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Fast fashion: 69% of our clothes contain toxic chemicals

The European Union is implementing a new tax on imports, to limit purchases from fast-fashion e-platforms like SHEIN, Temu, and similar. Their bargain price tags hide a toxic reality, as testing reveals these ultra-cheap garments carry a hidden cost to human health.

Newsletter: EU enlargement climbs the political agenda

Good morning, I’m Mared Gwyn. Today: An exclusive on Brussels' planned redistribution of Western Balkans funding, why enlargement dominated the opening of Ireland's EU Council presidency, and a preview of the EU budget conference kicking off in Brussels.

Safeguarding meaning in the age of AI: The faith-AI covenant

In their 2021 book The Age of AI: And Our Human Future, Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, and Daniel Huttenlocher raised questions about the future of humanity in an Artificial Technology (AI)-driven world where humans become ever more redundant in the workforce, privacy can be

European Inventor Award 2026

Today (2 July), the European Inventor Award 2026 is being held, where the EPO is awarding groundbreaking inventions and advances, from quantum technology to transplants. The ceremony will be in Berlin. Industry ● Giuseppe Crippa and team from Italy for a method for the rapid,

Campaigners call for action to 'end the cage age'

A campaign group claims that public “expectations” for more higher-welfare choices “are not being matched by political action.” They say that, “five years after action was promised" animals remain “trapped in cages”. In 2021, the group states that in response to the “End the