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When an alert signalled an incoming fire mission on the detachment commanders' display (DCD) of his M777A2 howitzer, Bombardier Bayley Little roused his gunners with "Fire mission! Take post!".

When Australia and Fiji signed a mutual defense treaty this week, a key component of the agreement was that other Pacific island countries could join. Experts told Radio Free Asia that this was a sign that Australia is providing much needed leadership in the region.

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The sharing of solo women researchers’ experiences is making inroads into social research and challenging male-biased methodologies. In this blog post, we draw from our respective experiences while conducting ethnographic research with refugees (Sudha in India and Rose in Kenya). We observe that solo women researchers’ experience the field in gendered ways that have contradictory manifestations. On the one hand, they are not always taken seriously as researchers and, in some instances, experience sexual harassment or worse. On the other hand, their self-identification as researchers is sometimes regarded as a pretext for nefarious activities, which can endanger their lives. 
Based on these challenges, we highlight three main points. First, women researchers’ self-positioning in the field does not necessarily influence how their interlocutors position and relate with them. Second, gender has fluid and sometimes contradictory meanings that women researchers constantly navigate. Third, gender is mediated by other social categories that alternately create mutual identification and difference between women researchers and interlocutors of various genders. 

The sharing of solo women researchers’ experiences is making inroads into social research and challenging male-biased methodologies. In this blog post, we draw from our respective experiences while conducting ethnographic research with refugees (Sudha in India and Rose in Kenya). We observe that solo women researchers’ experience the field in gendered ways that have contradictory manifestations. On the one hand, they are not always taken seriously as researchers and, in some instances, experience sexual harassment or worse. On the other hand, their self-identification as researchers is sometimes regarded as a pretext for nefarious activities, which can endanger their lives. 
Based on these challenges, we highlight three main points. First, women researchers’ self-positioning in the field does not necessarily influence how their interlocutors position and relate with them. Second, gender has fluid and sometimes contradictory meanings that women researchers constantly navigate. Third, gender is mediated by other social categories that alternately create mutual identification and difference between women researchers and interlocutors of various genders. 

The sharing of solo women researchers’ experiences is making inroads into social research and challenging male-biased methodologies. In this blog post, we draw from our respective experiences while conducting ethnographic research with refugees (Sudha in India and Rose in Kenya). We observe that solo women researchers’ experience the field in gendered ways that have contradictory manifestations. On the one hand, they are not always taken seriously as researchers and, in some instances, experience sexual harassment or worse. On the other hand, their self-identification as researchers is sometimes regarded as a pretext for nefarious activities, which can endanger their lives. 
Based on these challenges, we highlight three main points. First, women researchers’ self-positioning in the field does not necessarily influence how their interlocutors position and relate with them. Second, gender has fluid and sometimes contradictory meanings that women researchers constantly navigate. Third, gender is mediated by other social categories that alternately create mutual identification and difference between women researchers and interlocutors of various genders. 

Football is the common bond for the immigrants and refugees who play matches in a Maine park, and has helped them develop a sense of community in a foreign land.

On 15 July, the Subcommittee on Human Rights, in association with the Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, will examine the human rights situation and the reduction of civic and democratic space in Guinea-Bissau since the November 2025 coup.
This discussion, engaging with figures committed to the protection of human rights in Guinea-Bissau, will be the opportunity to gain insight into the recent developments following the military coup and the arbitrary detention of political figures, which was the object of a resolution by the European Parliament in December 2025.
European Parliament resolution of 18 December 2025 on the grave political situation in Guinea-Bissau after the coup of 26 November (2025/3027(RSP))
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At the 64th sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB64) under the UNFCCC in Bonn, Germany, the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP) underscored the importance of ethically and equitably incorporating indigenous values and knowledge and local knowledge systems such as pastoralism into climate policies and actions ahead of the 31st Conference of Parties on […]

On Tuesday 14 July 2026 from 9.00 to 10.00, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will welcome Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Helen McEntee for a presentation of the Irish Presidency priorities in external policy. This exchange of views follows the presentation of the Presidency priorities in plenary by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
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On Tuesday 14 July 2026 from 9.00 to 10.00, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will welcome Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Helen McEntee for a presentation of the Irish Presidency priorities in external policy. This exchange of views follows the presentation of the Presidency priorities in plenary by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
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Das Tempo, mit dem internationale Entwicklungsdebatten und entwicklungspolitische Leitbilder wegbrechen, ist hoch. Die AfD will das Entwicklungshilfeministerium abschaffen. Die Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit soll schrumpfen, die Nord-Süd-Kommission eine neue Rolle für Deutschland definieren.

Das Tempo, mit dem internationale Entwicklungsdebatten und entwicklungspolitische Leitbilder wegbrechen, ist hoch. Die AfD will das Entwicklungshilfeministerium abschaffen. Die Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit soll schrumpfen, die Nord-Süd-Kommission eine neue Rolle für Deutschland definieren.

Das Tempo, mit dem internationale Entwicklungsdebatten und entwicklungspolitische Leitbilder wegbrechen, ist hoch. Die AfD will das Entwicklungshilfeministerium abschaffen. Die Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit soll schrumpfen, die Nord-Süd-Kommission eine neue Rolle für Deutschland definieren.

Why do some firms experience more volatile growth rates than others? This paper seeks to shed light on this question using a rich data set of almost 92,000 Vietnamese firms for the period 2009–2018. Apart from firm-level characteristics, the paper examines the roles of province-level financial development, corruption control, and their interaction in explaining firm growth volatility. Our results show that there is a robust negative correlation between corruption control and firm-level volatility. Moreover, while local financial development — measured by financial depth — is generally negatively associated with volatility, the correlation between financial outreach and different measures of firm growth volatility varies. Crucially, we find a negative interaction between corruption control and local financial development, suggesting that financial development may exert a more substantial volatility-dampening effect in environments with robust corruption control, and conversely, that the effect of corruption control may be stronger in provinces with advanced level of financial development.

Why do some firms experience more volatile growth rates than others? This paper seeks to shed light on this question using a rich data set of almost 92,000 Vietnamese firms for the period 2009–2018. Apart from firm-level characteristics, the paper examines the roles of province-level financial development, corruption control, and their interaction in explaining firm growth volatility. Our results show that there is a robust negative correlation between corruption control and firm-level volatility. Moreover, while local financial development — measured by financial depth — is generally negatively associated with volatility, the correlation between financial outreach and different measures of firm growth volatility varies. Crucially, we find a negative interaction between corruption control and local financial development, suggesting that financial development may exert a more substantial volatility-dampening effect in environments with robust corruption control, and conversely, that the effect of corruption control may be stronger in provinces with advanced level of financial development.

Why do some firms experience more volatile growth rates than others? This paper seeks to shed light on this question using a rich data set of almost 92,000 Vietnamese firms for the period 2009–2018. Apart from firm-level characteristics, the paper examines the roles of province-level financial development, corruption control, and their interaction in explaining firm growth volatility. Our results show that there is a robust negative correlation between corruption control and firm-level volatility. Moreover, while local financial development — measured by financial depth — is generally negatively associated with volatility, the correlation between financial outreach and different measures of firm growth volatility varies. Crucially, we find a negative interaction between corruption control and local financial development, suggesting that financial development may exert a more substantial volatility-dampening effect in environments with robust corruption control, and conversely, that the effect of corruption control may be stronger in provinces with advanced level of financial development.

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Das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie hat den Leiter der Abteilung Unternehmen und Märkte im DIW Berlin, Tomaso Duso, für weitere vier Jahre in die Monopolkommission berufen. Er ist seit 2022 Mitglied und seit September 2024 Vorsitzender des Gremiums. Zudem ist er Professor für empirische ...