Tag Archives: Europe

  Here are the overlapping crises facing Gen Z   COMMENT | ALINA COSMA | Young people are facing a future that feels increasingly uncertain. Although every generation experiences turbulence while navigating adolescence, the pressures experienced by Gen Z – those born between 1997 and 2012 – are different and seem …

  Zurich, Switzerland | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Uganda has signed a one-year sponsorship deal with the Champions Hockey League (CHL), Europe’s top club ice hockey competition, as it steps up efforts to attract high-spending Swiss travellers under the government’s Tenfold Growth Strategy. The agreement covers the 2026-27 season. It was …

LONDON | Xinhua |  There is a long tradition of Britons complaining about the grey, rainy summers. However, that reality is now changing, as an extended spell of extreme heat and drought has swept across the country. FARMING UNDER PRESSURE In the fields of Leicestershire in England, heat scorched the …

THE HAGUE | TASS | The key role in the decision to remove Karim Khan from the post of prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was played by European states and the largest donor countries of the court, a diplomatic source told TASS. According to the source, a special …

  What’s making it so severe?   COMMENT | ANDREW WATKINS | Sweltering temperatures are shattering records across Europe, as the continent battles a deadly heatwave. On Tuesday (June 23) and Wednesday (June 24), France endured its hottest days in history, with western regions reaching highs of between 39°C and …

  GUANGZHOU | Xinhua | For Austrian resident Denis Yurchak, the search for an air conditioner to survive this year’s scorching summer felt like embarking on an adventure. Since late June, a relentless heatwave has grilled Europe, shattering numerous temperature records. After spending two days looking for a portable air conditioner …

GENEVA | Xinhua | More than 1,300 excess deaths have been recorded across Europe since June 21 linked to high temperatures, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on social media platform X on Sunday. “Right now 150 million people are living under extreme heat, hundreds have died, …

  Designing policies that work for people where they live, shop and cook will not only cut down on food waste but will also save money, emissions and dignity   COMMENT | IAN WILLIAMS | Europe is wasting huge amounts of food while millions of people globally experience hunger. Wars in …

COMMENT | NICU POPESCU & FREDRIK WESSLAU |  For decades, much of Europe viewed military engagement through the lens of NATO or the European Union, since these structures have long shaped how Europeans thought about conflict, deterrence, and security. But the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have exposed …

The multilateral system that Donald Trump has dismantled was not, as he believes, a trap laid by weaker states to fleece a credulous superpower   COMMENT | STEPHEN HOLMES | After declaring Iran’s military “gone”, US President Donald Trump appealed to Britain, France, Japan, and South Korea – as well as …