This year has been a bumper year for overtourism, especially in popular southern European destinations such as Barcelona, Mykonos and Venice. Soaring hotel prices, irate locals, searing heat and an increasing number of anti-tourism protests added to this scenario, sometimes making holidays…
Category: 3. Europe
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Which European countries use the most antibiotics?
Health experts have called on Europe to curb its reliance on antibiotics as the threat of drug resistance grows – but some countries are using the medicines at much higher rates than others.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when pathogens such as bacteria or viruses evolve to the point…
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South Korea to stop breeding bears to extract their bile – but hundreds are still trapped in pens
By Hyung-jin with AP
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South Korea says it will formally end its dwindling yet much-criticised bear bile farmingindustry this…
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SpaceX to lower thousands of Starlink satellites in 2026 as collisions rise, company says
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Starlink is going to gradually lower thousands of its satellites in 2026 due to space safety concerns, the company said.
Approximately 4,400 satellites…
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New study shows how AI could transform drug prescriptions for heart diseases
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A new artificial intelligence tool could speed up the search for treatments for heart disease, according to a new study.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs)…
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Missile attack kills two including child, authorities say
Two people including a three-year-old child have been killed and around 28 others injured in a Russian strike on Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials have said.
A multi-storey residential apartment block was almost completely destroyed in the dual missile attack on Friday afternoon, which Ukrainian…
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What we know so far about the Swiss resort fire
Ben Tobiasand
Patrick Jackson
Italian Golf FederationEmanuele Galeppini, an Italian golfer, is feared dead in the blaze A fire at a bar in a Swiss ski resort has killed 40 people and injured another 119, officials say.
The bar, Le Constellation in the resort of Crans-Montana, was full of Swiss…
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What images and videos tell us about why Swiss bar fire spread so quickly
Richard Irvine-Brown, Kevin Nguyen and Kayleen DevlinBBC Verify
BBCInvestigators are racing to establish how and why the deadly New Year’s Eve fire at a bar in a Swiss ski resort spread so rapidly.
Authorities on Friday said in a press conference that sparklers attached to champagne bottles that…
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Earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 rattles southern and central Mexico
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A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first press briefing of the new year as…
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