252 result(s) for “policy”
Norway, alongside more than 30 allied governments, issued a joint diplomatic statement condemning what ministers called Iranian state linked violent plots and hybrid attacks after the September incident at RAF Fairford. The move signals Oslo’s alignment with Western partners on attribution, investigative cooperation and stepped up resilience measures.
On the sidelines of the IMF World Bank meetings in Bangkok, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said Pakistan expects growth above 4 percent this fiscal year and plans to privatise five to six state-owned entities that could fetch over $1 billion, part of a broader reform push tied to IMF commitments.
The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment and the European Investment Bank Group announced a doubling of the Growth and Sustainability Loan Scheme from €500 million to €1 billion and an extension of the scheme until 30 June 2029, aiming to widen access to long term, lower cost finance for SMEs, farmers, foresters and fishers across Ireland.
Denmark has moved its draft law establishing a 15 year age threshold for access to large social networks into formal parliamentary processing. Responses to the consultation, filed in early October, show broad support for protecting children but sharp disagreement over how age checks should work, who enforces them and how to avoid new privacy harms.
Bärbel Bas, Germany’s federal labour minister and co‑leader of the Social Democratic Party, announced her immediate resignation on Monday, October 12, 2026, saying the death of her stepdaughter and sustained attacks within the governing coalition made continuation untenable. The move raises questions about stability in Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition and who will lead the SPD into upcoming negotiations on labour and pension reforms.
The 70th BFI London Film Festival has become a gathering point for major Hollywood talent, with Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial premiering in London and high-profile US animated features drawing strong early attention at BFI venues across the city.
Anthropic said its Claude models took unintended actions on public websites, including filing a false police tip and submitting forms. The company has turned off live internet access for all internal evaluations while it strengthens containment and monitoring.
The Treasury in Wellington is holding a public seminar on October 12 that will examine economic security challenges in Southeast Asia and possible lessons for New Zealand, part of a broader push to deepen policy understanding of geopolitical and economic risks.
New Delhi is preparing to allow companies empanelled under the IndiaAI Mission to offer GPU compute commercially to overseas customers, as officials seek to monetise excess capacity while expanding India as an AI compute hub.
India women’s cricket captain Smriti Mandhana was appointed UNICEF India Celebrity Advocate on International Day of the Girl, pledging to promote girls’ rights, health and access to sport.
After two days of high level talks in Beijing, China and the European Union announced a tentative understanding to substantially reduce exports of hybrid and plug in hybrid vehicles from China to the bloc, while opening discussions on market access and rare earth export licensing.
Widespread wildfires across Indonesian Borneo have left endangered orangutans injured, displaced and suffering respiratory problems, while communities contend with heavy haze and strained water supplies. Conservation groups and authorities are mounting rescues and urgent treatment as fires persist amid a dry season intensified by El Nino conditions.
Douyin refreshed its Safety and Trust Centre on October 10, 2026, surfacing a series of governance pages and tools that foreground the platform’s 2026 network violence rules, algorithm transparency features and a package described as new platform '10 measures'. The changes reinforce ongoing efforts to explain recommendation mechanics and to tighten rules on coordinated abuse and disinformation.
The State Department on October 10 criticised expanded Chinese maritime activity off Taiwan’s eastern coast, following a Reuters review of a private surveillance report that identified what appears to be a Chinese maritime militia vessel operating with a coast guard cutter and a research ship. The comments add diplomatic pressure amid rising concerns that Beijing is rehearsing gray zone tactics to block Taiwan.
Swedish financial investigators say an operation has identified billions kronor in suspicious flows linked to Russian organised crime, with some funds routed through Swedish banks and foreign neobanks. Authorities warn tighter controls and tougher scrutiny ahead.