Prominent on the website of U.S.-Indian joint start-up venture Neu Nomads are the words "everything considered." And the company means it.

Before buying, a customer can easily find details of the fabrics used, how and where garments are made and even how the workers who manufactured them are tr...

🥐 ☕ 🇫🇷 People in France are once again able to sit outside at a cafe or restaurant as the next stage of the government's COVID-19 reopening strategy comes into effect.

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How green is your boiler? The UK has committed to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by almost 80 percent by 2035, compared with 1990 levels. But forget recycling, composting and switching your diesel car to electric – a huge amount of UK CO2 emissions come from heating our homes. So if we are ser...

Europe's top diplomat called for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants as violent clashes stretch into their second week and criticism mounts over the rising death toll.

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The past week has seen the worst outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence in many years.

Tensions over a court case to evict several Palestinian families in east Jerusalem and clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police near the city's Al-Aqsa Mosque have escalated to a situation w...

On Monday, Portugal lifted a ban on non-essential travel, which had been in place since the end of January. For the first time in three months, tourists are allowed to enter. Visitors only need to present a negative COVID-19 test.

A much-needed relief for the tourism sector, which represents alm...

England, Wales and Scotland have started the next phase of their reopening on Monday May 17, allowing indoor dining and cinemas and theater to welcome back customers and friends and families to hug each other again.

Mushtaq Tappewale, the director of Republic, an Indian restaurant in west London...

Indoor seating is back in most parts of the UK from Monday. And while many business owners are applauding the easing of restrictions, others are asking if it’s too soon - especially now that cases of the variant first found in India appear to be increasing.

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🇮🇹 Italy has waived the quarantine requirement for visitors from elsewhere in the EU as well as UK and Israel in preparation for the summer, but tourists will still need a negative COVID-19 test.

🏖️ CGTN Europe spoke to Italians who rely on the tourism industry who are preparing for the summer....

“We are shocked and horrified by what happened and we are heartbroken, because this building... was our home in Gaza.”

#Watch: AP bureau chief Joe Federman's interview with CGTN Europe

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😷 Long COVID-19 has defined the lives of millions of people in the UK over the past year.

🇬🇧 A recent survey found that just over 80 percent of those who thought they had the illness in the UK had not been referred to a specialist, and 70 percent said they were too unwell to work full time.

So ...

A mystery stretching back nearly 140 years has been solved in the small Belgian town of Verviers. It has to do with the heart of the town's first (and much loved) mayor Pierre David, and how it ended up in an ornate fountain in the town square.

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Africa is home to some of the world's most endangered species, including mountain gorillas, Grevy’s zebra, and Ethiopian wolf. It is also home to the Congo basin, a huge carbon sink which benefits global oxygen flow.

But these animal numbers and natural resources are in sharp decline. That’s why...

The world’s largest biodiversity summit, COP15 was due to take place in Kunming, China in May but pandemic concerns meant it was pushed back yet again to October 2021.

The summit will see scientists, NGOs and policy makers come together to thrash out the scientific and financial elements of the...

The 15th Conference of Parties will take place in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province.

China is home to 10% of the world’s plant species and 14% of its animals but can it act as a global champion of biodiversity? And how crucial is China in the fight against habitat loss?

Dimitri De Boer, ...

Israel is preparing combat troops and is in "various stages of preparing ground operations," according to an Israeli military spokesman, a move that would recall similar incursions during the Israel-Gaza wars in 2014 and 2008-2009.

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Hungary's COVID-19 vaccination program has hit another milestone, with teenagers aged 16 to 18 getting their jabs. The country is one of the first in the world to begin vaccinating the age group, who will have greater freedom as soon as they can show immunity cards.

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Amid the devastation it caused, the COVID-19 pandemic has also reminded us of the importance of nature in our life.🌳🐶

In October experts from across the globe are due to gather in China for the world's largest biodiversity summit - COP15. Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary for the UN's Convent...

Germany's COVID-19 vaccination campaign has gathered pace – the number of jabs given has more than doubled since late March and the nation is now on track to inoculate more than 5 million people each week.

One-third of the population has had at least one dose of an European Medicines Agency (EM...

Over-18s can now sign up for COVID-19 vaccines for the following day if there are spare jabs.

The French government hopes that the move will accelerate it’s COVID-19 vaccination programme, as it aims to have 20 million people vaccinated with their first dose by mid-May.

An inquest has found that 10 victims killed in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during a British army operation in 1971 were unarmed, innocent civilians who did not pose a threat to soldiers.

Nine of the dead were killed by soldiers using ‘unjustified force.’ However, the inquest could not conclude w...

Hungary's secondary school students are back in the classroom for the first time since COVID-19 restrictions sent them home in November 2020.

After six months away, students at Burattino School on the outskirts of Budapest were excited to be back in the classroom. For many pupils, Monday's less...

South China's Hainan province is shaping up to be a new holiday hub in Asia – but could European consumers and sunseekers soon be flocking to the country's "tourism project" on the island? That's the hope of European hotels group Accor, which has invested heavily there.

Patrick Mendes, the comp...

The row between Europe and AstraZeneca is back on the burner. Europe on Tuesday launched a second lawsuit against the vaccine maker after it massively under-delivered on promised COVID-19 doses.

But this suit comes less than a month after the Commission launched summary proceedings against the ...