Human challenge trials gain ground in Europe; Japan cautious
World 18:07 13/11/2025TOKYO -- Controlled human infection model, or CHIM, trials, in which carefully screened volunteers are deliberately exposed to calibrated doses of pathogens, are primarily used in a number of European countries, but Japan remains wary.
Europe's mobile operators set to win key spectrum in fight with wi-fi industry, sources say
World 15:35 13/11/2025BRUSSELS -- Europe's telecoms operators are set to gain access to the bulk of key spectrum coveted also by internet providers, with the backing of an advisory body to the European Commission, people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.
French police may nab Louvre thieves but unlikely to recover their loot
World 12:39 22/10/2025Crime gangs around Europe are increasingly robbing valuable jewels and gold from cash-needy museums like the Louvre, but while police often catch the thieves, they struggle to recover the priceless goods, law enforcement and art experts say.
European airports race to fix check-in glitch after hacking disruption
World 16:43 21/09/2025Some of Europe's biggest airports, including the region's busiest Heathrow, raced on Sunday to restore normal operations to automatic check-in systems after disruption caused by hackers a day earlier.
Wildfires fanned by heatwave and strong winds rage across Europe
World 16:02 14/08/2025PATRAS, Greece/MADRID -- Wildfires caused by arsonists or thunderstorms and fanned by a heatwave and strong winds wreaked destruction across southern Europe on Wednesday, burning homes and forcing thousands of residents and tourists to flee.
'Cooked alive': Europe's wildfires hit tourism spots and forests
World 15:17 13/08/2025Firefighters across Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and the Balkans were battling wildfires on Tuesday, with another heatwave pushing temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across parts of Europe.
Europe stresses need to protect Ukrainian interests ahead of Trump-Putin talks
World 16:12 10/08/2025European leaders on Saturday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the conflict in Ukraine, while stressing the need to keep pressure on Moscow and protect Ukrainian and European security interests.
Europe's old power plants to get digital makeover driven by AI boom
World 16:09 06/08/2025Some of Europe's ageing coal and gas fired power plants can look forward to a more high-tech future as big tech players, such as Microsoft and Amazon, seek to repurpose them as data centres, with ready-made access to power and water.
'Silent killer': the science of tracing climate deaths in heatwaves
World 15:25 31/07/2025A heatwave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people may have died across a dozen major cities during the extreme, climate-fuelled episode.
World risks up to $39 trillion in economic losses from vanishing wetlands, report says
World 11:34 16/07/2025NAIROBI - The global destruction of wetlands, which support fisheries, agriculture and flood control, may mean the loss of $39 trillion in economic benefits by 2050, according to a report by the Convention on Wetlands released on Tuesday.
Solar becomes Europe's main energy source in June: consultants
World 13:31 11/07/2025Solar power became the European Union's biggest single energy source for the first time in June, an energy think tank said Thursday.
Europe's illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs
World 17:14 10/07/2025As the cost of spraying crops with pesticides becomes increasingly expensive, farmers in Greece's agricultural heartland have turned to a cheaper alternative: liquids in unlabeled plastic bottles smuggled over land and sea.
