By Mehri Khosravi, Energy and Carbon Senior Research Fellow, University of East London; United Nations University
They may not have the luxurious cabins and glamorous restaurant service of the famous Orient Express, but new European sleeper train routes are offering tourists an alternative to short-haul flights and busy airports.
Services setting up in 2026 include a new sleeper train between Paris and Berlin. One of the most significant…
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By Matthew Flinders, Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield
In politics, very often a speech about one topic is actually designed to deliver a very different and far broader message. This was certainly the case with Keir Starmer’s statement on banning social media for under-16s.
This was not just an announcement about the government’s proposals. It was an announcement of Starmer’s intention to fight for his position. And it was an attempt to set the agenda at the beginning of a week in which the good folk of Makerfield may well send the King of the North, Andy…
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By Jodie Raybould, Lecturer in Psychology, Coventry University
Daniel Waldeck, Assistant Professor in Psychology, Coventry University
Dogs and cats both give you a brief mood lift, but only one of them seems to raise your stress levels too.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A woman and her daughter in Revere, Massachusetts, US, December 11, 2020. © 2020 Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images On June 4, the United States House of Representatives passed the 2027 agriculture appropriations bill. If enacted in its current state, the bill would cut US$200 million from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) compared to 2026. The reduction would hit fruit and vegetable benefits for 5.4 million pregnant and postpartum women and young children, disproportionately affecting low-income families…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A US Border Patrol Tactical Unit agent sprays pepper spray into the face of a protestor near the scene where a woman was shot and killed by a federal agent, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 7, 2026. © 2026 Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images US President Donald Trump signed the Secure America Act into law on June 10, including roughly $70 billion for immigration enforcement. The legislation funds several agencies through September 2029, including approximately $38 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and $26 billion…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The European Parliament chamber in Strasbourg, France, February 11, 2026. © 2026 Serge Tenani/Hans Lucas via Reuters The European Parliament in Strasbourg adopted on June 16 its second motion in a year pressing European Union institutions and governments to address transnational repression.Transnational repression encompasses violations used by states to target, silence, or intimidate critics, particularly nationals and former nationals, who are outside their borders and beyond their territorial jurisdictions. In its worst forms, transnational repression includes…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Human rights defender Rufat Safarov. A Baku court’s June 12 decision to convict prominent human rights defender Rufat Safarov on bogus criminal charges and sentence him to eight years in prison is the latest blow to Azerbaijan’s already severely restricted civic space.Safarov, executive director of the human rights organization Defense Line (Müdafiə Xətti), was convicted by the Baku Court of Grave Crimes on charges of fraud, hooliganism, and intentional infliction of bodily harm. His lawyers said they would appeal.Authorities arrested Safarov on December 3, 2024,…
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By Peter Adkins, Lecturer in Modernist Literature, University of Edinburgh
Virginia Woolf remains one of the most widely read and celebrated writers of the 20th century, with To the Lighthouse and Mrs Dalloway regularly appearing near the top of lists of the greatest novels of all time. Yet not all of her books are so well remembered.
Woolf’s second novel, Night and Day, published in 1919, is often seen as an anomaly. Unlike her more famous books, it has a realist, almost Victorian style and a slow,…
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By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University
Many medicines begin life with one purpose and end up proving useful for a completely different reason.
Few areas show this more clearly than men’s health. Three drugs in particular have become household names not because of their original uses, but because of what researchers later discovered they could do.
Their stories show how scientific serendipity, careful observation and patient experience can reshape modern medicine.
Sildenafil
Sildenafil is perhaps…
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By Areej Al-Hamad, Assistant professor, School of Nursing, Toronto Metropolitan University
For most observers, the World Cup is about soccer, national pride and global celebration. But for host cities, it’s also a public health event. Here’s how nursing students could help.
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