126 result(s) for “Policy”
President Alexander Stubb and First Lady Suzanne Innes-Stubb began a two day state visit to Luxembourg on September 29, 2026, meeting the Grand Ducal couple and visiting the European Investment Bank as the trip spotlights Finland’s deepening economic and strategic relationships within Europe.
The long running Música no Museu program staged a free evening concert at the Museu do Exército, Forte de Copacabana, on September 29, 2026, highlighting community access to classical and popular repertoire through small ensemble performances.
As China prepares for its Golden Week holiday starting October 1, a surging online debate over mandatory weekend work has exploded on domestic platforms, with a Weibo topic attracting hundreds of millions of views and companies and regulators watching closely.
Chinese and U.S. officials have agreed in principle to reciprocal tariff relief covering about $30 billion of imports from each country, a tangible outcome from President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington that leaves sensitive technology and soybeans largely off the table. Beijing said the move opens space to rebuild trade ties while both sides will continue negotiations on implementation.
The federal government renewed public-facing materials on the Safe Social Media Act, known as Bill C-34, on September 29, 2026, restating objectives and regulatory tools for protecting children online as scrutiny from privacy advocates and industry grows.
Bangladesh’s UN envoy reiterated Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s appeal for a concrete roadmap to ensure early, safe and dignified repatriation of more than 1.2 million Rohingya, warning that shrinking humanitarian funding and lack of political progress risk turning a protracted emergency into a generational crisis.
London’s BFI Southbank hosts Screen Summit 2026 today, gathering studio chiefs, distributors, streamers and independent producers to tackle financing gaps, inward investment and new commercial models for British film.
Amazon Web Services stages a Public Sector AI Symposium in Ottawa today, September 29, 2026, highlighting Canadian AI adoption in government, data sovereignty concerns, and the announcement of Canada recipients of the AWS Imagine Grant for nonprofits.
China’s central bank supplied hefty short term cash to markets on September 28 as quarter end and the week long National Day holiday approach, combining overnight, seven day and 14 day reverse repos to smooth money market strains even as net liquidity was modestly withdrawn after accounting for maturing facilities.
An exposure draft of Australia’s Online Safety Amendment includes a provision authorising the eSafety Commissioner and approved researchers to create so called sock puppet identities, including AI generated accounts, to observe, interact and post on online services. The clause has prompted renewed concern from civil liberties groups, legal analysts and social commentators about unchecked state use of covert accounts.
A coalition of filmmakers, press freedom groups and industry advocates filed formal papers on Monday to oppose the settlement that would allow Paramount Skydance to proceed with its acquisition of Warner Bros., arguing the deal will concentrate media power and entrench editorial risks for major U.S. news outlets.
During the September 27 Weekend Ka Vaar episode of Bigg Boss 20, Salman Khan warned about the growing threat of AI-generated deepfakes and called for criminal penalties, saying imprisonment may be needed to deter misuse. His remarks have reignited debate in India about regulation, platform responsibility and celebrity safety.
Naza, the Venice Special Jury Prize winning documentary produced by The Guardian, begins its theatrical run in the United Kingdom on September 28, 2026. The film will play in multiple territories before being made freely available online by its producer after the cinema window.
At the United Nations, Bangladesh outlined a five point plan to restart durable Rohingya repatriation while Myanmar says it has verified hundreds of thousands of refugees as former Rakhine residents, a development that could reopen negotiations but leaves key political and security obstacles unresolved.
The Union Cabinet approved a formal shift to composite caps for foreign investments, collapsing different foreign holding categories into a single sectoral ceiling. Officials and market participants say the move is intended to reduce regulatory friction and speed foreign capital flows into manufacturing, insurance and other strategic sectors.