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Winter not over, but Europe braces for the next one
Europe has weathered the energy crisis that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine so far, but businesses and households are already thinking about how to get through the next winter.
2 months ago
Prices soaring everywhere: how inflation affects the price of everyday products
Inflation jumped after countries emerged from Covid lockdowns and it has soared since Russia invaded Ukraine, with the IMF expecting consumer prices to rise by 8.3 percent globally this year.
6 months ago
Europe kicks off Covid vaccine drive for kids
Several European nations have started vaccinating children aged five to 11 against Covid-19 in an effort to contain a raging pandemic and keep schools open, while others are still deciding their approach
1 year ago
Hybrid cars’ green credentials under scrutiny
Hybrid cars are increasingly popular in the European Union as eco-conscious drivers turn away from their more polluting counterparts, but environmentalists warn they're not as green as they seem
1 year ago
Warming world in the balance at knife-edge climate summit
The United Nations COP26 summit in Glasgow will task world leaders with turning ambitions to restrain global heating into the actions needed to slash greenhouse gas emissions
1 year ago
Contagious and concerning: What we know about Covid-19 variants
Fast-spreading coronavirus variants have ignited global concern over whether existing vaccines will be able to protect the world from a virus that is constantly mutating
2 years ago
Clot questions over J&J and AstraZeneca vaccines
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) says blood clots should be listed as a "very rare" side effect of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine. What we know about the jab and similar AstraZeneca shot:
2 years ago
Two-thirds of world see ‘climate emergency’: UN survey
Nearly two-thirds of 1.2 million people polled worldwide say humanity faces a climate emergency, according to a UN survey, the largest of its kind ever undertaken
2 years ago
Main points of the Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal
Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a Russian-brokered peace deal to end weeks of heavy fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh and find a long-term solution to the dispute over the region
2 years ago
Plastic dumped in Mediterranean ‘could double in 20 years’
Nearly 230,000 tonnes of plastic is dumped into the Mediterranean every year, a figure which could more than double by 2040, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature warns
2 years ago
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