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New York: Although she lost her post in the German government this year, Annalena Baerbock, the former German foreign minister, will continue to play a prominent role on the world stage. Until May, when Friedrich Merz of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected as the new German chancellor, the 44-year-old Green Party politician was still Germany’s top diplomat. Then, on June 2, she was elected as the new president of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York.

According to Deutsche Welle, Baerbock’s election was unique as it was conducted through a secret ballot, rather than the customary show of hands, reportedly at

Kabul: The European Union has announced an additional £14 million in aid to support the people of Afghanistan, enhancing its collaboration with the United Nations. This funding aims to expand the Afghanistan Community Resilience Programme (ACRP), which is executed by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will now join the initiative, and the EU’s partnership with UN Women will be further reinforced.

According to European Union, the EU’s support for the ACRP now totals £21 million, with an extra £6 million committed. This investment arrives during a

Dublin: The text message, sent from Dubai and accompanied by a Santa emoji, was intended to reassure a Ukrainian fisherman and an unemployed man from Teesside. “OK lads. No need for luck. Really this couldn’t be any more straightforward. Just relax and this will all be over soon,” it read. Their mission was to sail to the middle of the Irish Sea to collect cocaine from the MV Matthew, a passing cargo ship. However, luck was indeed required as their endeavor was anything but straightforward.

According to BBC, the Maritime Analysis Operations Centre (MAOC), responsible for policing the transatlantic drug trade, reported that 100 ships suspected of drug trafficking to