Communities, states and advocacy groups push to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for role in climate crisisBig oil is facing a soaring number of climate-focused lawsuits, a new analysis has found. Itโs a sign that more communities are demanding a…
Europe’s transition to renewable power is rapidly accelerating, with a growing range of technologies and actors coming together in innovative ways to power our cities, homes and businesses. This map shows inspiring examples of successful local energy s…
The EU needs to more than double its renewables capacity by 2030. With ample space available, greater efforts are needed to accelerate the rate of deployment and ensure projects deliver maximum benefits for communities and nature.
Policies that actually work trust local communities and focus on getting the fundamentals right
POoR Collective works with local communities to co-design spaces they actually want to use. They took us around some of their favourite spots in the capital
A new report about the global state of COPD offers insights from 30 national experts on how policy action can be implemented worldwide.
This summerโs conventions featured strongly diverging visions of the future โ and the present.
In the wake of this summer’s riots, Keir Starmer’s new Labour government is seeking answers.
Questions about USDAโs response remain as food aid shortages are still hitting tribal populations and low-income seniors across the country.
How Harris and Trump choose to connect with young voters online could make or break their 2024 presidential campaigns.
Polls show the right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD) has a strong lead in the east German states of Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg – where elections will take place in September.
The vice president inherited a campaign that was in danger of falling off a cliff with Latino voters.
While the war in Gaza makes the headlines, Europe and the U.S. are worried about Hezbollah’s illicit financing.
The partyโs leaders may soon have to decide whether to preserve at least parts of the Democratsโ climate law.
“Make no mistake: Russia will not prevail in this conflict,” U.S. president says.
US president pledges $125m in new military aid for Kyiv, while Narendra Modi tells Zelenskiy he is ready to help secure peace deal. What we know on day 913See all our Ukraine war coverageJoe Biden spoke to Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday and announced a …
Democrats recognize that the election remains far too close for comfort.
Tina Bokuchava told POLITICO the EU and U.S. should impose sanctions on the ruling party over human rights breaches.
For six years photographer Pierpaolo Mittica documented the communities who inhabited and passed through the exclusion zone of the nuclear reactor disaster of 1986. The Russia-Ukraine war has since seen almost everyone evacuated and the siteโs perimete…
The Ukraine air force releases video of bridge destruction in Zvannoye; Zelenskiy says Kursk incursion aims to create a buffer zone. What we know on day 908Ukraine said it had struck a second key bridge in the Kursk region, seeking to disrupt Moscowโs …
President states he wants to stop cross-border attacks by Russian forces and that counteroffensive was much neededVolodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukraineโs military incursion into Russiaโs Kursk region aims to create a buffer zone to prevent further attac…
The rise of the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket filled an already chaotic campaign year with โbratโ and โweirdโ and flipped the Democratic Partyโs misery into a cautious euphoria.ย Now, the pair has 11 weeks to sell voters on what a Harris-Walz administration might actually mean.ย There are areas where the duo are effectively in lockstep [โฆ]
President Joe Bidenโs decision to abandon his reelection bid andย endorse Vice President Kamala Harrisย means that Harris could soon become the standard-bearer for the Democratic Partyโs biggest priorities โ including abortion rights, climate change and student debt relief. Her track record as a California attorney general, a U.S. senator and Bidenโs No. 2 provides only so [โฆ]
Itโs part of her long-held strategy.
Here are some hints about how Harris’ agenda and Biden’s might compare if she ends up taking the oath in January.
Itโs part of her long-held strategy.
The Energy Secretary has made an eye-catching start. But how far is he prepared to rock the boat?
Ukraine promises humanitarian corridors and access for international aid to Kursk; two medics die in Russian attack in Kharkiv region. What we know on day 904See all our Ukraine war coverageA wave of Ukrainian drone strikes targeted Russiaโs Voronezh, …
Ukraine claims its forces now control 74 communities in the Russian city of Kursk.
Asma Mohammed, one of 30 โuncommittedโ delegates for the Democratic National Convention, thinks the new ticket needs a cease-fire deal and an arms embargo to win.
Primaries are taking place in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin.
The Kyiv government is strapped for cash, but millions depend on aid to survive.
Decades of hostile media rhetoric and discriminatory government policy have resulted in the normalization of Islamophobia. And the failure to tackle it guarantees weโll see a repeat of these ugly riots.
Whole neighbourhoods are being evacuated from around capital as firefighters mount huge effort to put out blazesGreek authorities have warned people to stay indoors with their โwindows closedโ as hundreds of firefighters battled to contain blazes on th…
British prime minister warned that authorities must stay on โhigh alert.โ
Meena Harris has leveraged her special bond with her aunt to create a sprawling personal brand from scratch.
Far-right agitators have long enjoyed an unparalleled level of impunity on Telegram.
Emergency recall of Stormont denounces wave of racist attacks โ and rejects DUP bid to defend anti-immigrant protesters.
Far-right demonstrators were told they were not welcome in protests across the U.K.
In rural Colombia, a converted bus and a 30-strong interdisciplinary team are bringing basic healthcare services to pregnant women affected by poverty.
The Belgian author said he wants to
‘shove a knife down the throat of every Jew’ he meets. ย
UK police had braced for an escalation in violence but counterprotestors outnumbered far-right demonstrators.
Screening is failing to reach too many women from immigrant commmunities. Understanding why is the only way we can save livesFour years ago I met a woman in the street. I was doing research on why so many immigrant women in Sweden donโt have mammograms…
AIPAC has spent $8 million to unseat Rep. Cori Bush, who once called Israel an โapartheid state.โ But thatโs not mentioned in the deluge of advertising.
Republicans currently control the state House and Senate by just one seat.
Kerch bridge defences also hit in wave of attacks; Zelenskiy stands beside F-16 fighter jets, officially announcing their arrival. What we know on day 894See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine sank a Russian submarine in Crimea, hit a Russian airfield…
Far right rioters have targeted mosques and other buildings following the killing of three young girls in Southport last Monday.
The U.K. prime minister canโt afford to get tangled up in a war with labor unions. His green crusade could make it inevitable.
Italian PM and European Commission president had been close but that’s all changed.
Starmer said ‘violent disorder was clearly whipped up online’ after days of riots over the killing of three children.
Europe keeps warming at about twice the global average.
In what has been described as an โunprecedentedโ situation, there are no MEPs who identify as Roma in this European ParliamentThe current European parliament does not include any MEPs who identify as Roma, according to Roma rights organisations. Rights…
The Treasury secretary called the shift to a low-carbon global economy โthe single greatest opportunity of the 21st century.โ
Political analysts and historians weigh in on an unprecedented moment in American politics.
Ana Rita Gil*, Aylin Yildiz
Noorda** & Lucas Ricardo***
* Professor, Law Faculty of the
University of Lisbon, Portugal. Researcher at the Lisbon Public Law. Email:
anaritagil@fd.ulisboa.pt.
** Postdoctoral Researcher at the
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The IOC says hosting the Games no longer has to be an expensive nightmare.
The EITโs first three industry-focused networks are now set to โgraduateโ. What have they achieved and are they ready to operate independently?
A former top Homeland Security Department official discusses the fallout from the Trump assassination attempt.
New Labour government figures had made overtures to Donald Trump’s running mate โ and have rejected his suggestion.
Political commitment to screening is crucial.
A visit to the abandoned โManhattan of La Manchaโ inspired Rosa Ribasโs Lejos (Far), newly translated into EnglishOne day 16 years ago, the writer Rosa Ribas visited Toledo, the hulking Spanish city that looms over the Tagus and stands as a testament t…
The Federal Trade Commission investigation of DaVita and Fresenius Medical Care follows years of consolidation in the dialysis industry.
DNA studies suggest disease was central to devastating collapse of northern European population 5,000 years agoA devastating population collapse that decimated stone age farming communities across northern Europe 5,000 years ago may have been driven by…
There is a moral imperative to make scientific research freely available. Publicly funded research should be publicly accessible. Accelerating research availability can save lives, support researchersโ careers, and create a brighter future.
A tour of Britain’s provincial towns reveals a restless nation with no love for its political class.
‘All of us recognize the agony of communities who have seen the scenes coming out of Israel and Gaza,’ the recently-appointed David Lammy said from the Foreign Office. ‘But the job now is to get to work with tireless diplomacy to support an immediate c…
Sundayโs run-off vote viewed with apprehension in both communities
Marine Le Penโs National Rally is presenting itself as a defender of the country’s Jewish population.
Labour Leader Keir Starmer faces intense pressure in heartland constituencies over his equivocation about war in the Middle East.
Luis โAlviseโ Pรฉrez has gone from online agitator to MEP and thorn in the side of Spanish politics.
Demonstrators from popular destinations such as Granada and Seville to join protest amid anger at lack of housingThousands of people from across southern Spain are expected to take to the streets of Mรกlaga on Saturday in the latest in a series of prote…
Far right is warning it will use budget as lever to influence French president’s authority over defense policy.
Every year thousands arrive from South America and Africa, including many young asylum seekers who find hope and opportunity in the gameWords and photographs by Ofelia de Pablo and Javier ZuritaWith Euro 2024 under way, much of the world will be turnin…
Women are suffering and dying because of preventable health issues, exacerbated by climate change and conflict. This must end now.
Across the globe, populists are rolling back efforts to save nature and the planet.
The messaging comes as American officials seem more resigned to the likelihood of an escalation in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
The French president is trying to whip up support for his battered centrists.
‘Kill the Serb!’ ‘F**k Macedonia!’ Violent chants and regional rivalries tarnish Europe’s summer football tournament.
Dr. Ceren Kasฤฑm, Postdoctoral
Research and Teaching Fellow, University of Hildesheim, Germany
Photo credit: MesserWoland, via Wikimedia Commons
INTRODUCTION
The first-ever binding European
Union (EU) legal instrument to…
Despite strenuous efforts and stern warnings, the risk of an expanding conflict in the Middle East is rising by the hour.
Key figures in the French president’s camp criticized three-time presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mรฉlenchon’s stance on antisemitism and the Israel-Gaza war as having contributed to an environment of insecurity for French Jews.
In the coming years, thereโs a real opportunity for fresh thinking that both protects those seeking safety and benefits newcomers and EU citizens alike.
PM says it โwould not be appropriateโ to say whether Craig Williams knew that he was going to call a July electionTeachers and health workers: what do you think of the manifestos?Sign up for Election Edition, our UK election newsletterFollow tonightโs …
Incumbent leaders have largely failed to tackle key socioeconomic issues like the rising cost of housing.
Flemish far-right frontman Tom Van Grieken battles to break up Belgium.
If the polls are correct, this weekโs European Parliament election will reorder the Continentโs political landscape.
Belgium’s southern Socialists face fire from both the far left and center in the race to form a national government.
One thing is clear: We fear for the future of Europe and our place in it as a minority, no matter how we vote and no matter who wins.
Proposal targets same-sex marriages, changing gender, and erasing public references to the community.
The trend to vote for pro-Palestinian forces at the upcomimng EU elections is not only among the EU’s Muslim communities but also among left-leaning voters.
Has the European Commission president given up on her green agenda going into a possible second term โ or is she just biding her time?
The governmentโs crusade against European and American influence comes at the cost of one of the countryโs only economic lifelines.
If taken seriously and treated fairly, the Roma could play an important role in shaping the blocโs future and strengthening its democratic foundations.
Slick, disciplined and a hit with young voters, the president of the National Rally is remaking the party in his image.
Absolutely everything you need to know about what the opposition party is promising ahead of the July 4 election.
Italyโs leader is too far to the right for the European Commission chiefโs coalition allies.
Our human response to the Oct. 7 massacre has shackled us to an Israeli prime minister whoโs serving his personal interests and those of the fringe groups in his coalition government.
The Flemish regional government says locals are bothered by a new flight plan that sends aircraft roaring over their roofs.
We have the power to stop hate from becoming the new norm.
Campaigning Labour MP knocks on doors of wealthy London homes bought by foreign leaders who are subject to sanctionsMargaret Hodge, the veteran Labour MP and former minister, is on a mission to knock on the doors of multimillion-pound London properties…
