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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern. The virus, also known as monkeypox, is far less infectious than Covid-19, but a new variant is spreading increasingly around the world from Central Africa. Is the WHO's response too radical or too weak?

After reaching a high in 2022, the birth rate in Hungary has dropped significantly: it was 11 percent lower in May 2023 than in May 2022 and currently stands at 1.5 births per woman. The national press asks whether Orbán's family policy has failed. At the same time other European countries are also wondering how to counter population decline.

The adopted text of the UN Cybercrime Convention is a win for digital authoritarianism, which European and like-minded countries must fight, writes Tobias B. Bacherle.

The adopted text of the UN Cybercrime Convention is a win for digital authoritarianism, which European and like-minded countries must fight, writes Tobias B. Bacherle.

Dual Russian-American citizen Ksenia Karelina was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Thursday (15 August) after a Russian court found her guilty of treason for donating money to a charity supporting Ukraine.

Dual Russian-American citizen Ksenia Karelina was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Thursday (15 August) after a Russian court found her guilty of treason for donating money to a charity supporting Ukraine.

Russia and Ukraine should negotiate an end to their conflict to avoid the war spilling over into Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko, a key ally of Vladimir Putin, said in an interview with Russian state television.

Russia and Ukraine should negotiate an end to their conflict to avoid the war spilling over into Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko, a key ally of Vladimir Putin, said in an interview with Russian state television.

Negotiators were to meet in the Qatari capital Doha again on Friday (16 August) in an effort to hammer out a Gaza ceasefire agreement as Israel continued to slam targets in the Palestinian enclave.