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As millions of children around the world are readying their own return to the classroom, we, the fans of the magical world, celebrate our most special day. 1 September is the date when the students of the ‘Harry Potter’ world board the Hogwarts Express for a new term. This year, HBO Max has transported the magic to Madrid, and I was lucky enough to experience this journey to the school of magic and wizardry first hand. From the moment I entered the Railway Museum, I could feel the magic in the air. The smoke of a locomotive welcomed me to…
Since the 1960s, South Korea has transformed from one of the poorest countries in the world into an advanced industrial economy, becoming a global leader in technology with firms like Samsung and Hyundai. After the Korean War, which left the peninsula in ruins and carved it in two, South Korea — backed by the United States and its allies — embarked on a path of rapid reconstruction and industrialization; while North Korea, supported by the Soviet Union and China, became increasingly isolated and economically stagnant. Today, South Korea’s GDP is roughly 40 times larger than that of its nuclear-armed northern…
Defence and security were identified as the key priority to bolster EU global influence by most respondents (37%) to the Eurobarometer Spring Survey 2025, it was revealed on Wednesday, followed by competitiveness, the economy, and industry (32%), and energy independence, resources, and infrastructure (27%). Defence and security ranked as the top priority in 13 of the 27 EU member states, including France, Germany and Poland. In 10 countries – including Italy and Greece – competitiveness, the economy, and industry were cited as the most relevant priorities. Meanwhile, food security and agriculture topped the list in Slovenia, Slovakia, and Romania. Education…
Aid agencies in the worst affected areas of Afghanistan after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck on Sunday have called on the international community to increase funding. Only a handful of countries have committed money to help aid efforts after the disaster, which left 2,205 people dead, thousands injured and several villages buried under the rubble in the country’s east. The European Union has donated €1 million in humanitarian funding and 130 tonnes of in-kind assistance to address the needs of those impacted. The United Kingdom has also given £1 million to help. The aid will be given to organisations working…
The start of the school year is usually synonymous with a lot of expenses for families. There are new books to buy, school materials, uniforms, sportswear… A long list, sometimes endless, that makes family spending skyrocket when September arrives. The amount of money that parents in Spain will have to spend to provide their children with the necessary material for the return to school in the 2025-2026 academic year is the highest in the last seven years. Specifically, households will spend an average of more than €500 per pupil, compared to around €492 spent during the previous school year, according…
By Euronews with AP Published on 30/06/2025 – 10:41 GMT+2 •Updated 11:06 France’s football union has blasted the FIFA Club World Cup, saying it is “urgent to stop this massacre” amid ongoing concerns about player welfare. The Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels (UNFP) also accused FIFA president Gianni Infantino of living “in an ivory tower” by ignoring the impact congested calendars have on players worldwide. “The incongruity of the situation is not lost on anyone, except, of course, Gianni Infantino and his flatterers. From the height of his ivory tower, which he parades around the world, the FIFA president is not bothered by…
Published on 28/08/2025 – 15:34 GMT+2 Deforestation in tropical regions is leading to a surge in heat-related deaths, according to a new study that highlights the growing human cost of forest clearance. Published this week in Nature Climate Change, the research finds that local warming caused by tropical deforestation has already exposed more than 300 million people to higher temperatures and is associated with around 28,000 excess deaths every year – about half a million in the past 20 years. In areas where forests were cleared close to population centres, the impacts were especially stark. Around 48 million people in…
Outrage spread across Italy in mid-August when it emerged that men in a Facebook group named Mia Moglie, translated as My Wife, were circulating photos of their wives alongside degrading remarks. The group was as easy to access as it was disturbing to scroll through. Pictures of women—some clearly taken in secret, others likely meant to remain private within a chat or marriage—were followed by offensive comments. Some were casual but inappropriate, like “congratulations”; others were hypersexual, such as “that mouth is perfect to work”; and some were obscene, like “the best therapy for a woman is always a man’s…
Switzerland is one of Europe’s most beloved destinations, with dramatic Alpine landscapes, picturesque towns, lush valleys and peaceful meadows. Travellers can bike, hike, swim, kayak and canyon in summer, and ski, toboggan and snowboard in winter, among other things, making Switzerland a true year-round holiday spot. But how well do you really know the country and all it offers? For a more immersive holiday, pick some of these classic journeys on your next trip to Switzerland. Travel from Zermatt to St. Moritz on the world’s slowest express train The Glacier Express, widely known as the slowest express train in the…
Published on 02/09/2025 – 11:44 GMT+2 Celebrated Canadian author Margaret Atwood is speaking out after her award-winning dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” was included on a list of more than 200 books removed from public school libraries under the Canadian province of Alberta’s new school restrictions. In July, Alberta’s education ministry ordered school libraries to remove “materials containing explicit sexual content” by 1 October. In response to this equally dystopian ruling, Atwood wrote on X, “Get one now before they have public book burnings,” and released a new short story online that satirizes the book ban. The story focuses…