European Union

2020 Global Food Security Index shows overall decline in food security

Feb 25, 2021 16:03

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) released on Tuesday Feb. 23 the ninth annual Global Food Security Index (GFSI) sponsored by Corteva, which measures the underlying drivers of food security in 113 countries, based on the factors of affordability, availability, quality and safety, and natural resources and resilience.
Labour MPs dismayed at orders to maintain ‘radio silence’ on Brexit

Feb 24, 2021 17:38

Labour MPs are being asked by the party’s high command not to focus on problems caused by Brexit when asking questions in parliament, dealing with the media, or posting on social media, according to sources in the parliamentary party.
Fossil fuel pollution caused nearly 1 in 5 premature deaths in 2018, study finds

Feb 17, 2021 09:31

Researchers at universities in the U.K. and at Harvard University estimated that, in 2018, 8.7 million people died prematurely due to pollution released by fossil fuels, or about 18 percent of total global deaths that year.
EU threatens to block COVID vaccine exports amid AstraZeneca shortfall

Jan 29, 2021 21:06

The EU has threatened to block exports of coronavirus vaccines to countries outside the bloc such as Britain, after AstraZeneca was accused of failing to give a satisfactory explanation for a huge shortfall of promised doses to member states.
How to address artificial intelligence fairness

Jan 28, 2021 10:46

Now that artificial intelligence (AI) is providing an increasing number of recommendations to human decision-makers, it is important to make sure that, as a technology, it is not biased and thus respects the value of fairness.
Brexiters are waking up to the damage they've done

Jan 21, 2021 21:13

Expect a lot more shocked Brexiters to discover what they have done, the Brexit cabinet itself is on a steep learning curve. Here’s one Telegraph columnist: “We Brexiters are being blamed for the problems we warned about. In reality, the fault lies squarely with the UK government and poor planning.”
Missions to Mars, Moon and beyond await Earth in 2021

Jan 13, 2021 10:20

About a month after the New Christian Year has started on Earth, three spacecraft will pull into the vicinity of Mars. These explorers, which launched in July last year, will be heralds of a busy year of space exploration, launches and astronomical occurrences.
Astronomers find oldest, most distant galaxy to date

Jan 11, 2021 16:05

Thanks to new research by an international team of astronomers, the oldest and most distant galaxy observed in our Universe to date (GN-z11) has been identified. The team, whose research was recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy, was led by Linhua Jiang of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics and Prof. Nobunari Kashikawa of the University of Tokyo.
Two-faced US trade policy erodes Atlantic alliance

Jan 08, 2021 10:19

European distrust of American motives was behind the EU leaders’ recent signing of a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment with China over the urgent objections of the Donald Trump administration and Joe Biden’s transition team.
Brexit becomes reality as UK quits EU single market

Jan 03, 2021 10:25

Britain finally on Thursday Dec. 31 severed its turbulent half-century partnership with Europe, quitting the EU single market and customs union and going its own way four-and-a-half years after its shock vote to leave the bloc.