European Union

German flood alert system criticized for ‘monumental failure’

Jul 22, 2021 09:59

Germany is asking itself how one of the world’s richest countries managed to be taken by surprise by recent extreme weather events, as more details emerge of how early warnings about record rainfall and expected floods did not make their way to the communities most at risk.
EU's shameless complicity in Israeli regime's crimes (1)

Jul 21, 2021 04:36

Israel works actively, day and night, to quash all forms of resistance and bury the dream of a Palestinian state.
UN, EU and World Bank back siege on Gaza

Jul 16, 2021 09:34

A new study of Gaza’s reconstruction needs, published by the UN, EU and World Bank, demonstrates anew the harmful role played by these institutions in Palestine.
Johnson to announce controversial plans for greater NHS control

Jul 08, 2021 16:24

Conservative MPs are becoming increasingly anxious that the bill, which involves the biggest shake-up of the NHS in England in a decade, could become a damaging political drama, make people question Tory handling of the NHS and prove a gift to Labour, which last week called for the bill to be scrapped.
Highly contagious Delta variant sweeps Asia, prompting curbs as vaccination remains tepid

Jul 04, 2021 04:25

Chun Eun-mi, a respiratory disease specialist at Ewha Womans University Medical Center in Seoul said "The Delta variant of coronavirus is a strain that is most optimized for widespread transmissions."
Case for Brexit was built on lies. Five years later, deceit is routine in UK politics

Jul 02, 2021 02:50

After five years, the biggest casualties of Brexit are in plain sight. Integrity and decency in public life are crumbling.
UK and Brussels near deal on COVID passports to boost holiday hopes

Jul 01, 2021 14:48

Hopes have been raised of summer holidays in Europe for fully vaccinated Britons as a deal with Brussels on COVID passports neared completion and Germany failed to convince popular destinations to pull an “emergency brake” on UK visitors.
Hundreds of thousands of EU citizens ‘scrabbling’ to attain post-Brexit status before deadline

Jun 30, 2021 12:23

EU citizens are struggling to apply for post-Brexit settled status as the Home Office reaches “breaking point” coping with a last-minute surge in applications.
EU citizens in UK face 28-day notice if they miss settled status deadline

Jun 24, 2021 14:05

Tens of thousands of EU citizens living in the UK will be issued with a formal 28-day notice if they have failed to apply for post-Brexit settled status within a week, the government has warned. The notices will tell them to submit an application or risk consequences which include losing their rights to healthcare and employment.
Robots may soon be able to reproduce - will this change how we think about evolution?

Jun 23, 2021 09:43

A team of researchers from the UK and the Netherlands have recently demonstrated a fully automated technology to allow physical robots to repeatedly breed, evolving their artificial genetic code over time to better adapt to their environment.