~ More than 1,000 Belarusians Remain in Prison for Exercising Their Rights ...

According to advertisers, at least, as soon as Halloween is over, the spirit of the bauble-decorated trees takes hold and overwhelms us with the urge to spend money.

Imagine cycling from your hotel to a historic site, hopping on an electric bus to a museum and strolling to dinner. That’s a blueprint for sustainable tourism.

The holiday season brings celebration and gift-giving, but it also ushers in something less festive: financial stress. In the UK, retailers now shape much of the spending calendar, with Black Friday ...

After several conferences shaped by restrictions and tensions between governments and social movements, this COP had active voices in the discussions from grassroots organizations, Indigenous peoples, ...

Monika Halicka, Senior Research Associate in Evidence Synthesis, University of Bristol Cannabis dependence is on the rise, according to the latest data on drug use and dependence published by NHS ...

Energy poverty has risen sharply since 2021, with around 6 million households unable to keep warm without cutting back on essentials. At the same time, the UK faces a race to meet net zero by 2050, ...

Click to expand Image Local newspapers at a street stall in downtown Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 3, 2021. © 2021 Eduardo Soteras In the latest crackdown on media freedom in Ethiopia, Deutsche ...

The bestselling British author Sophie Kinsella “peacefully” died two days before her 56th birthday on0, 2025. Across more than 30 books published between 1995 and 2024, Kinsella became one of the most ...

Rising auction prices for dinosaur skeletons were a rich source of media headlines and academic concern. And a record-breaking number of visitors (6.3 million in 2024–2025) flocked to the Natural ...

With flu season arriving early and NHS leaders encouraging people with symptoms to wear masks in public, a question arises: do masks actually work against the flu? The short answer is that the ...

Click to expand Image Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, one of released Belarusian prisoners, smiles as he arrives at the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, on December 13, 2025. © 2025 ...