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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered a powerful message to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, highlighting the major dangers facing humanity. He compared the current situation to the myth of Pandora, warning that global actions and...

For several asset classes, 2024 was a remarkable year: Bitcoin rose to historical highs, gold recorded its best performance in the last 14 years, and the US dollar rose due to the evolution of the US economy, according to an analysis by...

A 20-a ediţie a Global Risks Report, publicată astăzi, dezvăluie un peisaj global tot mai fragmentat, în care provocările geopolitice, de mediu, sociale şi tehnologice ameninţă stabilitatea şi evoluţia. Deşi riscurile economice au o proeminenţă...

There are concerns coming from the US. A tragic but not unexpected case has been reported in Louisiana, where the first death associated with the H5N1 virus in the United States has been confirmed by health authorities. The patient, a man over 65...

Coffee and cocoa bean futures prices have seen some of the biggest increases among commodities in 2024, fueled by a sharp drop in supply and escalating global trade tensions.

Gold has gained about 26% so far this year, on track for its best annual performance since 2010, largely driven by the U.S. central bank's interest rate cut and heightened geopolitical tensions that have driven investors to the traditional...

Climate change is causing milder winters, with a greater number of days in which temperatures exceed 0 degrees Celsius, according to a report published by Climate Central and cited by AFP. The phenomenon has major implications for tourism,...

The UK has begun implementing the Online Safety Act, which introduces strict regulations for tech platforms and tougher measures against harmful content on the internet. The law, passed in October 2023, aims to protect users from illegal content...

Water contamination with "perennial pollutants" is exceeding regulatory thresholds in Europe, exposing the environment and human health to significant risks, the European Environment Agency (EEA) warns. According to a recent report...

Our country is facing an acute crisis in the energy sector, marked by the inability to ensure the necessary domestic consumption of electricity, a situation that endangers the stability of the National Power System (SEN) and increases dependence...

The wealth of the world's billionaires has increased in the last ten years, according to data from a study published yesterday by the Swiss banking group UBS AG, according to DPA.

The martial law, decreed two days ago by Yoon Suk Yeol, the President of South Korea, as a necessary measure in light of the nuclear threats coming from the political regime in Pyongyang, which allegedly had supporters in Seoul, has proven,...

Water shortages or excesses are causing major problems for people. Record-breaking global droughts are becoming "the new norm" forcing world leaders to "radically rethink" how they manage them, the UN warned, publishing a global...

European natural gas benchmarks rose for a second straight session on Thursday, with the weather forecast calling for cooler temperatures in many parts of the continent, Bloomberg reported, according to Agerpres.

Spain's left-wing government has approved an innovative measure that allows employees to take up to four days of "paid leave" in the event of climate emergencies, such as floods, storms or other extreme weather events. The decision...

The spouses Călin Georgescu and Cristela Georgescu preach a religion other than Christianity, - it is called New Age - a syncretic spiritual and cultural movement that emerged in the 20th century, which promotes personal and collective...

A team of NASA scientists recently mapped Camp Century, an abandoned US base buried under 30 meters of ice in Greenland. The discovery, made with the help of modern radar detection technologies, brings to the fore the secrets of this Cold War-era...

Protecting the environment involves enormous costs and clearly not everyone is ready to assume them. Only 41% of companies have implemented climate risk management plans, and the companies with the highest emissions are the most flagrantly...

Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and world-renowned philanthropist, is summoned to the court in the Dutch town of Leeuwarden on Wednesday, November 27, to be heard publicly in the case in which he is accused of fraud and damages caused by the...

Reporter: In EU Member States we are witnessing a debate on GMO and NGTs cultivation. Farmers would like to grow plants that give higher yields and are more resistant to climate change, frost and drought through genetic modification, while...

The same electoral program is adopted by two presidential candidates, two opponents who were once together - George Simion and Călin Georgescu both support the "Food-Water-Energy" political program (see Program Summary), which...

In 2024, two reports were published, prepared at the request of the European Commission. The first report, coordinated by Enrico Letta, is entitled "More than a Market" and refers to the transformation of the single market into a true...

A summary meeting at the newspaper is a spectacle in itself, sometimes funny, sometimes serious, sometimes too complicated, sometimes a little boring. This week, political topics, elections, Ciucă, Simion, Ciolacu, Trump, Guşă, judo, Putin were...

"It's about the economy, stupid," the slogan coined by political strategist James Carville during Bill Clinton's successful 1992 presidential campaign, still rings true more than 30 years later, according to a statista.com...

Weather events generated by climate change continue to cause major damage to the global economy, with a total cost of more than $2 trillion over the past decade, according to a report by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). An estimated...

The world's agri-food systems generate huge hidden costs, estimated at $12 trillion per year, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Modern diseases such as stroke, diabetes and...

Social networks are no longer seen as a simple and innocent place for recreation, as was the case over a decade ago. Authorities have put a magnifying glass on them, and what is seen behind the amusement is not fun at all. Recently, there has...

The indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) had slight declines in October, ahead of the financial reporting season related to the third quarter, i.e. the first nine months of the year and in anticipation of the elections that are more than...

The preparation of the campaigns for the presidential and parliamentary elections that will take place on November 24, respectively December 1, led the Government to increase the amount of budget expenditures in the second month of autumn in...

Despite the undeniable success of American liquefied natural gas (LNG) in global markets, the recent policy of the Biden-Harris administration risks jeopardizing this hard-won position, says an article published on the website Zerohedge. While...

Billionaire Bill Gates will be tried for alleged damages caused by the promotion of anti-Covid 19 vaccines, according to the decision taken by a court in the Netherlands, cited by the publication France-Soir. The complaint was initiated by a...

The U.S. stock market has had a tremendous run over the past decade, but the years ahead may not be so spectacular, according to recent views of some big Wall Street banks.

Humanity is adapting and trying to cope with nature's challenges. Almost two decades after the devastating tsunami of 2004, humanity now has a global early warning system designed to protect millions of lives from this type of natural...

Hyundai Motor Co. will delist its GDRs (global depositary receipts) from the London and Luxembourg Stock Exchanges, starting on December 19, according to a recent announcement made by the South Korean car company, picked up by tipranks.com. The...

In the context of the current economic and political tensions in Israel, generated in particular by the war with Hamas that began on October 7, 2023, the impact on Romania's economy is considerable, considering the close economic relations...

The legislative initiative that regulates REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) in our country has passed the Senate vote, and is currently in the Chamber of Deputies, which is the decision-making chamber, Senator Cristian-Augustin...

Poverty is one of the major "diseases" of the beginning of the 21st century. The interweaving of crises accentuates the gulf between opulent wealth and abject poverty. Over a billion people worldwide live in conditions of acute poverty,...

More than 30 months after the aggression illegally launched by the Russian Federation in Ukraine, the Government and the Parliament in Bucharest still do not have the necessary legislation - with a small exception regarding the powers of the...

The dependence of our country on energy imports, in certain periods, and the need for capitalization of companies in the energy sector, so that they can increase the energy production capacity at national level, are the reasons why the Ministry...

Any warming of the planet beyond the 1.5°C threshold, even temporarily, could cause "irreversible consequences" for the future of humanity, warns a large study published in the journal Nature. The research, carried out over three years by...