Pakistan’s Economy Slows Down While Inflation Rises Amid Catastrophic Floods
Pakistan’s economy is expected to grow by only 2 percent in the current fiscal year ending June 2023. According to the World Bank’s October...
First EU TalentOn brings science to life in competition to solve global challenges
By HORIZON STAFF
Criss-crossed by a network of canals, the city of Leiden (pop. 120 000) is just 16km north of Dutch capital The Hague. It...
New UN report urges Europe to step-up action over triple environmental crisis
A new UN report presented on Wednesday to the Organization’s highest pan-European environmental policy body, covering 54 countries, is calling for greater action to...
Latest DPR Korea missile launch risks escalating tensions
The international community must step up efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons in the wake of the latest firing of a ballistic missile by the...
X Ways to Kill Time Near London’s Victoria Coach Station
London’s Victoria Coach Station is an active railway to the south of the ritzy Buckingham Palace that contains two separate railways combined into one....
Torture is ‘widespread’ and likely underestimated in DR Congo
Torture is “widespread” and underestimated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the abuse involves armed groups and State forces, UN investigators...
New WHO strategy aims to strengthen rapid response to health emergencies
Amid mounting health emergencies globally – such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate-related crises, and the war in Ukraine – the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Five years of violence in northern Mozambique has forced nearly a million to flee
Nearly one million people have fled extreme violence perpetrated by non-State armed groups in northern Mozambique over the past five years, the UN refugee...
Ten years of Afghan economic growth, reversed in just 12 months
A year on from the Taliban takeover in Kabul, Afghanistan is gripped by “cascading crises”, including a crippled economy that humanitarian aid alone cannot...
Grey whale’s disappearance from Atlantic Ocean holds clues to possible return
By SOFIA STRODT
Youri van den Hurk is preparing for a possible big welcome-home event - the return of the grey whale to European waters after...