EU unveils ‘landmark’ AI rules to curb Big Brother fears
The EU unveils a plan to regulate the sprawling field of artificial intelligence, aimed at easing public fears of Big Brother-like abuses by imposing checks on technology deemed "high-risk"
Brexit sparks £1 trillion UK assets switch to EU: study
UK banks and insurers have shifted more than £1.0 trillion to the European Union in response to Brexit, according to a study by the 'New Financial' think-tank
EU to unveil AI rules to fight Big Brother fears
The EU is set to unveil a proposal to regulate the sprawling field of artificial intelligence next week, with the aim of reassuring the public against "Big Brother"-like abuses
Growing Russia-Ukraine tensions: a timeline
Tensions between Ukraine and Russia, accused of massing troops near its border and on the Crimean peninsula it annexed in 2014, have intensified since the start of the year. A timeline.
Pandemic hits ‘critical point’ as Europe deaths top one million
Europe has passed the grim milestone of one million coronavirus deaths, as the WHO warned that infections are rising exponentially despite widespread efforts aimed at stopping them
AstraZeneca vaccine: what we know and what we don’t
A European Medicines Agency recommendation that a type of blood clot should be listed as a "very rare side effect" of the AstraZeneca jab stopped just short of saying there is a causal link with the vaccine
AstraZeneca: Who is using the jab, and who isn’t
The AstraZeneca vaccine's rollercoaster ride has taken another twist with a growing list of countries restricting its use over "very rare" blood clots
European publishers agonise over profile of Amanda Gorman translators
Poet Amanda Gorman made her name with a call for unity within the United States, but the job of translating her work in Europe has sparked divisive debate
Europe badly lags US in jabs-in-arms race
The World Health Organization has rebuked Europe for its its sluggish Covid vaccine rollout and an AFP tally shows the continent is badly lagging behind in the jabs-in-arms race
At EU’s Moldova-Romania frontier, pandemic lays bare inequality
So far, non-EU member Moldova has received barely enough vaccine doses for three percent of its population, while Romania, an EU member since 2007, has administered almost three million