Sporting Boycotts in Focus as Gaza’s Athletes Are Killed and Stadiums Destroyed
Bowed heads and refused handshakes marked Ireland’s victory over Israel. Behind the protests lies the destruction of Palestinian sporting life: footballers killed, athletes losing limbs, and grounds reduced to rubble or turned into shelters.
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‘These Crimes Are Ongoing’: NAZA Directors Defy Threats as Gaza Killing Systems Reach New York Screens
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor have brought Israeli military insiders’ accounts of mass civilian killing to an American audience, confronting citizenship threats, official denunciations and the responsibility of the country funding Israel’s armed forces.
Americas
‘It Will Shame the World’: Ireland’s Gaza Warning as New Google Earth Satellite Images Reveal Shattered Cities
Micheál Martin warns of a reckoning when Gaza’s full horrors are revealed. Satellite assessments document damage across more than four-fifths of its structures, while Israel’s restrictions on independent foreign reporting continue to obstruct scrutiny and families face another winter in tents and unsafe buildings.
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A Home in a Truck, a Childhood at Work: Five Lives in Gaza’s Ruins
A mother preparing for another child after losing three, a boy working through his childhood, a displaced grandmother, a lecturer and a skateboarder reveal how war has transformed the most ordinary acts of living.
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“Gaza Is the Most Inhumane and Most Shameful Concentration Camp of Our Time”
Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called Gaza a concentration camp as world leaders confronted Israel over genocide allegations, demanded protection for Palestinians and questioned whether international law could survive without enforcement.
Americas
Samson in the Rubble: The 1991 Book That Explains Israel's Most Dangerous Hour
Thirty-five years ago Seymour Hersh dragged Israel's secret bomb into daylight, along with the doctrine of last-resort annihilation built around it and the American officials who chose not to see either. Reread now – with Israel fighting on every front and the paymaster in Washington finally wavering – 'The Samson Option' is the most unsettling book on any shelf.
Americas
Netanyahu’s UN Gaza Genocide Denial Draws Walkout, Arrests and Rebukes from Three States
Iran called for Israel’s expulsion from the UN as Türkiye and Qatar rejected the Israeli prime minister’s attacks. Outside, police arrested protesters opposing his visit.
Americas
Leaders Face Stark Warning from Silicon Valley Veteran – The Old Way of Working Is Dead
Silicon Valley veteran and global transformation leader Jennifer Vessels warns that outdated leadership practices are leaving organisations ill-equipped for the age of AI, ahead of the publication of her new Wiley book, Emergence: How Leaders Break Free from Outdated Thinking, on 22 October.
Americas
United Exploration Partners V Announces Closing of Winding River Energy Services Acquisition
United Exploration Partners V, LLC (“UXPV” or “United”) today announced the successful closing of its acquisition of certain oil and natural gas assets from Winding River Energy Services, Inc. (“WRES”).
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Gaza Mother Gives Birth After Israeli Airstrike Killed All Three of Her Children
Alaa Hessi named her newborn Waseem after the eldest son she lost. In the final weeks of her pregnancy, she was living in a tent above her destroyed home, struggling to find nourishment and a safe place for her baby.
Europe
ICE-Tech Backs New Research to Help Shape the Future of Pet Insurance and Animal Welfare
As Research Founding Partner and sponsor of PEIA’s Companion Animal Welfare Journey, ICE-Tech is supporting new research to better understand the experiences, decisions and connections shaping animal welfare, access to veterinary care and pet insurance.
Americas
US Sanctions Plan Threatens ICC as UN Findings on Gaza Grow
More than two years after Navi Pillay presented findings of extermination, forcible transfer and starvation, new UN reports have widened the record. Arrest warrants remain outstanding, while the ICJ’s written timetable runs to 2029.
Europe
Gaza’s Children Face Deafness After Israeli Bombardment, as Deaths and Injuries Mount
Hearing damage is adding to the lasting injuries suffered by Gaza’s children, while humanitarian organisations warn that restrictions on treatment and supplies are prolonging the harm.
Europe
Gladia to Join OVH Groupe, Accelerating Europe’s Sovereign Voice AI Ambitions
Gladia joins OVH Groupe’s AI Lab, combining its cutting-edge voice AI platform with OVH Groupe’s sovereign cloud infrastructure.