New ‘high safety’ chemicals in plastic food packaging linked to lower birth weight, study finds
Dinch, an allegedly ‘safe’ alternative, used in the EU and US also found to cause fetal development complicationsExposure to a new generation of allegedly “safe” plasticizers is linked to lower birth weight and fetal development complications, which…
As Trump fans the flames of a world on fire, can diplomacy take back control?
Amid the chaos, havoc and war caused by a capricious and amoral US president, countries are waking up to the dangers of being excluded and abused by AmericaNever has there been a time when the world has been more interconnected than now. What happens in…
The world needs the United Nations more than ever. It needs a new lease on life | Alex Rondos and Mark Medish
We need neither ‘peace in our time’ nor ‘perpetual peace’ – but enough peace to keep civilizationTo save the United Nations from the irrelevance in which it now wallows, the next secretary general will require the concerted backing of the few powers that…
As US ties fray, Europe plans first undersea cable link to Greenland
Europe's Pan-Arctic Cable will bypass US to link Canada, Japan, and South Korea.
The Guardian view on the far right’s plans for Brussels: doing the work of Xi, Putin and Trump | Editorial
If ever enacted, proposals by Marine Le Pen and the AfD leader, Alice Weidel, to hollow out EU institutions would be a continental act of self-harmFollowing the Brexit referendum in 2016, Marine Le Pen was in a predictably celebratory…
The Guardian view on Europe’s protests: the social contract has broken – and young people want solutions | Editorial
An electoral supercycle over the next year may redefine the continent’s future. But what’s happening on the streets is shaping it, tooFrance sneezed, and Europe has again caught the cold. The wave of unrest which began with teenagers at a high school…