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Public toilet provision in England has declined by 14% since 2016, worsening access and hygiene conditions...
April 22, 2026
Nicola Watts
The World Health Organization (WHO) draft Global Alcohol Action Plan has drawn criticism due to its suggestion that pregnant women and...
June 25, 2021
The 40-storey 825 Third Avenue building in Manhattan has been retrofitted with windows from smart-glass specialist View, which convert...
Marc Height
On Valentine’s Day 2021, President Biden declared a state of emergency in Texas(1). Severe winter storms from the February polar vortex...
Sandy Jayaraj
A climate law that would introduce a higher surcharge on car fuels and a levy on flight tickets has been rejected by a majority of Swiss...
June 17, 2021
Nick Jardine
IKEA France has been handed a €1m ($1.2m) fine by a French court after being found guilty of using private detectives and police officers...
Fred Fullerton
A Nevada law will see “non-functional” grass banned in Las Vegas, while requiring almost one-third of all grass in the southern part of...
Katie Chan
Some financial analysts have been proclaiming the presence of an emerging commodities “supercycle” – a prolonged period of increasing...
Mubaasil Hassan
Apple employees have urged the tech giant to embrace flexible working as part of its diversity and inclusion efforts in an internal...
June 11, 2021
A deal to limit global temperature rises to under 1.5C will only be achieved this year at COP26 if developing nations are financially...
