UK to be the first country where creating deepfakes without consent is now illegal
A major step forward in the fight against deepfake abuse has arrived, and for many survivors, it marks a long awaited moment of progress.
EU to reinstate Bay of Biscay fishing ban in 2026
Each winter, the Bay of Biscay becomes a place of quiet tragedy for dolphins. As these highly intelligent marine mammals migrate into the region, fishing activity intensifies at the same time.
70% of US citizens are now living five years after a cancer diagnosis – up from around 50% in 1970
After decades of steady progress, cancer is increasingly being treated not as an automatic death sentence, but as a chronic and often manageable disease.
China and India both recorded a fall in coal power generation last year
For the first time in more than fifty years, China and India, the two most populous countries in the world, cut coal power generation in the same year.
The UN reports Gaza’s basic food needs are being met by aid
For the first time since 2023, humanitarian assistance is providing people in Gaza with enough food to meet minimum nutritional requirements, marking a significant and encouraging step forward in addressing food insecurity.
A global treaty to conserve the high seas has come into effect
Beyond the boundaries of national jurisdiction lies the High Seas, a vast expanse that covers most of the ocean and nearly half of Earth’s surface.
Eighty per cent of countries are expected to have seen a reduction in poverty in 2025
Despite a period of extraordinary global disruption, recent trends point to renewed momentum in the fight against poverty. After years marked by the COVID 19 pandemic, high inflation, conflict, and climate related shocks, many countries are beginning to regain ground.
The US murder rate has tumbled due to a ‘remarkable drop in crime’
2025 opened in violence and fear. A deadly car ramming attack struck New Orleans on New Year’s Day, and the months that followed brought a string of devastating mass shootings, including one at Brown University. On the surface, 2025 has often felt like another grim chapter in America’s long struggle with gun violence.
In the UK, junk food advertising is restricted to after 9pm on television and is banned entirely online
Children across the UK will now be far better protected from junk food advertising, as tough new rules come into force in a major push to tackle childhood obesity and improve young people’s health.
Australia is on track to become the first nation in the world to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035
Australia is quietly approaching a historic medical milestone. It is on track to become the first country in the world to eliminate cervical cancer, with experts confident the disease could all but disappear by 2035.