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Climate, not COVID, the biggest worry among young Europeans – poll

Young people in Europe worry most about climate change - even in the midst of a pandemic that has hammered the global economy and turned daily life upside-down around the world, a poll showed on Wednesday. Almost half of the respondents in the survey of more than 22,000 young people in 23 European countries said they considered global warming among humanity’s most serious problems. Environmental degradation ranked second in the list of top worries with 44%, followed by the spread of i...

UPDATED: EU aims to set global standards for AI, fines for violations

The European Commission on Wednesday announced tough draft rules on the use of artificial intelligence, including a ban on most surveillance, as part of an attempt to set global standards for a technology seen as crucial to future economic growth. The rules, which envisage hefty fines for violations and set strict safeguards for high-risk applications, could help the EU take the lead in regulating AI, which critics say has harmful social effects and can be exploited by repressive governm...

UPDATED: Indonesia searching for 53 crew aboard missing submarine, seeks Australia, Singapore help

Indonesia's navy is searching for a missing submarine with 53 people on board that went missing on Wednesday and is seeking help from neighbouring Australia and Singapore in the hunt, the Indonesian military chief told Reuters. The German-made submarine, KRI Nanggala-402, was conducting a torpedo drill in waters north of the island of Bali but failed to relay the results as expected, a navy spokesman said. "We are still searching in the waters of Bali, 60 miles (96 km) from Bali, (for...

CureVac’s shot ready in Europe by May

The COVID-19 vaccine by German biotech firm CureVac candidate should be "ready" in Europe by the end of May, while Europe's medicines agency finish its assessment of Russia's Sputnik in June, the head of Italy's medicine agency AIFA said on Wednesday. "With CureVac we are at a very good stage, we expect it to be registered in Europe and (be) hopefully ready by the end of May," AIFA's Director Nicola Magrini told Italy's Radio 24. "EMA has an ongoing rolling review, we expect it will be as...

Erdogan replaces Turkish trade minister, forms two new ministries

President Tayyip Erdogan appointed a prominent member of Turkey's ruling AK Party, Mehmet Mus, as trade minister on Wednesday and split the Family, Labour and Social Policies Ministry into two ministries. In a presidential decree Ruhsar Pekcan was replaced as trade minister by Mus, who has been a lawmaker for Erdogan's AK Party since 2011 and served as the party's deputy chairman in charge of the economy. The decree, published in the Official Gazette, gave no reason for the change, bu...

Photo Story – Top European football clubs announce break way from European Super League

A sign reads, 'Give Us Our Arsenal Back' outside Arsenal's Emirates Stadium in London, Britain, 20 April 2021. Europe's top clubs from England, Italy and Spain have announced a break away European Super League. England's so called big six football clubs, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd and Tottenham have signed up to the new proposals. VIA EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN

CureVac’s shot ready in Europe by May

AC Milan, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid abandon the Super European League, Juventus retreat to plan further

London (dpa) - The breakaway European Super League announced by 12 elite sides on Sunday has effectively collapsed after Atletico Madrid, AC and Inter Milan joined the six-strong English contingent in quitting the project. Now only Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona officially remain after Juventus also conceded on Wednesday that "at present there are limited chances that the project be completed in the form originally conceived." The Turin side, in the...

IATA head Walsh hits out at expensive PCR tests for travel

The head of global airline industry body IATA has hit out at the high cost of COVID-19 testing, accusing providers of profiteering from travel, and calling for the industry to challenge whether PCR tests are necessary. European airlines are counting on a travel rebound this summer after months of COVID-19 restrictions left them struggling with minimal revenues and huge new debts taken on to survive the pandemic. But any demand for PCR tests that can cost more than the short flights th...