World Falun Dafa Day, celebrated on May 13, serves as a spiritual celebration and a reminder of human rights issues. For practitioners of Falun Dafa, or Falun Gong, it honors the practice’s public introduction in China in 1992, while also highlighting the ongoing challenges faced by adherents in its country of origin.
Globally, Falun Dafa practitioners commemorate the anniversary with medit

Angela Rayner has been cleared in a tax investigation, removing a potential obstacle to her future Labour Party leadership bid.
The former deputy prime minister stated to the Guardian and ITV News that HMRC concluded she neither attempted to avoid taxes nor was careless in handling her affairs, following an investigation into unpaid property tax initiated last fall.
This development occurs at a cr

As the world confronts the challenges of population aging and healthcare workforce shortages, digital transformation in healthcare is no longer optional but essential. Taiwan has introduced the “Healthy Taiwan” vision, placing “driving digital healthcare” at its core. By integrating big data, artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud technologies, the system aims to improve healthcare quality and

A government can violate a fundamental right without outright banning a religion. It can exert pressure on minority faiths through zoning laws, deny registration, unjustly remove children from their parents, criminalize peaceful worship, or stigmatize believers until public life becomes hostile. This makes the question of what constitutes freedom of religion central to democratic accountability,

Podgorica has completed 14 of the 33 chapters required for provisional closure before joining the bloc. The rule of law remains the most challenging obstacle, with Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos encouraging Montenegro to continue reforms.
With a population of around 600,000, Montenegro became an EU candidate in 2010, four years after its separation from Serbia, and began accession talks in 201

A coalition of over 25 world-renowned scientists and public health researchers have said that a proposed revision of tobacco legislation is based on a “scientifically false premise.”
This comes in a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The signatories include internationally-respected experts like Professor Luboš Petruželka, a distinguished oncologist at Charles Universit

A school assembly, a nurse’s chain with a small cross, a council prayer before a vote, a parent objecting to compulsory religious instruction – these are instances where freedom of religion versus freedom from religion transcends abstract legal debates and becomes an issue of power, equality, and state limits. Across Europe and beyond, these disputes are no longer niche but central to discussions

On RTL radio on Wednesday, Tardif claimed President Macron had a “platonic relationship” with Farahani for several months, with some exchanges going “quite far,” as per people close to Macron. Tardif mentioned a message to Farahani saying, “I find you very attractive.”
The Elysée initially called the slap reports fake news and later as “horseplay,” with no official response. A source close to the

BEIJING, China — May 11, 2026 — Eurotoday Newspaper highlights how China US cooperation moved into international focus after authorities from both countries reportedly coordinated during a large anti-drug investigation targeting an international narcotics smuggling network.
According to officials familiar with the investigation, law enforcement agencies exchanged intelligence, tracked financial ac

The Commission acknowledges that practices such as verbal abuse, coercion, isolation, forced medication, electric shocks, and physical and sexual abuse offer “no therapeutic value.” However, on Wednesday, the Commission announced plans to adopt a 2027 recommendation urging countries to ban conversion practices—a move campaign organizers consider a “missed opportunity.”
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