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Published on 12/01/2026 – 12:19 GMT+1 Most people believe that climate change affects others more than themselves, as scientists warn that our “psychological bias” may be hindering efforts to curb global warming. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden recently analysed 83 studies involving more than 70,000 people from 17 countries. This includes participants from the US, Asia, and Europe. Published in the journal Nature Sustainability, their study found that climate-related risks are “systematically underestimated” – even when people take the consequences of the climate crisis seriously. Who does climate change impact? The meta-analysis found that 65 per cent…
“This would be a very good story for our agriculture sector. I believe we are aiming to start a completely new chapter in the field of cooperation in the automotive sector, in machinery,” EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič told POLITICO. On trade in services, the trade chief said that sectors like telecoms, maritime and financial services were expected to benefit. “This is again something where also India is making groundbreaking steps to new levels of cooperation, because we are the first one with whom they’re ready to consider this cooperation,” he said. The conclusion to the talks arrived as the…
Published on 26/01/2026 – 18:30 GMT+1 Hundreds of migrants may be missing at sea or feared dead following reports of multiple deadly shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean in recent days, the UN’s migration agency warned on Monday. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said it was “deeply concerned” by the reports, which it is currently verifying. “Several boats are believed to have been involved over the past 10 days, with preliminary information suggesting that hundreds of people may be missing at sea or feared dead,” a statement said. The agency warned that severe weather was significantly hampering search and rescue…
By Euronews Published on 26/01/2026 – 18:51 GMT+1 Top political and business figures gathered at Euronews’ Davos hub for a high-level dinner discussion on Europe’s future. The event brought into focus the continent’s urgent need to invest smarter, reconcile competitiveness with sustainability, and rethink regulation to foster innovation. Comments from guests on the sidelines of the dinner at the World Economic Forum, shown in the video above, underline a common theme: Europe must act decisively to secure its position in a rapidly changing global economy. On the agenda were pressing questions for the EU. How can Europe scale up investment in…
Environmental experts are warning that the US push to revamp and boost Venezuela’s vast oil reserves could worsen decades of ecological damage. It could also increase planet-warming pollution in a country already struggling with the legacy of a long-declining petroleum industry. The warnings come as Washington has intensified pressure on Venezuela following the capture of former President Nicolás Maduro last weekend. Since then, the United States has moved to assert control over Venezuelan oil exports, the country’s main source of revenue, seizing tankers it says were transporting crude in violation of US sanctions and signalling plans to redirect Venezuelan oil…
Portuguese authorities said on Monday that they had seized a record haul of cocaine from a semi-submersible craft intercepted off the Azores archipelago. The nearly nine tonnes of the drug is “the biggest seizure of cocaine ever in Portugal,” a police spokeswoman told the AFP news agency. At a press conference on Sunday afternoon, the director of the National Unit for Combating Drug Trafficking (UNCTE), Artur Vaz, said that bales of cocaine had been recovered “in an overall quantity that we estimate at approximately nine tonnes.” Vaz said that the drugs being transported on the vessel could bring in “hundreds…
Published on 13/01/2026 – 12:26 GMT+1 Microplastics are infiltrating green spaces, often considered a respite from polluted cities, as experts sound the alarm on “potential health risks”. New research from the University of Leeds warns that tiny plastic fragments have been found in greater quantities in rural environments than urban locations. Scientists say trees and other vegetation are capturing microplastic particles from the atmosphere and depositing them in woodlands. Published in the journal Environmental Pollution, the three-month study detected up to 500 microscopic particles of plastic per square meter per day in an area of woodland – almost twice as…
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After a dramatic week spent fretting over Greenland’s future, Europe is shifting its political focus back to the crisis that risks redefining its security architecture for generations to come: Russia’s war on Ukraine. Europeans are hoping that the preliminary deal that convinced Donald Trump to abandon his attempt to seize Greenland through punitive tariffs will allow the two sides of the Atlantic to resume their common efforts to end the full-scale invasion, which the unprecedented row over the mineral-rich Danish territory briefly threatened to derail. With the full-scale Russian invasion nearing the fourth-year mark, European leaders are throwing their weight…
Images posted on social media show the moment lightning struck near a demonstration by supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, injuring 89 people, according to the fire department. Thousands gathered on Sunday in the rain in Brasilia to support Bolsonaro, who was sentenced to 27 years in prison last year for leading a failed coup d’etat following his narrow re-election loss. Footage shared online shows crowds with colourful umbrellas and plastic ponchos stunned by a sudden flash of light and rumbling sound. Ambulances and firefighter vehicles rushed to the scene after several people were hit by lightning.