2024-12-31

Culture news

Viral hippos and lookalike competitions: The Big Culture Quiz of 2024

Pop (culture) quiz time!

31/12/2024

Health news

New ban on tobacco products in Latvia sees scramble to find loopholes

Starting in January, various restrictions will affect tobacco sellers and consumers in the Baltic country.

31/12/2024

Culture news

Conservation project preserves Ireland’s oldest paper documents

Experts have started the painstaking restoration of a 650-year-old ecclesiastical register, one of the island’s most important medieval texts, as part of a project to preserve and digitise Ireland’s historical archives.

31/12/2024

Travel News

Meet the locals trying to stop overtourism in Europe

Tourism in Europe’s hotspots continues to rise, but after protests in 2024, what can we expect for the coming year?

31/12/2024

Climate

Will we still drink coffee in 25 years? That depends on climate change

Climate change is already affecting Europe’s favourite beverage - but small-scale farmers are working on solutions.

31/12/2024

USA

US Treasury says it was hacked by China in ‘major incident’

The US Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed workstations and documents in what they labelled a ‘major cyber incident’.

31/12/2024

Culture news

Judge charges five people in connection with the death of Liam Payne

An Argentinian judge confirmed charges against five people in connection with the death of former One Direction star Liam Payne.

31/12/2024

South Korea

Court issues warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol

A South Korean court has issued arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol over aborted martial law decree.

31/12/2024

Europe News

Romania's new economic plan hikes taxes in a bid to slash deficit

Romania’s new coalition government approves a new economic plan aimed at keeping government budget deficits under control for the upcoming 2025 fiscal year.

31/12/2024

Europe News

Debate in the Bundestag on the preventability of the Magdeburg attack

Committees within the German Bundestag debate the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg to determine if the tragic incident could have been prevented.

31/12/2024

World News

Hungary's controversial presidency of the EU comes to an end

Poland gears up to take-over presidency of the European Union as controversial Hungarian term comes to an end.

31/12/2024

Italy

Rome sets up two large tents to shelter the homeless this winter

Authorities in Rome have only erected two of the four large tents they'd promised to provide around 250 camp beds for the homeless this winter.

31/12/2024