Switzerland will vote this summer on a proposal from the far-right Swiss People’s party (SVP) to limit the country’s population to 10 million, The Guardian writes. The initiative is strongly opposed b...
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Japanese authorities in a town near Mount Fuji have cancelled this year’s cherry blossom festival, saying a surge in tourist numbers is unmanageable for locals, the BBC writes. The influx of tourists ...
The final verdict in a sham trial was delivered at a court in Baku. Former President of the Republic of Artsakh, Arayik Harutyunyan, Foreign Minister David Babayan, National Assembly Speaker Davit Ish...
UK citizens will be able to travel visa-free to China for trips under 30 days, Keir Starmer announces during a visit to Beijing, according to the BBC. “Businesses have been crying out for ways to grow...
Gold surged to a record high above $5,000 an ounce on Monday, Reuters writes. Spot gold climbed 1.5% to $5,058.09 per ounce, after touching an all-time high of $5,092.71 earlier. The metal soared 64% ...
French President Emmanuel Macron’s aviator sunglasses drove the shares of their maker, iVision Tech, almost 28% higher on Thursday after the French president’s look during his speech at the annual Wor...
If the internet were a country, it would be the fourth-largest polluter in the world, Euronews writes. The internet is responsible for 3.7 per cent of global carbon emissions, outpacing air travel. It...
Decades of human activity have left “irreversible damage” to the planet’s water supply, Euronews writes. A new report from the United Nations University (UNU) warns that decades of deforestation, poll...
For seven years,Helen and her husband Richard (not his real name), both UK residents, had been buying and stacking up crypto coins called Cardano, the BBC writes. They liked the idea of investing in a...
China’s population fell for the fourth year in a row in 2025, the BBC reports. The country’s birth rate has dropped to a record low, despite a series of government measures aimed at addressing the pro...
According to Turkish media, the installed capacity of solar power plants in Turkey’s Van province has reached 223.7 megawatts as of 2025. Long sunny days, a high-altitude geographic location, and suit...
At a politically charged time, it was also a politically charged Golden Globes ceremony. Following the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) off...
