Source: European Commission (video statements)
President von der Leyen welcomed the ceasefire as an important step toward stability, but keeping the peace must be a shared priority. The EU is also calling on Iran to get seriously involved in real diplomatic talks; negotiations are the only way forward.
Source: United Nations (video statements)
Joint stakeout by Climate, Peace and Security Group on Libya, led by Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations, and accompanied by Security Council Members including Denmark, Ecuador, France, Greece, Guyana, Malta, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, the United Kingdom.
Source: European Commission (video statements)
“By 2030, Europe must have everything it needs for credible deterrence.” – President von der Leyen
📆On 24 June 2025, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made her opening statement at the 2025 NATO Summit following Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
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At the summit taking place on 24-25 June, NATO Leaders will address a variety of issues facing the Alliance. They will focus on deterrence and defence, ensuring that NATO has the resources, forces and capabilities to face any threat
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Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
For the 13th consecutive year, the World Economic Forum releases its report on the top ten technologies set to change the world for the better. These technologies will speed our efforts to tackle everything from the energy transition and neurodegenerative diseases. Based on expert nominations and rigorous foresight evaluation, the solutions drive home to leaders the increasing ways that technologies are converging and building on each other and showcase the importance of technology foresight as a key strategic tool to make meaningful change, integration and investment happen. Guests guiding us through this report for the fifth year include Bernie Meyerson, chief innovation officer emeritus at IBM, and Mariette DiChristina, Dean and professor of the practice of journalism at Boston University College of Communication.
This interview was recorded in May 2025 in the New York office of the World Economic Forum.
Top 10 Emerging Technologies for this year:
– Structural Battery Composites
– Collaborative Sensing
– Green Nitrogen Fixation
– Generative Watermarking
– Engineered Living Therapeutics
– GLP-1s for Neurodegenerative Diseases
– Autonomous Biochemical Sensing
– Next-Gen Nuclear Energy
– Osmotic Power Systems
– Nanozymes
About this episode:
Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report 2025: https://wef.ch/emergingtech25
These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2025: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/06/top-10-emerging-technologies-of-2025/
Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/top-ten-emerging-tech-2025
Mariette DiChristina, Boston University: https://www.bu.edu/com/profile/mariette-dichristina/
Bernie Meyerson: https://www.ibm.com/history/bernard-meyerson
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Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The Business and Trade Committee continues its investigation on the impact of dynamic pricing and price variability.
In this session, the Committee looks at how this affects vulnerable consumers, the role of dynamic pricing in the airline
industry, and the relationship between market concentration and pricing in the live entertainment industry.
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
Deputy President Paul Mashatile paid a courtesy call on President Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg.
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
The Deputy President Paul Mashatile addresses the South African Trade and Investment Seminar, at the SPIEF 2025.
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
Deputy President Paul Mshatile meets with Mrs Valentina Matvienko and Mr Vysachesla Volodin,
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
Deputy President Paul Mashatile in an interactive session with the SPIEF Youth Academy ahead of SPIEF’25 plenary session.
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
President Cyril Ramaphosa conducts oversight visit at Steve Biko Hospital
