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EuroWire, LONDON: More than 13 million people in the United Kingdom were living in relative poverty in the year to March 2025, according to official government figures that showed little overall movement in the national poverty rate but a rise

EuroWire, LUXEMBOURG: First-time asylum applications in the European Union fell 27% in 2025, marking a second straight annual decline as 669,400 non-EU citizens sought international protection for the first time, down from 912,400 in 2024, according to Eurostat. The figures

EuroWire, BRUSSELS: Road deaths in the European Union fell by 3% in 2025, with about 19,400 people killed across the bloc, according to preliminary European Commission figures released on March 24. That marked around 580 fewer deaths than in 2024

EuroWire, DUBLIN: Ireland’s Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has warned consumers and professional users to stop using selected Petzl climbing and rope-access products after identifying fall hazards in two separate safety notices issued on March 19. The regulator said about

EuroWire: Persistent gender inequalities continue to undermine global water security, disproportionately affecting women and girls despite decades of progress, according to a report released by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water. The findings highlight that while women and girls bear the

EuroWire, BRUSSELS: Online learning continued to gain traction across the European Union in 2025, with 34.8% of internet users reporting participation in online courses or the use of digital learning materials, according to data released by Eurostat. The figure represents

EuroWire, BRUSSELS: Renewable energy sources accounted for 47.3 percent of electricity generated across the European Union in 2025, according to data released by Eurostat, marking a marginal increase from 47.2 percent recorded in 2024. The figures indicate that renewable energy

NEW YORK: Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have sued OpenAI in Manhattan federal court, accusing the artificial intelligence company of using nearly 100,000 online encyclopedia and dictionary entries without permission to train ChatGPT. The complaint, filed on March 13 in the

EuroWire, DUBLIN: Ireland’s weather service kept a Status Yellow snow and ice warning in place for 11 counties through 9 a.m. on Friday, warning that overnight showers could turn to sleet or snow and leave accumulations mainly on higher ground.

EuroWire, BRUSSELS: European Union member state ambassadors approved a new round of sanctions targeting 19 Iranian officials and entities, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on March 11, citing serious human rights violations. The agreement by EU diplomats