Toddler milk products have grown into a multibillion-dollar global business, despite warnings from health authorities that the benefits of this milk formula are unproven. The products are marketed with claims of improving brain development or immune function, but the American Academy of
Toto Wolff has no need to question his ability to lead Mercedes. The German acknowledged that his position should be scrutinised after scoring zero points at the Australian Grand Prix. But Wolff is dealing with a number of issues that are out
The leaders of Western Balkan countries agreed Thursday to speed up regional cooperation to benefit more from a new European Union plan of financial aid that will help provide a faster road to membership. Brussels’ plan calls for about $6.5 billion to
Hundreds of angry farmers took to the streets in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, on Monday to complain of what they called “the total failure” of the government to meet the mounting challenges of the agricultural sector. They called on Agriculture Minister Kiril Vatev
Europe’s leading pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk, has expressed its intentions to expand its operations in the United States instead of Europe if the EU proceeds with its proposed changes to pharmaceutical regulations. Novo Nordisk’s CEO, Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, has raised concerns about
UN agency begins to accept deep sea mining provisional applications, regulations still being debated
A U.N. agency tasked with regulating the deep sea is debating whether to open the Earth’s watery depths to countries and companies that as of Monday were allowed to start applying for provisional mining licenses. The International Seabed Authority, based in Jamaica,
Lawmakers in Germany failed to agree Thursday on new rules regulating assisted suicide, rejecting two cross-party proposals drawn up after the country’s highest court ruled that legislation banning the practice when conducted on a “business” basis was unconstitutional. The Federal Constitutional Court
Nicki Aiken, MP for Cities of London and Westminster, described how dozens of local residents in her constituency are living in poor standards caused by dampness. She said: “I have been appalled to see the unacceptable conditions too many of my constituents
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT are complicating governments’ efforts to agree laws governing the use of the technology. Here are the latest steps national and international governing bodies are taking to regulate AI tools: Australia *
Plans by Suella Braverman and Michael Gove to remove basic housing protections from asylum seekers are to go before MPs, it is claimed. A report says that under new rules designed to move tens of thousands out of hotels and into the