Author: Euronews

From handwashing to protein analysis, here’s how some world-changing innovations weren’t always recognised immediately. ADVERTISEMENTFrom the wheel to Wi-Fi, human progress has been defined by the brilliance of its ingenuity and the inventions we produce. Through awards and history books, we celebrate many of humanity’s greatest inventors. While Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2022 for their work on the mRNA vaccines that were pivotal in turning the tide against the Covid-19 pandemic just a year prior, it can sometimes take a little bit longer for our brightest minds to get their…

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ALDE, the largest of the three political forces that make up the centrist Renew Europe, has been eyeing the French leadership of the grouping since the June election result – and now has a name in mind for the role: MEP João Cotrim de Figueiredo. ADVERTISEMENTFrench Valérie Hayer looks set to survive a challenge to her leadership of the European Parliament’s liberal Renew group, after an attempt by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) – which forms the centrist group with Macron’s Renaissance and the European Democratic Party (EDP) – to unseat her, according to two sources…

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