Science News

A leaked memo reveals that finance may be excluded from EU climate legislation, sparking concerns that it may not be able to be effectively enforced.

A confidential document obtained by The Associated Press shows that a leading EU regulation designed to encourage European businesses to achieve net zero emissions may be significantly diluted by member states. This potentially means that companies will no longer be obligated to uphold the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

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Health Care

British specialists now advise administering the chickenpox vaccine to children, marking the first instance of this recommendation in the UK, many years after it was adopted in other nations.

The British government’s expert scientific committee suggested, for the first time on Tuesday, that children should receive the chickenpox vaccine. This recommendation comes decades after the vaccine has been widely accessible in other countries such as the U.S., Canada, and Australia. In the United Kingdom, individuals wishing to receive immunization against the illness must pay

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Health Care

Has Hamas taken refuge in the primary hospital in Gaza? Israel’s accusation is currently a central issue in an ongoing impasse.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza’s Shifa Hospital has become the focus of a dayslong stalemate in Israel’s war against the Hamas militant group. Shifa is Gaza’s largest and best-equipped hospital. Israel, without providing visual evidence, claims the facility also is used by Hamas for military purposes. It says Hamas has built a vast underground command complex

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Energy & Environment

A comprehensive report from the government cautions about the challenging battle against climate change.

Recent advancements in scientific knowledge have greatly reduced any uncertainty regarding the role of climate change in the occurrence of increasingly severe and frequent extreme weather events, such as larger and more devastating wildfires. The latest report from the federal government on climate science predicts that the United States will face significant and escalating financial

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Technology News

The UK’s cybersecurity center warns that “deepfakes” and other artificial intelligence tools could potentially jeopardize the integrity of the upcoming election.

The cybersecurity organization in Britain warned on Tuesday that the use of artificial intelligence could jeopardize the upcoming national election, and there has been a rise in cyberattacks carried out by hostile nations and their allies, making them increasingly difficult to trace. The National Cyber Security Center stated that this year has witnessed the emergence

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Health Care

for According to internal records, the World Health Organization compensated individuals who experienced sexual abuse in Congo with a payment of $250 each.

In the beginning of this year, the leader of the World Health Organization’s anti-sexual abuse team visited Congo to confront the largest known instance of sexual misconduct in the U.N. health organization’s history. This involved over 100 local women being abused by employees and others during a serious Ebola outbreak. A recent report from Dr.

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