Inside Royal Stoke University Hospital, overlooking the cavernous foyer, is a banner featuring 21 flags.
AN EV driver who travelled around the world in a record-breaking stunt revealed which country was a total nightmare. Lexie Alford hit 27 countries and six continents in the same amount of months in
Though touted as a model of environmental preservation, the country has recently signalled a shift from phasing out fossil fuels to boosting the economy. Franz Tattenbach on the tension between green credentials and growth“This country is what the world would like to be but is not,” says Franz Tattenbach, Costa Rica’s minister of environment and energy. The 69-year-old economist is keenly aware of his role as guardian of the country’s reputation for forward-looking biodiversity initiatives and...
These Are The Most-Polluted Countries In The World Almost the entire global population breathes air that exceeds the air quality limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO). In this graphic, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu maps the world’s most polluted countries according to IQAir, ranked by their annual average PM2.5 concentration (μg/m³) in 2023. The unit μg/m³ refers to micrograms per cubic meter. What is PM2.5? PM2.5 refers to fine particulate matter, with a diameter...
Damon Albarn dropped one heck of a Blur bombshell as the Britpop veterans played the second of two headline performances at the much-derided Coachella Festival this weekend. “In the spirit of clarity and truth, this is probably our last gig,” he said. “No reflection on Coachella – I love Coachella.”
Many of us have fantasised about living in our favourite holiday destination, swapping a dull commute for a walk along the beach, or the confines of the office for a poolside villa. Until the pandemic, moving abroad would have required a complicated visa process and, most probably, a change in career. But this is no longer the case.
One person was taken to hospital Thursday with unknown injuries while crews battled a fire in the 2200 block of Alexis Road. Crews were called to the scene around noon and quickly extinguished the blaze. No damage estimates have been released. A fire Wednesday evening at a residence in the 2700 block of Allyson […]
Cornwall Live's readers debate the state of the area's hospitals
Population Projections: These Will Be The World's 6 Largest Countries In 2075 The end of the 21st century will see the first plateauing (and eventually shrinking) of world population since the Industrial Revolution. As birth rates fall across the globe, what does this mean for the world’s most populous countries? To find out, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu visualized forecasts for the world’s six largest countries using data from the latest revised version of the UN World...
Airports from Tokyo to London logged big increases in travelers in 2024.