Australia: Social-media giants oppose ban on under-16s but pledge compliance
Major social-media companies have voiced strong concerns over Australia’s incoming ban on users under the age of 16, even as they prepare to comply...
UK tax rise to shoots up food prices
The heads of Britain’s largest supermarket chains have warned that any further tax increases on the retail sector could push food prices higher, adding...
Alarming decline in night-flying insects in UK revealed
A new study using data from the Met Office radar network has shed stark light on the dramatic decline of nocturnal flying insects across...
China’s intense heatwaves threaten the harvest of crustaceans ‘Hairy Crabs’
For more than a decade, 34-year-old cultivator Xie Dandan has tended one of China’s most prized crustaceans: the hairy crab, whose delicate sweet flesh...
US market hits a ‘Great Freeze’ as firms hesitate to hire or fire
In what analysts are calling the “Great Freeze,” the US labour market has reached a curious stand-still: companies are neither aggressively hiring nor actively...
Scotland’s prison population hits record high
Scotland’s prison population has surged to an unprecedented level, prompting urgent warnings over inmate safety and criticism of government management. Figures released by the...
Once loved, Pizza Hut now faces trouble in the UK
Once the go-to restaurant for family gatherings, birthday parties, and Sunday lunches, Pizza Hut is now struggling to keep its ovens warm in the...
India initiates cloud-seeding trial in bid to clear the capital-Delhi’s toxic air
In a bold move aimed at alleviating the persistent air-pollution crisis in the Indian capital, the regional government of Delhi has launched its first...
Poland birth rate plunges as crisis of connection outpaces incentives
Poland is witnessing a dramatic demographic collapse as its fertility rate plunges to unprecedented lows, exposing the limitations of state welfare in addressing what...
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