Category: World

  Poverty affects 1 in 5 Europeans, including 1 in 4 children, while around 1 million people are homeless across the EU. The Commission has proposed new measures aimed at preventing poverty and housing exclusion, and supporting those already affected.   The EU’s first-ever anti-poverty strategy sets out a path towards the EU target of reducing […]

Stepping inside a supercomputer facility is usually an overwhelming experience. These vast machines contain hundreds of thousands of processors working together to perform calculations far beyond the reach of ordinary computers. They consume huge amounts of energy, generate intense heat and are often extremely noisy. So, when France Boillod-Cerneux from the French Alternative Energies and Atomic […]

The King’s College London study, funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), is the first to investigate pollution exposure and development in Greater London. The study measures language and motor skills of infants whose mothers were pregnant. Pollution exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy (conception to week 12 to 13), emitted from sources such […]

Picture a sweltering summer’s day. Now imagine enduring the heat while eight months pregnant. Uncomfortable, to say the absolute least. But in pregnancy, heat is more than just a nuisance, as for many women it can trigger early labour. A premature baby – meaning one born before 37 weeks of gestation – faces a significantly […]

Greg Lindberg, 56, of Tampa, Florida, and the founder and chairman of Eli Global LLC and owner of Global Bankers Insurance Group (GBIG) was sentenced today to a combined 12 years in prison for his role in a bribery conspiracy and multibillion-dollar fraud conspiracy that bankrupted multiple insurance companies with thousands of unpaid policyholder victims.  […]

In March 2026, a tropical-like cyclone named ‘Jolina’ produced significant damage across North Africa. In 2020 and 2023, storms Ianos and Daniel both caused severe damage in Greece, and the latter triggered a humanitarian disaster in the city of Derna, Libya, where thousands were declared dead or missing. These tropical-like cyclones occur in a non-tropical […]

UK ramps up pressure on Putin’s war machine with tough new sanctions, targeting crypto networks used to bypass Britain’s sanctions.  New sanctions also hit the Kremlin-backed A7 network, which actively exploits Kyrgyzstan’s financial systems to channel funds into Russia’s war economy.   The UK is leading the international effort and adapting its sanctions to stay ahead of Russian evasion, shutting down the payment routes fuelling its war machine against […]

In April 2026, Spain launched a new regularisation programme for undocumented migrants, which is estimated to benefit more than 500,000 people. At the end of 2025, Germany concluded a regularisation campaign launched in 2023, for which more than 80,000 people applied. These recent examples to which we could add the Italian and Portuguese regularisation campaigns […]

  The Commission has presented an ambitious social plan to promote the rights of persons with disabilities across the EU. According to Eurostat, 90 million Europeans live with a disability. Achieving full inclusion is therefore imperative – not only to ensure their rights are respected, but also to boost Europe’s economy and democracy. However, many barriers still […]

As women navigate hot flushes, sleep issues and changing waistlines, there’s another quieter change that can often occur during perimenopause and post-menopause that deserves just as much attention: heart health. While women often worry more about the visible signs of midlife and menopause, they are less aware of the hidden shifts in blood fats, blood […]