In 2018, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the matter, gathering responses from 4.6 million European citizens: 84% were in favor of abolishing the double time change.
With 50.52% of the vote in the second round, Emmanuel Grégoire is the new mayor of Paris, and the city, at least for now, remains true to its progressive history.
As the crisis in the Middle East continues to spread chaos, the priority is not only to repatriate people in the Gulf countries, but their pets as well.
A titanium ring, a few sensors and an app to manage everything: at first glance, it's not exactly the heart of a health revolution.
Umberto Bossi, a central figure in Italian politics in recent decades, has died. He was 84 years old. He died Thursday, March 19, at the Ospedale di Circolo in Varese, where he had been hospitalized. His health had gradually deteriorated in recent years, partly due to the effects of the stroke that struck him in 2004, from which he never fully recovered.
The name is known by few people outside the energy sector, but Iran's offshore South Pars gas field has become the focus of a global crisis in a matter of hours. The Israeli attack on Wednesday, March 18, on parts of its infrastructure marks a new stage in the Middle East conflict: for the first time, one of the pillars of global energy supply is directly affected.
Music as resistance. Music as balm for the soul. Music that lifts the body above the rubble, that gives hope that something beautiful is still possible. Perhaps it is. Even if under a sky full of bombs and ugliness.
Brent opened on Monday, March 9, at $108.5 per barrel (at the time of publication it's quoted at $105.17 per barrel, the price is constantly being adjusted), up 17% from a week earlier. West Texas Intermediate stands at $104.9, +15%. These are the highest levels since 2022, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine disrupted global energy markets. This time around, the catalyst is the war in Iran.
Tension is mounting in the Middle East, and Italy seems to be moving forward on two parallel fronts: avoiding any direct involvement in the conflict, the authorities assure us, while strengthening national security and that of its military abroad.
The emotional distance hasn't stopped growing. News flash by us, one after the other, superimposed over other emergencies. The daily suffering of an entire country has become a permanent backdrop.