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Bossan works three jobs to provide for his wife and two-year-old daughter — at two different hospitals and a mobile emergency unit. Double and triple…

Twitter is trying to stop people from sharing articles they have not read, in an experiment the company hopes will “promote informed discussion” on social…

Violence against women has soared in Latin America during the coronavirus pandemic, with a 50% increase in domestic abuse reports in Colombia alone, a top…

85% of swimming sites across Europe monitored in 2019 met the EU’s stringent ’excellent’ quality standards, according to this year’s European bathing water quality assessment…

HBO Nordic has commissioned a series of seven short films called Isolated (Eristyksissä in Finnish), the first original Finnish production in the subscription-based TV network’s…

McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Keurig Dr Pepper and Procter & Gamble (P&G) collectively source 4.3 million metric tonnes of plastic annually, of which just 8% comes…

Lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19 have saved millions of lives and easing them now carries high risks, according to two international studies…

Panama has isolated nearly 200 migrants in a jungle camp to contain a novel coronavirus outbreak among a much larger group of Africans, Cubans and…

China’s Education Bureau has taken the rare step of warning Chinese students about studying in Australia when campuses are set to resume classes in July…

The world is heading for a shortage of the highly prized and super-soft cashmere wool as pashmina goats that live on the ”roof of the…

A government institution has developed a smartphone app designed to prevent elderly people from developing dementia amid restraints on activities outside the home due to…

Coronavirus may have been present and spreading in Wuhan as early as August last year, according to a study that analysed satellite imagery of car…

Germany’s interior minister has called for his country to use its time in the EU presidency to strengthen the bloc’s border controls. But human rights…

Researchers at IIT Mandi claim to have developed a technology for making high efficiency masks using waste pet bottles that are not only more breathable…

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that perchlorate, an environmental pollutant found in many sources of drinking water in the U.S., inhibits the uptake of iodide, an…

Britain’s failure to impose a nationwide lockdown to tackle the spread of the coronavirus sooner has cost many lives, one of the government’s scientific advisers…

Malta has bowed to pressure and allowed 425 migrants to disembark from four boats kept at sea for a month. PM Robert Abela cited a…

On 7 June, we celebrate World Food Safety Day. At Paulig, food safety and quality are top priorities every day and our Paulig products provide…

A global pandemic is upon us. A new Coronavirus (COVID-19) which was first detected in Wuhan (China) in late December has since then spread on…

G20 finance ministers and central bank governors held a virtual meeting in March amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Group of 20 rich and emerging economies…