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The Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), the primary tool used to measure MS disability, was developed in 1983 to assess walking ability. We now know that MS affects far more than mobility. Fatigue affects 94 percent of people with MS, while 75 percent report cognitive difficulties, but both are absent in the EDSS assessment.3 In a field where clinical consensus is rare, seven in ten neurologists agree: a more comprehensive approach is needed.3 Growing recognition of smouldering neuroinflammation has made the need for new methods of quantifying MS progression increasingly urgent. This slow, chronic disease activity can persist even when…
German police said on Monday that two men turned themselves in after a security fence was damaged at the airport in the city of Leipzig, an incident that raised concerns following an attack at the same airport over the summer that German authorities attributed to Russia. The two individuals, aged 20 and 32, turned themselves in on Sunday night, according to a statement issued by the Leipzig police. The younger man said through a lawyer that he lost control of the car while driving in the airport area the previous night and crashed through the fence. He then left the…
Published on 19/10/2026 – 13:55 GMT+2 US embassies across the entire Middle East issued identical security alerts on Monday, warning their citizens in Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the UAE, Yemen and Iran to exercise heightened vigilance. The alerts warn all US citizens of potential flight cancellations, airspace closures and travel disruptions due to the risk of military escalation linked to Yemen’s Houthis and Iran. The warning covering 12 countries states that “the hostilities have the potential to escalate rapidly beyond that immediate area” and to “develop contingency plans in advance.” “Iran and groups supportive…
Greece is entering a new phase in the development of high-performance computing infrastructure with the launch of Daedalus, the most powerful supercomputer ever installed in the country. Backed by an investment of 58.9 million euros and performance figures that, according to available data, place it 31st worldwide, the system inaugurated in Lavrio (Attica) aims to bolster domestic technology production and reduce reliance on overseas computing facilities. The significance of the project goes beyond the power of the equipment. Daedalus creates the conditions for universities, research centres, businesses, public bodies and health organisations to develop and train advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI)…
Conversations around artificial intelligence (AI) and its uses are going on in every industry, from health and transport to banking and art. The travel industry isn’t immune to this, and you’ll no doubt already have encountered it when researching a trip, whether that’s through AI overviews, chatbots or even influencers. But while plenty of us are happy to use the technology, what we’re willing to use it for only goes so far, with just 44% of travellers saying they would let AI plan out their itinerary. That’s according to a survey from Mews, a hospitality management software used by hoteliers,…
Hosting EU leaders in Rome would put Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the international spotlight in an election year, although no date has been set for the ballot. The Italian government did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The move would be exceptional, as formal European Councils are held in Brussels. Under the European Council’s rules, relocating a summit requires unanimous agreement among member states at ministerial or ambassadorial level, meaning a single country could block the move. No final decision has yet been announced. EU leaders gathered in Rome in March 2017 to mark the 60th anniversary…
Published on 19/10/2026 – 13:01 GMT+2•Updated 13:19 It has been scrawled on cardboard placards outside blockaded schools, shared in parody videos tens of thousands of times and repeated by Greta Thunberg. In the space of a few weeks, “Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres” has become the unofficial slogan of France’s high school protests. Taken literally, the phrase means very little, and that is the point. What does ‘Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres’ mean? “Bismillah” is Arabic for “in the name of God”. Muslims traditionally say it before beginning a task, and in everyday French slang it can mean something closer to “let’s…
By Valerii Nozhin & Euronews Russian Published on 19/10/2026 – 12:48 GMT+2 Russia has introduced visa-free entry for Vietnamese citizens as part of a broader effort to deal with the collapse of Western visits since its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with visitors from Asia and the Middle East. The number of tourists from EU countries travelling to Russia fell to around 160,000 in 2025, from just over 5 million in 2019. Cancelled direct flights, payment card restrictions and sanctions have effectively severed leisure travel from Europe and the US, and inbound tourism as a whole declined further in the first half of…
Once, spending more was a status symbol. Now, Chinese shoppers say, getting a better deal is what matters, and this shift is putting pressure on European luxury brands. This comes as China’s economy, which grew 4.5% year on year in the third quarter, continues to face weak domestic demand. Chinese consumers were once massive buyers of luxury Western brands, accounting for around a third of worldwide spending and earning firms such as LVMH and Hermès billions of dollars. But even those global fashion icons are beginning to feel the pinch, with LVMH recently blaming a “slowdown in demand in China”…
A Serbian prosecutor investigating alleged corruption surrounding a Trump real estate project in Belgrade was targeted with Israeli-made Pegasus spyware after speaking out about political interference and abuses of power, according to research made public Monday. Rade Bajić, a member of Serbia’s Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime, is reported to be the latest target identified in a growing spyware scandal that has engulfed the country’s political opposition, civil society and institutions. The research is the latest by Toronto University’s Citizen Lab in collaboration with Serbian digital rights organization, SHARE Foundation, including the discovery that Bajić received an Apple Threat…