2025-04-15

Culture news

Jury selection to begin in Harvey Weinstein's retrial

Seven years after allegations against him first emerged, Harvey Weinstein is back in court. But even if the retrial ends in not guilty verdicts, the disgraced movie mogul will remain behind bars at Rikers Island.

15/04/2025

Health news

Tech-savvy older adults may have better brain health as they age

The new study suggests that seniors’ tech use could be as protective against dementia as exercise and higher education.

15/04/2025

Europe News

France’s united front against Mercosur deal starts to show cracks

Amid mounting pressure from the trade tensions sparked by the United States, some in France are beginning to see merit in the EU-Mercosur agreement, viewing it as a strategic response to growing economic uncertainty.

15/04/2025

Health news

Agency flags risks to nuclear medicines from dependency on Russia, US

Raw material dependency and transport bottlenecks, not just production capacity, are the key challenges facing the EU's radiopharmaceutical sector, according to the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

15/04/2025

Markets

European markets open higher on hopes of Trump tariff exemptions

European markets opened higher after US President Donald Trump hinted at potential auto tariff relief, despite the push ahead with probes into pharma products and semiconductors.

15/04/2025

Radio Schuman

Is Friedrich Merz more popular in Brussels than in Berlin?

Last week Germany's conservative CDU party and its social-democrat counterpart agreed on a coalition deal, but how does it look at home and in Brussels?

15/04/2025

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15/04/2025

Economy

Trump considers pausing auto tariffs as world economy endures whiplash

President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains.

15/04/2025

Climate

'Pain’ of climate change was clear in Europe last year, experts say

Storms and flooding across Europe last year affected a total of 413,000 people, led to the loss of at least 335 lives and are estimated to have cost at least €18 billion in damages.

15/04/2025

Yemen

At least seven killed in suspected US airstrikes on Yemen

The new US campaign of airstrikes started after the rebels threatened to begin targeting “Israeli” ships again over Israel blocking aid entering the Gaza Strip.

15/04/2025

World

Trump claims to have solved US inflation amid market turmoil

The US president's remarks follow a global surge in stocks on Monday after he eased some of his tariffs.

15/04/2025

Europe News

Ukrainians mourn victims of Russian attack on Sumy

At least 35 people were killed in the strikes which hit the centre of Sumy, a city about 30 kilometres from Ukraine's border with Russia.

15/04/2025