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Story Agency Student internships: frequently asked questions 28043 views 60 likes Read
Where can I find the student internship opportunities? Once published, you can browse the opportunities directly on our recruitment website by clicking here. Please note that EAC internships can be found under the establishment ESOC when...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

Fantasia Fest Reveals Third Wave Of 2025 Films: Queens Of The Dead, Fixed, It Ends, More
Fantasia International Film Festival has announced a strong final wave of films for its 2025 edition including Tina Romero’s Queens Of the Dead and more. The biggest genre film festival in North America announced the third wave of titles on...
AP News Summary at 3:02 p.m. EDT
Israel says it's preparing for the possibility of a lengthy war against Iran TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s military says it is preparing for the possibility of a lengthy war with Iran. It says it struck an Iranian nuclear research facility and...

AP News Summary at 2:43 p.m. EDT
Israel says it's preparing for the possibility of a lengthy war against Iran TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s military says it is preparing for the possibility of a lengthy war with Iran. It says it struck an Iranian nuclear research facility and...

Fantasia International Film Festival announces final wave of titles for 29th edition!
The 29th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to run from from July 16th (one day earlier than previously announced) through August 3rd at the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas in Montreal, with additional screenings...

AP News Summary at 12:47 p.m. EDT
Israel says it's preparing for the possibility of a lengthy war against Iran TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s military says it is preparing for the possibility of a lengthy war with Iran. It says it struck an Iranian nuclear research facility and...
Rethinking social protection sustainability: What people want (and don’t want)
Dramatic gains in life expectancy are one of the greatest achievements of social and public health systems in OECD countries over the past century. Yet population ageing – the combination of longer life expectancy and declining fertility –...
‘A question of when’: Why Russia’s next move could be on the Baltics
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size What and where, exactly, are the Baltic states? Those who live there have heard this so often...

Piotr Lukasiewicz, Charge d’Affairs a.i. of Poland in Ukraine
Shortly after the farewell visit to Ukraine of Polish President Andrzej Duda, Ukrinform sat down the Charge d'Affaires a.i. of Poland in Ukraine Piotr Lukasiewicz. It has been eight months since our last conversation, so it was interesting to hear...
AP News Summary at 12:06 p.m. EDT
Israel says it's preparing for a possibly long war against Iran as attacks continue TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s military says it struck an Iranian nuclear research facility and killed three senior Iranian commanders in targeted attacks. An...

London Lions appoint feasibility partners for new purpose-built basketball arena
Lions owner Tomas Okmanas has committed to financing project 10,000-seater arena expected to cost hundreds of millions of pounds Proposal has backing of Mayor of London’s office British basketball’s London Lions have appointed the Trivandi and The...

Welfare is the monster destroying our once-great institutions
Nostalgia is the vice of the aged, and it’s difficult to slip into a reverie about about an organisation as sprawling and disparate as the NHS, but lately I’ve been wondering how the great national institutions for which Britain was once globally...

flydubai Breaks Ground On Multimillion Dollar DWC Maintenance Facility
flydubai has started building a multi-million dollar aircraft maintenance facility in Dubai South, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The project is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2026. The new centre aims to “ensure an increased...

Allocate 0.25% of GDP to boost weapon production: Ukraine tells allies
President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Ukraine's Western partners to allocate 0.25% of their GDP to helping Kyiv ramp up weapons production and said the country plans to sign agreements this summer to start exporting weapon production...

Kyiv asks allies for 0.25pc of their GDP to boost arsenal
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called on Ukraine’s Western partners to allocate 0.25 per cent of their GDP to helping Kyiv ramp up weapons production and said the country plans to sign agreements this summer to start exporting weapon production...

Belarus opposition leader freed from jail after rare visit by top US envoy
A jailed opposition leader in Belarus has been freed and is now in Lithuania. Siarhei Tsikhanouski was released along with 13 other political prisoners following talks between Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Keith Kellogg, who is...
SUWALKI CORRIDOR NATO’S ULTIMATE STRESS TEST
Members of the Royal Welsh Regiment as part of the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence in Estonia © NATO Tucked away in the quiet, rolling hills and thick forests of northeastern Poland, the Suwałki Gap – also known as the Suwałki Corridor – isn’t a...

The Tallinn question
As Russia’s aggression against Ukraine continues, the question of whether NATO and the EU would come to the aid of the Baltic states becomes increasingly important. With an increase in US rhetoric concerning a potential withdrawal, it is now more...

The options Europe is considering against Israel
The European Union is weighing five potential responses to what it defines as "human rights violations by Israel," in Gaza, but the likelihood of imposing sanctions or an embargo remains extremely low due to a lack of consensus and the required...