Trump halts development of annual US Climate Assessment report
In a world where climate reports are central to driving environmental action, Trump has chosen to undermine his country’s efforts to produce one of its most vital climate assessments. For a long time, environmental assessment reports have been the backbone of global climate action. These reports are meant to aid...
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Half of first-time property buyers need help from parents
According to estate agency Savills, more than half of all UK first-time buyers received help from their families to purchase a property in 2024. While lower than the previous year, this number is still higher than every other year since 2013. Estate agency Savills has said that over half of...
US firm DoorDash to buy UK’s Deliveroo for £2.9 billion
The food giant DoorDash is set to purchase Deliveroo for £2.9 billion. The two companies together will be operating in over 40 countries and serving 50 million customers each month. The UK’s Deliveroo is to be purchased by the US food company DoorDash. The new deal is valued at...
Opinion – Blue Origin’s view of women’s safety is concerning
On reflection, some of the inadvertent messaging is concerning and shows a lack of progress here on Earth. Last month a group of female American celebrities, including singer Katy Perry, chat show host Gayle King, activist and astronaut Amanda Nguyen, HR executive Kerianne Flynn, journalist Lauren Sánchez, and NASA rocket...
Nearly all of the world’s coral reefs are being hit by mass bleaching
The large-scale bleaching of coral reefs is being observed from diverse locations such as the Great Barrier Reef in Australia to the shallow reefs of the Caribbean and the coastal stretches of East Africa. An underwater crisis is unfolding silently, far from the global spotlight. A recent report from the...
Documentary by BBC Africa Eye triggers national reflection in Kenya
A new round of political debate and public outrage has swept across Kenya in the wake of the release of the explosive BBC Africa Eye documentary ‘Blood Parliament.’ BBC Africa Eye's new documentary 'Blood Parliament' delves into the chilling events of July 2024 amid protests against Kenya’s contested Finance Bill....
This new anti-spiking stir stick might save your life
A discreet new device called Spikeless is fighting drink spiking one cocktail at a time. The greatest invention of 2025 might have arrived, albeit in an unlikely form. It might not be the latest iPhone, but scientists have developed a new device that might just save your life the next time you go out for drinks; a small plastic stick. This isn’t just any plastic stick. Spikeless, a discreet, colour-changing...
Scotland to scrap new law that would criminalise misogyny
The Scottish government has said it will no longer be moving forward with a policy that would criminalise misogyny. Instead, it will be amending existing hate crime legislation. A bill that was poised to reinforce and improve protection for woman and girls in Scotland has been scrapped ahead of next year’s elections. Ministers say that there isn’t enough time to craft a new law that reflects the recent Supreme Court...
UK fruit and veg growing early thanks to climate change
Warmer weather than usual means that the UK has grown strawberries, aubergines and tomatoes weeks earlier than expected. It could be a sign of things to come in the next few decades. The climate crisis is changing our relationship with fruit and vegetables, altering our calendar schedules and making it harder to predict when crops will be ready. Thanks to a particularly warm May in the UK this year, an influx...
FA to ban transgender women from football
The Football Association (FA) has announced that transgender women will be banned from playing in women’s football from 1 June. It is a response to the Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that the term ‘women’ only refers to biological women. The FA has announced that transgender women will be barred from playing professional football from 1 June. The decision is a response to the Supreme Court ruling earlier this...
