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WORLD RESCUE CHALLENGE 2022 SET FOR LUXEMBOURG

23 July 2021

The World Rescue Challenge (WRC) is now set to be staged in Luxembourg in 2022, following the cancellation of this year’s event in Miami, Florida in November, due to the Continue Reading →

Posted in International News, News Updates

GERMANY TO HOST GLOBAL UNDERSEA DEFENCE AND SECURITY EVENT

22 July 2021

The 2021 edition of Undersea Defence Technology (UDT), previously scheduled for June, will now take place on 14-16 December in the German city of Rostock, due to the ongoing impact of Continue Reading →

Posted in International News, News Updates

US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY EXPANDS ‘SECURING THE CITIES’ PROJECT

19 July 2021

The US Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office has expanded it ‘Securing the Cities’ (STC) programme to Boston and New Orleans, to assist these regions Continue Reading →

Posted in International News, News Updates

NASA TESTS WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING WITH FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION

17 July 2021

A project by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has tested its tools in a realistic wildland firefighting exercise to help make the battle against wildfires faster, safer, and Continue Reading →

Posted in International News, News Updates

FRANCE DEPLOYS 30,000 BODY CAMERAS FOR FRONTLINE POLICE OFFICERS

10 July 2021

The French Ministry of the Interior is set to deploy 30,000 body-worn cameras to its national and military police forces to modernise policing. The Motorola Solutions’ VB400 body-worn cameras, valued at €15m,will Continue Reading →

Posted in International News, News Updates

NEW LOCATION-TRACKING TECHNOLOGY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

25 April 2021

The US Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently completed successful field testing of a new location tracking technology to enhance situational awareness Continue Reading →

Posted in International News, News Updates

UN REFUGEE AGENCY ISSUES LIFESAVING APPEAL

23 March 2021

UN Refugee Agency UNHCR is calling on the international community to do more to save the lives of refugees who take risky routes towards the Mediterranean, following the release of Continue Reading →

Posted in International News, News Updates

RAMBAM HEALTH CARE CAMPUS ASSISTS TO DEVELOP ISRAELI COVID-19 VACCINE

12 March 2021

Israel currently has the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate in the world, with the vast majority of the 5,300 employees at Rambam Healthcare Campus having already received two doses of the Continue Reading →

Posted in International News, News Updates

EUROPOL WARNS OF GANGS SELLING FAKE CLEAR VIRUS TESTS

12 March 2021

Criminal gangs are selling fake COVID-19 test certificates, with cases already emerging of fraudulent COVID-19 test certificates being sold to travellers, according to Europol. Europol has said that a forgery Continue Reading →

Posted in International News, News Updates

UNIFIL PEACEKEEPERS SUPPORT LEBANON’S FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19

12 March 2021

With a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in Lebanon recently, UNIFIL peacekeepers have ramped up support to the host communities in Southern Lebanon in their fight against the Continue Reading →

Posted in International News, News Updates

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