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Tiny particles, big impact: towards less invasive brain stimulation
treating serious brain disorders has often meant making a difficult trade-off.
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Fire and ice: how satellite data helps illustrate Europe’s changing landscape | Press releases
Press releasePublished 09 Feb 2026ImageRadoslav Sviretsov, REDISCOVER Nature /EEADespite an ice-cold winter with more snow this year, climate change is having a dramatic impact on Europe’s snow cover which is…
United Nations
Child malnutrition hits catastrophic levels in parts of Sudan
According to an alert from the IPC, a global food security monitoring system, thresholds for acute malnutrition were surpassed in two new areas of North Darfur – Um Baru and…
Europe
Ukraine: Civilians injured, miners killed, in separate Russian attacks
Matthias Schmale was “appalled” by the attacks in Dnipro, Kharkiv and Kyiv, noting that many more people in several regions – including Dnipro, Odesa and Vinnitsya – are facing power outages. “Systematic attacks by the Russian Federation Armed Forces…
Environment
Air quality improving, but just over 180,000 deaths still attributable to air pollution in EU
Just over 180,000 deaths in the European Union were attributable to exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations above World Health Organization WHO guideline levels in 2023, according to the latest European Environment Agency (EEA) air quality health…
Economy
Bulgaria – first in Europe in the export of black caviar
Bulgaria is the first in Europe in the export of black caviar. This was announced on January 23 by Assoc. Prof. Violin Raykov from the Institute of Oceanology at the…
United Nations
Ukraine war: UN appeals for $2.3 billion to support aid teams’ ‘heroic work’
Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022, the UN and its partners have supported people in need in complement to the Government's assistance, from city…
United Nations
World News in Brief: Escalating fighting in Sudan, displacement in Syria’s Aleppo, $1.5 billion appeal for South Sudan
This comes a day after at least 19 civilians were killed during a ground assault in the Jarjira area of North Darfur state, according to local reports. Another 10 civilians also were reportedly killed and nine injured in…
United Nations
World News in Brief: Ending famine, refugee solidarity in Kenya, Ukraine civilian casualties update
In an alert, Cindy McCain – who heads the World Food Programme (WFP) – attributed a “dangerous and deepening global hunger crisis” to violent conflicts, extreme weather and economic downturns.…
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World News in Brief: Fighting intensifies in Syria’s Aleppo and South Sudan’s Jonglei state, acute hunger in Niger
Clashes between government troops and Kurdish forces have intensified in recent days and tens of thousands of people have been displaced. Representatives of the Office of the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria continue…