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Fast fashion is responsible for about 10 per cent of global carbon emissions – more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined. ADVERTISEMENTA sweeping new US tariff on products made in China spells an uncertain future for fast fashion – but is this positive news for the climate?The industry sees apparel and accessories that copy catwalk trends rapidly mass-produced and brought onto the market at a low cost. The process causes significant damage to the environment. According to the UN Environment Programme, the fast fashion sector is the second-biggest consumer industry of water. It is also responsible for about…

In the last 10 years, Romania had the highest minimum wage growth in the EU. Only five member states do not have a national minimum wage. ADVERTISEMENTRomania, Lithuania, Bulgaria, and Poland have registered the highest average annual minimum wage growth rate in the EU between January 2015 and January 2025.They represent an increase between 14% and 10%, according to the latest figures from Eurostat.By contrast, the lowest average annual growth rates among EU countries were recorded in France at +2.1% and Malta at +2.9%. In the EU, 22 out of the 27 member states have a set national minimum wage. However, monthly…

Authorities in the Belgian capital are trying to combat drug-related violence. ADVERTISEMENTA shooting incident in Brussels — the fourth in the Belgian capital this week — killed one person, authorities told local media, with the spike in violence linked to rival drug gangs.The latest outbreak of violence in the city happened in the early hours of Friday in the Peterbos neighbourhood in Anderlecht, the Brussels prosecutor’s office told the media.The victim was a man who has yet to be identified, police spokesperson Sarah Frederickx said. “It is probably linked to rival drug gangs,” said a spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutor’s…

The EU’s first Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism addressed the vexed issue of overcrowding at visitor hotspots and announced he is consulting widely with a view to a forthcoming sustainable tourism strategy, at Euronews’ Destination Europe Summit in Brussels on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT“We have seen residents protesting against overcrowding, against cost of housing and environmental strain in some key destinations,” Apóstolos Tzitzikóstas told Euronews in an interview during the summit, which is arranged in tandem with the European Travel Commission.”I take this very seriously,” he said, referring chiefly to anti-tourist movements in Spain, adding:  “I will engage with all the affected local authorities…

The last 15 years have warmed at about twice the rate of the previous 40 years. ADVERTISEMENTThe world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, leaving scientists shocked.It was hoped that the La Niña weather which began in the same month would get 2025 off to a cooler start than 2023 and 2024, which broke heat records. But that did not happen, as confirmed by data from the European climate service Copernicus.The surprising January heat record coincides with a new study by a climate science heavyweight, former top NASA scientist James Hansen, and others arguing that global warming…

European countries reiterated their support for the two-state solution after Donald Trump suggested America “take over” the Gaza Strip. ADVERTISEMENTDonald Trump’s proposal to “take over” Gaza and displace 1.8 million Palestinians to turn the devastated enclave into the “Riviera of the Middle East” has been met with strong criticism and scepticism from European countries, which warned the idea would run roughshod over the two-state solution.”An expulsion of the Palestinian civilian population from Gaza would not only be unacceptable and contrary to international law. It would also lead to new suffering and new hatred,” Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s foreign affairs minister, said…

Toyota’s push also comes as worries grow around Asia about a potential trade war brewing after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Chinese goods and China retaliated with tariffs to take effect next week. ADVERTISEMENTToyota is developing and making electric vehicles and EV batteries in China, under a new partnership with the Shanghai government, the Japanese car maker has announced.Toyota Motor Corp also revealed it will start producing batteries for EVs, hybrids and plug-ins at a new $14bn (€13.5bn) facility in North Carolina, with shipping starting for North American models in April.The moves highlight Toyota’s aggressive push in electric cars, a sector…

RN leader Jordan Bardella cited the risk of instability if the current executive were to be overthrown. On Monday, the national office of the Socialist Party also announced that its MPs should not support the motions of censure tabled by far left LFI.

On the first February of every year, clowns across the world gather in London to honour Grimaldi, the father of the profession. Amber Louise Bryce joined the jesters for the day. ADVERTISEMENTIt’s a crisp, bright Sunday morning in Bethnal Green. A jogger wearing a beaded turtleneck dodges a pile of pale puke, while up ahead a parade of clowns stop for a photoshoot with a bunch of balloons. I am dressed like a clown too, wearing a pastel pink wig, crocheted ruff and white face paint. My friend draws a teardrop on my cheek while we drink Lion’s Mane cacao in…

As the European gambling market continues to grow, both sports betting and lotteries are expected to show the strongest online growth through 2029. ADVERTISEMENTThe regulated European gambling market is expected to reach €137 billion in gross gaming revenue in 2024, with online gambling accounting for 40% (€55 billion) of this total.This represents an increase of around 4.58% in the total gambling market and a growth of online gambling of 7.84% between 2023 and 2024, according to H2 Gambling Capital.The 2023 figures show total gambling revenue of €131 billion, with online gambling representing 39% (€51 billion) of the market.The significant surge…