Swiss startup Seprify raises €13.4M to replace titanium dioxide with cellulose
Swiss startup Seprify has raised €13.4 million to scale a cellulose-based alternative to one of the most widely used, and increasingly banned, industrial whiteners on
Women’s football team to be welcomed home with open arms, Iran says
Iran’s Foreign Ministry and general prosecutor say the team is invited to return home ‘with peace and confidence’.
Strait of Hormuz closure will have ‘ripple effect for weeks if not months’
‘We could still be suffering the ripple effect of this for weeks, if not months’.
How will soaring oil prices caused by Iran war impact food prices?
Oil and gas are not just fuel, they are raw materials for thousands of products, including fertilisers used in farming.
Dozens of Haitian civilians killed by police, security company drones in past year, Human Rights Watch says
Drones operated by Haitian security forces and private contractors have killed at least 1,243 people and injured 738 others in less than a year, Human
Canada police investigate reports of shots fired at US consulate in Toronto
It comes as Norwegian police investigate an explosion that occurred outside the US embassy in Oslo on Sunday.
Lebanon calls for talks with Israel on plan to end Hezbollah conflict
President Aoun outlines a path towards “permanent security and stability”, as Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah continue.
Volkswagen to cut 50,000 jobs as profits drop
Europe’s largest carmaker said post-tax profits had dropped to their lowest level since 2016.
Family of child injured in Canada school shooting sues OpenAI
The family alleges the firm knew the perpetrator was planning a “mass casualty event” but failed to contact the authorities.
Horror shark attack sees surfer ‘bitten in half’ by beast ‘as wide as a car’
A 29-year-old surfer was attacked by two enormous great white sharks off Left Handers Beach, around 150 miles south of Perth, Australia in 2012
“Terrifying”: GOP unleashes wave of anti-trans bills nationwide. Here’s what they’re planning…
Nearly a dozen bills targeting transgender rights have been introduced or passed in state legislatures across the U.S. in the first week of March. In
Investigators search Epstein’s former New Mexico ranch
The search follows New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez’s decision last month to reopen the investigation into the late sex offender’s alleged criminal activities at