Category: World

  Europe-wide train booking and travel is about to get a lot easier and passenger rights will get a welcome boost too. The Commission has proposed new rules that simplify planning and booking for regional, long-distance and cross-border travel, particularly for rail journeys involving multiple operators, while better protecting passengers. As it stands, booking multiple-leg […]

I was texting a museum director friend in Asia recently. We were discussing whether a trip to this year’s “artworld Olympics”, the Venice Biennale, justified the carbon release. I felt ambivalent. The main exhibition is curated by Koyo Kouoh, whose 2016 edition of Ireland’s Biennale, EVA International, on the 1916 Easter Rising centennial I had […]

Harmful gambling’s burden on the UK economy is conservatively estimated at around £1.4 billion per year. This impacts the healthcare and criminal justice systems as well as generating individual impacts such as depression and suicide. A lack of high‑quality independent evidence on gambling-related harms is a major barrier to effective policy, prevention, and treatment. Generating evidence-led research The Gambling Harms Research UK […]

Over the past two decades, a wave of new drug treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has allowed many people to live free from pain, joint swelling and long-term disability. But for many patients in Europe, finding the right drug still involves months or even years of trial and error. To change that, researchers, clinicians and […]

The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has triggered challenges across the world, most acutely felt in the Global South.  The higher costs for oil, gas, and fertilisers, rising interest rates, disrupted remittances, and increased displacement are making life harder for millions of people.  These problems threaten food and energy security and risk global economic […]

Europe is once again eyeing international energy markets with unease. The war in Ukraine, geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and the extreme volatility of gas prices are all stark reminders of a painful truth: the continent’s energy security is still at the mercy of external factors. The standard response to energy crises is to […]

  The Commission has put forward guidance for the transport and tourism sector, to clarify how existing EU rules can help deal with the impacts of the conflict in the Middle East. This guidance is intended particularly with potential jet fuel shortages in mind, should the conflict continue. The guidance highlights that Passengers affected by […]

– Advertisement – Since 2022, Giorgia Meloni has led Italy’s most stable government in decades. Despite social cuts and authoritarian policies, the opposition has so far been unable to find a way to challenge Meloni’s right-wing coalition. Last year in Genoa, Italy’s sixth-largest city, former Olympic hammer thrower Silvia Salis demonstrated how an independent candidate, […]

A lecture hall explodes with sound as the electronic dance hit I Like to Move It by Reel 2 Real blasts through the speakers. A class of 11-year-olds in fluorescent vests bounce through their own version of jumping jacks, urged on by some of Europe’s leading researchers at the front of the room. The task […]

Chronic wounds can arise after operations, amputations and as part of long-term conditions like diabetes, and cost the NHS £8.3 billion annually. That’s more than cancer and obesity. Now, the University of Hull’s £48 million Wound Innovation Institute will create new treatments to reduce pain and suffering. With investment from UK Research and Innovation, it […]