By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS, May 4 (Reuters) - European nations have "gotten the message" from U.S. President Donald Trump and are now ensuring that agreements on the use of military bases are being implemented, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday. Trump has accused
Councils spend heavily on grisly yet ineffective methods. Why won’t they consider a proven, low-cost and humane strategy? By some estimates there are almost 3 million pigeons residing in London, which has the highest pigeon population in the country. Known as “rats with wings”,
The Commission has issued “Better Regulation” guidelines to rethink the way new EU rules will be made. Dainius Žalimas (Laisvės partija/Lithuania), who drafted a report on the monitoring of the application of EU law, says: “Thinking about how to make better new rules is all
The Catalan actress, screenwriter and director plays Nora, who dives headfirst into passionate relationships with two very different men after coming face-to-face with death.
Contestants gathered in southern England for the annual “Wormcharming” competition, attempting to coax worms from the ground without digging.
Zhonghe Qiancheng’s suspense thriller “Vanishing Point” claimed the number one position at the China box office in its opening weekend, earning RMB164.7 million ($24.2 million). Written and directed by Cheng Wei-hao and starring Zheng Kai and Liu Haocun, the story begins with
[DW] The virus usually spreads by contact with the urine or feces of infected rodents like rats and mice. It can cause a severe and sometimes deadly lung infection.
The Academy has updated its rules for how artificial intelligence is used, including one that says all screenplays must be humanly created. There are more ambiguous statements regarding acting, however...
The quake was at a depth of 10km.
[Leadership] Three people have died following an outbreak of a rare infectious disease aboard the MV Hondius, a cruise ship travelling across the Atlantic, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The European Parliament has adopted a landmark report calling on the European Commission to bring forward dedicated legislation establishing an EU-wide consent-based definition of rape. The vote marks a decisive step forward, following the setback in 2024 when a consent-based
The rock band recently released their 12th LP, Your Favorite Toy
Marina Abramović marks her upcoming 80th birthday with a new exhibition in Venice, 2000's band Broken Social Scene return, and Mortal Kombat II brings arcade fun to the big screen. Here's what to look out for this week.
India’s Collective Artists Network has built an AI-powered avatar of Amish Tripathi – one of the country’s bestselling authors – to anchor a new short-form content channel covering history, mythology and philosophy, with a digital rollout beginning this month. The channel is
GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide—best known for treating diabetes and driving weight loss under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy—may also deliver a surprising mental health boost. In a massive study tracking nearly 100,000 people over more than a decade, researchers found that
FIFA's upcoming World Cup is set to be the most lucrative on-record, with a 'record breaking' prize pool on offer, as FIFA shrugs off other controversies.
People with and without pet insurance are facing large bills when their animals get sick or injured.
Three more people on the Dutch cruise ship have fallen ill, one of them has been taken to a hospital in South Africa. The hantavirus is spread by rats and very rarely spreads from human to human.
Ireland's GDP soared 12.3% in 2025 — but it was a mirage. Pharma multinationals front-loaded €25.4bn of exports to the US in March alone, ahead of Trump's tariffs. Now the first quarter of 2026 sees a contraction.
The Commission's first formal review found the Digital Market Act (DMA) “fit for purpose”. While critics warn against procedural compliance issues, the Parliament asks for smoother implementation. Do you want to know how the DMA regulates online platforms? Ask the Euronews AI
The EU has moved to protect children from harmful and inappropriate online content. On Wednesday (29 April), the Commission adopted a recommendation urging member states to accelerate the rollout of the EU age verification app and make it available by the end of the year. The
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Drugs designed to clear amyloid beta from the brain—once seen as a promising path to slowing Alzheimer’s—may not actually help patients in any meaningful way, according to a major review of over 20,000 participants. Even more concerning, they may increase the risk of brain
The victim had climbed the mountain with his three male friends, said police.
“Fujiko,” the second feature from Japanese director Kimura Taichi and produced by Megumi, took the Mulberry Audience Award at the 28th Far East Film Festival. The Korean documentary “The Seoul Guardians,” directed by Kim Jong-woo, Kim Shin-wan and Cho Chul-young – a live
International Energy Agency findings show government must commit to rapid cuts in emissions of greenhouse gas, climate experts say Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from
[Premium Times] Nigeria is the only AU member state to have served continuously since its establishment in 2004.
On 29 April, in a significant statement, the European Parliament passed resolutions which strongly condemn textbooks produced by the Palestinian Authority (PA) for the seventh consecutive year. The resolutions said that PA textbooks continue to include antisemitic content,
The move represents Beijing's most aggressive action to date in countering Washington's financial statecraft.
[African Union] H.E. Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the African Union Commission (AUC), and Mr. Omar Faruk Osman, President of the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), have issued the following joint statement to mark
Oil markets were lower in early trade on Monday morning as investors monitored developments in the Middle East.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Although Africa has the resources, population, and market potential to become one of the world's most competitive economic blocs, the continent must first recognize and fully utilize its strengths, according to Elizabeth E. Onwuchekwa, Director-General of
Evolution seems to follow a script more often than expected. Researchers found that distantly related butterflies and moths have reused the same pair of genes for over 120 million years to produce strikingly similar warning colors. Rather than altering the genes themselves,
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- MAJORITY of Tanzanians believe the country's media operate freely, according to a new survey by Afrobarometer, which ranks Tanzania as the top performer in Africa on perceived press freedom.
[Global Witness] An investigation by Global Witness has revealed that waste from a manganese mine in Ghana supplying a material critical to the latest EV technology is creating a toxic environment for local people, with its operators aware but doing little to stop it
In Firozabad, glass factories that rely on imported natural gas are exposed to shortages and high prices.
West Asia is not returning to the old regional order. Too many assumptions have failed, and too many actors have discovered the limits of their power. For years, security in the region was treated as something that could be imposed: by American military presence, Israeli
Experts say the nation is fast becoming a renewable pioneer for the region.
A Spanish study finds that the Mediterranean diet favours a more stable and healthy environment in the micro-organisms of women with primary infertility who manage to become pregnant.
A recent poll has found that Maltese public opinion is split on whether visitor footfall is ‘just about right’ or ‘excessive’.
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s Biohub is investing $500 million to build AI models of human cells, as tech giants race to bring artificial intelligence into biology.
The BBC has been speaking to people living in one of England's poorest communities.
With the latest figures showing the job vacancy rate in the euro area increased to 2.2% in the latter stages of 2025, and approximately 2.5 million job vacancies across the EU, it’s clear that European employers are suffering a significant labour market crunch. Some of the
[The Conversation Africa] Modern medicine prides itself on being a universal science, built on evidence from clinical trials.
[The Conversation Africa] India's engagement in the Horn of Africa and Red Sea basin was, until recently, largely limited to UN peacekeeping operations and anti-piracy patrols.
[The Conversation Africa] Conflict in the Persian Gulf is disrupting fertiliser supplies, and Africa's food systems stand to lose.
[UN News] War in the Middle East has made Lebanon the deadliest country for media workers so far this year, but practically no country offers a safe environment in which to be a journalist, according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
[UN News] As the Middle East crisis continues the humanitarian fallout is worsening, with aid route disruptions and food and fuel price hikes wrecking the lives and the rights of the most vulnerable people worldwide, UN agencies warned on Friday.