The British government under Keir Starmer has committed to investing 14.2 billion pounds (around 16.8 billion euros) in the construction of the Sizewell C nuclear plant on England’s east coast. According to estimates the project will take around ten years to complete. There have been major delays in the construction…

The Russian State Duma is due to proceed with the second reading of legislation that foresees fines for those who search for “explicitly extremist content” on the Internet. Due to their content, roughly 5,500 websites, including many international news sites, are currently blocked in Russia. Users can only access them…

British travellers heading to the continent are about to experience one of the biggest shifts in border control in decades. Starting in November, everyone crossing into the Schengen zone by car or coach through Dover will face new biometric checks: fingerprints, photographs and digital records of time spent in the…

Many observers are concerned about the harmful effects of artificial intelligence on humanity. A new study by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is now fuelling fears that AI is slowing down human development progress. Commentators make suggestions as to how governments and leaders can steer the influence of AI…

The EU Commission has proposed a new budget for the period from 2028 to 2034 which totals some two trillion euros – around 700 billion euros more than is planned in the current budget. At the same time, less money is to be allocated to fixed areas, in a bid…