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10 new play areas to have fun out of the sun

10 new play areas to have fun out of the sun

Gone are the days when indoor play centres meant dingy, noisy caverns with violent games, stomach-churning rides and kids nagging for the chance to win an enormous stuffed toy that you definitely didn't want to take home. Here, then, are 10 new...

France announces ban on smoking on beaches and other open spaces

France announces ban on smoking on beaches and other open spaces

Friday, May 30th 2025 - 18:53 UTC The measure will become effective on July 1 France will implement a nationwide smoking ban in public places frequented by children, effective July 1, 2025, Health and Family Minister Catherine Vautrin announced...

The launch of ESA's Biomass: A European leap into Earth observation | Euronews Tech Talks

The launch of ESA's Biomass: A European leap into Earth observation | Euronews Tech Talks

Over 95 per cent of French Guiana - a French overseas department nestled between Brazil and Suriname - is covered in tropical forests, a wild, thick, humid ecosystem found in regions near the equator. Tropical forests play an important role in...

Why Central America Football Qualifiers Outshine South American Routine

Why Central America Football Qualifiers Outshine South American Routine

With a bloated World Cup drawing ever closer, South America’s qualifiers already feel wrapped in bubble wrap, while across Mexico and Central America, every loose pass and wayward bounce still carries the weight of an entire nation’s future. A...

Sustainable solutions explored at Green Visions Potsdam

Sustainable solutions explored at Green Visions Potsdam

27/05/2025 - The German festival, which unspooled from 22-25 May, is a showcase for films and science, also offering a range of practical tips for audiences l-r: Helena Zengel (lead actress in Transamazonia), Pia Marais (director of...

WHO warns that polio cases are on the rise

WHO warns that polio cases are on the rise

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released an update on polio following the March 2025 meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee. Polio, which can cause lifelong disability, has been eradicated in Europe, the...

Argentina moves closer to historic abortion legalization

Argentina moves closer to historic abortion legalization

Belén ended up in jail after suffering a spontaneous miscarriage. Unaware that she was pregnant, the 25-year-old went to seek medical care at a hospital in Argentina’s northern province of Tucumán when she suffered abdominal pain. In accordance...

France to resume parliamentary debate on assisted dying

France to resume parliamentary debate on assisted dying

Monday, May 12th 2025 - 11:19 UTC French Guiana could join Colombia as the only other place in South America allowing euthanasia France's Parliament is expected to resume this week the discussion on whether to legalize euthanasia or any other form...

Two boys among four dead after 'e-scooter fire' tore through 10-storey housing block in France: Twenty-nine hurt

Two boys among four dead after 'e-scooter fire' tore through 10-storey housing block in France: Twenty-nine hurt

By TOM LAWRENCE Published: 17:49 EDT, 8 June 2025 | Updated: 18:11 EDT, 8 June 2025 Two boys are among four people who have died after a fire believed to have been started by an electric scooter tore through a 10-storey housing block in France....

Leprosy was in the Americas long before European settlers arrived

Leprosy was in the Americas long before European settlers arrived

Leprosy’s history has long been misunderstood. New evidence reveals it was present in the Americas more than 1,000 years ago. Scientists from Colorado State University and the Institut Pasteur in France, working alongside Indigenous communities...

Biomass blasts off to map the world’s forests

Biomass blasts off to map the world’s forests

The European Space Agency’s Biomass satellite has rocketed into orbit aboard a Vega-C launch vehicle, on its way to map the Earth’s forests. The launch took place at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 7:15pm AEST on 30 April 2025. Biomass is...

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, April 2025 and Annual Revision

Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

Suriname: All bodies from the Marowijne River boat disaster recovered

Suriname: All bodies from the Marowijne River boat disaster recovered

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Jun 4, CMC – Rescue teams have recovered the seven remaining bodies that were missing following a boating accident that took place on Sunday near the Tapoekoe/Bamboesi area in the Marowijne district. The Suriname Police Force...

Kidnapping, Crime, and Rio: Brazil Travel Warning 2025

Kidnapping, Crime, and Rio: Brazil Travel Warning 2025

Brazil travel advisory updates might not sound like your usual poolside read, but if you’re planning to sip a caipirinha on Copacabana Beach or hike in the Amazon this year, you might want to take five minutes to read this. The United States...

Image of the day: Biomass launched to count forest carbon

Image of the day: Biomass launched to count forest carbon

ESA’s Biomass satellite has lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, aboard a Vega-C rocket, marking the start of a mission designed to transform our understanding of how much carbon is stored in the world’s forests. The launch...

Researchers identify 22 key areas for protecting struggling giant otters

Researchers identify 22 key areas for protecting struggling giant otters

The giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) is an endangered species, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). A recently published report authored by more than 50 researchers from 12 South American countries identifies...

Vega launches Biomass satellite

Vega launches Biomass satellite

WASHINGTON — A Vega C rocket successfully launched an Earth science satellite for the European Space Agency, a mission officials said was also a demonstration of European space sovereignty. The Vega C rocket lifted off April 29 at 5:15 a.m....

ESA launches Biomass, a satellite set to unlock the secrets of forests

ESA launches Biomass, a satellite set to unlock the secrets of forests

The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully completed the launch of its Biomass satellite on Tuesday from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Manufactured by Airbus Defence and Arianespace, the satellite is designed to advance our...

Video 00:02:59 Applications Biomass launch highlights 29/04/2025 89 views 1 likes Play

Video 00:02:59 Applications Biomass launch highlights 29/04/2025 89 views 1 likes Play

ESA’s state-of-the-art Biomass satellite launched aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 29 April 2025 at 11:15 CEST (06:15 local time). In orbit, this latest Earth Explorer mission will...

Full List of US Travel Warning Updates for June 2025

Full List of US Travel Warning Updates for June 2025

The U.S. Department of State frequently releases and updates its travel advisories for different countries, enabling Americans to be more informed about the safety and risk associated with various places across the globe. Travel advisories...

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