Category: World

  Urgent action is needed to protect children online, particularly from cyberbullying and online harassment. One in six children aged 11 to 15 report that they have been victims of cyberbullying and about one in eight admit they have bullied others online. The Commission has therefore announced a plan against cyberbullying on 10 February, Safer Internet […]

Input. Output. Targets met. Value created. Performance delivered. Strip work down to its essentials and for many people, this is what remains: a machine-like focus on producing, performing and optimising. The system keeps moving – often with little concern for the human energy, attention and resilience required to keep it running. Over time, this can […]

The findings, published today in the journal Science, reveal the team has identified a remarkably small ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule, named QT45, that can copy itself and its complementary strand. This is a key step toward self-replication. One of science’s greatest questions How life emerged from simple chemical building blocks remains one of science’s greatest […]

In 18th- and 19th-century Ireland, it was common for courting couples to exchange gifts to mark their developing relationships. Many of these items are familiar gifts today: books, cards, items of clothing, jewellery and sweet treats. Others, however, are less familiar. In fact, some of the gifts exchanged by couples in the past might give […]

The UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands are confident that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin.  This is the conclusion of our Governments based on analyses of samples from Alexei Navalny. These analyses have conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine.  Epibatidine is a toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America. It is not found naturally in Russia.  Russia claimed that Navalny […]

In cities across France, a number of new bouillon soup-kitchen inspired restaurants are opening for business. Dating back to the 19th century and designed to feed Paris’ working-class masses, for some time these cheap and cheerful places to eat fell out of fashion. Why are they making a comeback today? What makes them so special […]

13 February 2026 Press Release Hate crime North West A man who invoked fear to the Jewish community in Salford by deliberately driving slowly while waving an imitation firearm out of the window of his car, has been sentenced. Julius Goncarukas, 42, was given 16 months in prison, suspended for 18 months, after admitting to […]

The community of Knoydart in the Scottish Highlands lives according to ancient clan structures. The residents work together in solidarity, with profits going back to the community and thus benefiting everyone. Electricity is produced independently via a small hydroelectric power plant, forests are reforested, and native animal species are protected. This makes Knoydart not only […]

Few countries talk about “ghettos” the way Denmark does. For more than a decade, the term has shaped national debates about migration, integration and who truly belongs. What began as a policy tool to identify struggling neighbourhoods has evolved into a social experiment in how to manage so-called “parallel societies”. These are predominantly migrant communities […]

The meeting, held in Manchester, has concluded with a significant agreement on the IPBES business and biodiversity assessment. This assessment represents an important step in improving global understanding of the relationship between biodiversity, ecosystems and economic activity. It examines how business both depends on and affects the environment, and how biodiversity loss can create risks for economies and financial systems. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funded […]