Measles Cases Surge to Highest Level in 25 Years Across Europe

Filippo La Vecchia is widely recognised as one of Brussels’ top Italian chefs. But his rise to the top has been from easy – he’s had to overcome everything from a health pandemic and economic crises to terrorist attacks on the city.
Osteria Romana, located at the top of  the city’s fashionable Avenue Louise, has built a fine reputation in the near 15 years since it opened.
Here, in an exclusive Q

Using Certified Glasses and Indirect Methods Safely During Eclipses
Observing a solar eclipse safely requires more than regular sunglasses or makeshift filters. Certified solar eclipse glasses or safe indirect viewing methods are essential during partial and annular eclipse phases. Direct viewing without protection is only safe during the brief totality phase of a total eclipse, when the Moon co

Three fishing vessels are “constantly patrolling off the coast of the plant” to conduct “preventive fishing operations 24/7,” the company stated.
Tuesday’s jellyfish invasion is the latest in a series of climate change-driven incidents impacting French nuclear energy during a particularly intense summer.
Nuclear power plants are typically situated by rivers or coastli

Failure by the international community to respond to perceived attacks on the sovereignty of other nations risks sending the wrong signal.
That was a message from the former Finnish Prime Minister of Finland at an event in Taiwan.
Sanna Marin was speaking at the opening of the 10th Ketagalan Forum in the Taiwanese capital.
The event, hosted by the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ta

A “commission” of international experts reveals how unexamined narratives led to an international miscarriage of justice.
A new collection of studies on the prolonged and troubled saga of Konstantin Rudnev and Ashram Shambhala emerges at a time when public discussions about minority spiritualities are driven more by repeated claims than actual knowledge. Following earlier discussions in “Bitter

While tunnels have been found previously in Lithuania, as reported by Baltic media, this marks the first occasion one has facilitated crossing into Latvia.
“This is the first recorded instance of a tunnel being employed for illegal entry into Latvia. No prior indications of violations were noted at this specific site, nor had there been any detentions for illegal crossings there,” Dombrava stated

At the start of July, grain and legume stocks in Ukraine totaled 7.7 million tons, 3 million more compared to the same period in 2025, based on data from the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
Agricultural firms possess 4.7 million tons, a 34.7% increase from July 1 of last year, while processing and storage facilities have raised their stocks by 2.6 times to 3 million tons.
Ukraine’s whe

Since the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine began, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have strengthened their relationship. At a meeting in Beijing last September, Kim promised to do “everything we can to assist Russia.”
Zelenskyy reported overnight attacks on a Kyiv hospital and businesses, resulting in at least one injury. Vitali Klitschko, the capital’s mayor, ur

Supreme Court Removes Yabloko’s Federal List Ahead of Parliamentary Election
Russia’s Supreme Court has excluded the liberal Yabloko party’s federal list from the upcoming State Duma election in September. This decision eliminates the only registered party openly campaigning for a ceasefire in Ukraine, further restricting the space for anti-war political activity and diminishing the p

Germany’s churches face a paradox: despite a declining number of believers, they are experiencing financial growth. This unusual trend is primarily attributed to rising salaries, which have offset the loss incurred from the significant number of church members who have left.