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The nearly two-month long Israeli military attacks on Lebanon, an escalation of a year-long conflict between Israel and Lebanese Shia militant group Hizbullah, has hit the country’s higher education sector hard. The impact is all the worse given Lebanon’s universities and colleges have been struggling with financial and economic problems for the past five years.…

The government of Eswatini has stopped scholarships for bachelor of arts (BA) in humanities degrees in the country’s key public HE institution, the University of Eswatini (UNESWA), with effect from the 2025/2026 academic year.

Prospective and current students who were hoping to secure public financial assistance for BA courses such as English, geography, history, religious studies and African languages.…

Fashion retailers worldwide have publicly committed themselves to achieving ambitious sustainability goals, ranging from reduced emissions to greater circularity of materials through more effective recycling. Some of these goals have been adopted from external sources, such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) (https://sdgs.un.org/goals…

The European auto sector is uneasy about the 35.3% countervailing duties that the European Union (EU) has imposed on China-built BEVs on top of the standard 10% import tariff. While they were imposed in response to what the EU executive, the European Commission, claims are unfair state subsidies throughout Chinese supply chains that undercut the bloc’s own European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has declined to comment.…

Promoting collaboration between the European Union’s (EU) anti-fraud office OLAF and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) will be a key priority of the new EU budget, anti-fraud and public administration Commissioner once he takes office, probably on December 1.

Poland’s Piotr Serafin, a former cabinet head for past European Council president and now Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, performed effectively at his European Parliament confirmation hearing on November 7, and should be confirmed as Commissioner.…

The victory of pro-European Moldovan leader President Maia Sandu in the November 3 national election presents significant potential for the country’s clothing and textile industry. Positioned between Romania and Ukraine, Moldova has long been influenced by Russia but has applied to join the European Union (EU).…

China’s move to investigate New York City, United States-based clothing company PVH, the parent company of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, for suspected violations of market trading principles regarding Xinjiang-related products, could pose risks for other clothing and textile companies doing business with China, according to industry experts.…

An Italian-led investigation, supported by the European Union (EU) prosecutor and judiciary agency Eurojust, has smashed a network responsible for forging and selling 2,000 works of contemporary art, from artists including Banksy, Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso. In what Eurojust, said (1) was “an unprecedented operation”, involving Belgian, French and Spanish authorities, 38 suspects accused of involvement in a cross-border fake art network have been charged in Italy with conspiracy to forge and dealing in forged art. …

While the increasingly complex financial world’s fintech and cryptocurrency networks may boost liquidity and financial efficiency, it also complicates screening transactions for crime links. That includes the growing number of sanctions created by Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and Iranian support for terror groups.…