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Gonorrhoea and syphilis have reached unprecedented levels across Europe, according to newly released figures. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has reported that both infections recorded their highest case numbers in more than a decade in 2024.  Cases of gonorrhoea climbed to 106,331, representing a 303% rise since 2015, while syphilis infections more than doubled over the same period,...

The US president is under pressure from all sides to offer a quick exit from the Iranian swamp, pressed from all sides internally and externally. Except a quick exit is not possible. Likewise, an exit that makes the world a safer place, and makes Iran a lesser threat than before February 28, 2026, is also impossible. Since the weekend, the Trump...

Pope Leo XIV says control of AI must not remain in the hands “of a few” and warns that technology is fueling world conflicts, setting out his proposals in what is the first major theological document_ or encyclical_ of his pontificate. His proposals include protecting the distinctive “grandeur of humanity” amid rapidly changing technology and for the use of...

A newly uncovered Chinese surveillance platform has revealed the extraordinary scale and sophistication of the country’s expanding monitoring system, showing how authorities can track individuals through everything from train seats to ski resort facial-recognition checkpoints.  The revelations came from a cybersecurity researcher using the pseudonym NetAskari, who discovered an unsecured Chinese police dashboard containing sensitive personal data belonging to foreign...

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of central Madrid on Sunday, May 24 to protest soaring rents, rising property prices, and Spain’s worsening housing shortage, calling on the government to take faster and stronger action. The march, organizedd by the Madrid Tenants’ Union under the slogan “Housing costs us our lives. Lower rents,” was also supported by...

Romanian students swept a major robotics championship in Houston, offering the world a glimpse of the country’s astounding well of engineering and scientific talent. Amid the explosive rise of artificial intelligence, technical talent is increasingly becoming a form of national power. Countries capable of producing elite engineers, programmers, and scientists will shape the next era of economic, military, and technological...

Romanian director Cristian Mungiu won the top prize at the 79th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his culture-war drama Fjord, his second Palme d'Or. Fjord tells the story of an immigrant family living in Norway , received the award at the closing ceremony Saturday evening held at the Grand Théâtre Lumière in Cannes, France. It stars Romanian-born actor, Sebastian Stan...

Ratio et Revelatio Publishing House on Friday announced the launch of Today's Romania. Its Place in World Relations, by Ion Rațiu, the late Romania politician who in 1990, ran for Romania’s first post-communist presidential elections.The event will take place on June 6, at the Bookfest International Book Fair, Romexpo, Pavilion B2, at the Arca Stage. The launch is loaded with...

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Warsaw is leading an investigation into suspected subsidy fraud, corruption and abuse of office in Poland linked to the award of EU funding under the ‘Fast Track – Digital Innovation’ competition financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Eight individuals were detained and informed of the charges against them as part of...

Undoubtedly, US President Donald Trump's announcement of the deployment of "5,000 additional troops" to Poland is good news. Undoubtedly, that announcement, made on a dry post on Truth Social, still holds doubts through the word "additional". Will there be an additional 5,000 on top of the 4,000 recently stopped by the Pentagon from their routine deployment, because that  rotation has expired?...