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The 27 EU Member States are not entitled to derogate from the EU ban on neonicotinoid seeds, the European Court of Justice ruled on 19 January. This applies even in exceptional circumstances.

Cameron Schwalbach, left, paleontology collections manager for the Cincinnati Museum Center’s Geier Collections and Research Center, and University of Cincinnati assistant professor Joshua Miller examine a mammoth skull. Credit: Andrew Higley/UC Experts suggest that DNA found in sedimentary deposits likely originated from long-deceased animals. The mystery surrounding the exact timing of the extinction of mammoths […]

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson discussed the priorities of the Swedish Council Presidency with MEPs in Strasbourg.

On Tuesday, Parliament adopted its negotiating position for talks with EU governments on a new law to revise EU procedures and control measures for waste shipments.

Using a mouse model, Japanese researchers unleash the likely mechanism of action of Actinidia arguta juice that may help prevent lung cancer.

© UNODC Arica (Chile), 20 January 2023 – 2022 was a record-breaking year for the Container Control Programme (CCP) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). November 2022 concluded with the largest seizure of chemical precursors by a CCP unit since the programme’s inception in 2005. As a result of coordinated work […]

Researchers at UC San Diego studied the UV light-emitting devices used to cure gel manicures, and found that the chronic use of these nail polish drying machines is damaging to human cells. Credit: David Baillot/ UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering The ultraviolet nail polish drying devices used to cure gel manicures may pose […]

A singer from Ukraine, Jerry Heil, has won the Public Choice Award of the EU-funded Music Moves Europe Awards. She will receive €5,000. The Grand Jury Music Moves Europe (MME) Award 2023 went to ‘Sans Soucis’ (Italy). The other five winners of the 2023 MME Awards are Schmyt (Germany), July Jones (Slovenia), Oska (Austria), Kids […]

Snowless ski slopes in the Alps and Pyrenees can be seen from space. The warm temperatures and lack of snowfall in the Alps and the Pyrenees has left several ski resorts with little or no snow

Open Doors has released the latest trends in religious acceptance and persecution of Christians around the world. The report focuses on the worst 50 countries with regard to Christianity, and taking top spot this year is North Korea. An estimated 400,000 Christians live in North Korea. The country, officially agnostic, is completely intolerant of Christians. […]

The Eucharist, the body and blood of Christ, is consumed as part of the Catholic Mass. Matzo, the unleavened bread is eaten during Passover in the Jewish faith. Psilocybin, a hallucinogen, is being tested by a chaplain to assist with “spiritual trauma”. One of these things is not like the others: One of these things […]

The British government has blocked a law passed by the Scottish regional parliament that would make it easier for residents of the province to legally change their gender, Reuters and France Press reported, citing official sources. Britain’s Secretary of State for Scotland, Alistair Jack, said it was the first time he had exercised his right […]

18 January 2023 Humanitarian Aid The UN on Wednesday said that it aims to increase the number of inter-agency convoys providing aid to parts of Ukraine “close to the frontlines”, in support of work being carried out by local organisations and volunteers. The UN humanitarian coordination office, OCHA, said in a press release that a […]

One month after the Corruption allegations and charges against some MEPs, Parliament took stock of developments and demanded concrete action to close loopholes.

January 4 (or December 25 according to the Julian calendar) marked the 380th anniversary of the birth of the great physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher and alchemist Isaac Newton. Most of us know him as the brilliant scientist who developed the law of gravity after seeing an apple fall. But behind the common notions of Isaac […]

17 January 2023 Human Rights Addressing the Security Council on Tuesday, Ilze Brands Kehris, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, expressed concern about restrictions to freedom of religion in Ukraine, including territory under Russian control. The theme of the Council meeting briefing on Ukraine came under the “Threats to International Peace and Security” agenda […]

A magnified view of a stoma on the leaf of a Tradescantia albiflora albovittata plant, commonly known as a giant white inch plant. Credit: Douglas Clark A significant discovery about the mechanisms by which plants open and close their stomata could lead to new methods of protecting crops from the effects of climate change, particularly […]

The artefacts were buried in a Bronze Age grave in the Wiltshire village of Upton Lovell and were first discovered in 1801. Polished stones found near Stonehenge may have been part of a 4,000-year-old goldsmith’s toolkit, say experts quoted by the Daily Mail. Archaeologists from the University of Leicester found traces of gold on their […]

Over the past few years, the religious sect “AllatRa” has attracted hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people to the Czech Republic, reports the Czech publication novinky.cz. Its leader, Igor Danilov, has long been hiding in Slovakia because of accusations of spreading Russian influence. The sect is active in Ukraine after the Maidan revolution in 2014, but […]

This National Religious Freedom Day marks the 237th anniversary of the signing of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in 1786.  Under the Virginia Statute authored by Thomas Jefferson, legislators for the first time endorsed the principles of freedom of conscience and separation of church and state.  Several years later, the Virginia Statute became the template […]