Profile reports second-best year ever but turnover down on 2023-24 peak

Profile has reported its "second-best year ever", with an annual turnover to the financial year ending March 2025 of £21.5m, though down on last year’s £23.5m peak (2023-24). This peak was a 27% jump from 2022-23, attributed in part to the success...

Bad Practice: How Banned Doctors Find New Jobs Across Europe

Failed warning systems, complacent officials, and a lack of accountability mean doctors who have lost their medical licenses due to serious wrongdoing can relocate and practice in different countries across Europe and beyond. After receiving...

The American Presidency Can Never Be Trusted Again

In his February 5th piece titled There is No Going Back, New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie concluded after the first days of Trump’s second term: [We] cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was. Whatever comes next, should the...

The case for kids as Australia’s birth rate hits record low

Australia’s birth rate, which today averages just 1.48 children per adult woman according to new ABS data, is at an all-time low. Australia is not just below the statistical replacement rate, we are spiralling towards demographic collapse. Leaders...

Mercedes-Benz levels up European production with innovation

German automaker to roll out up to 40 new models through 2027 Mercedes-Benz is revamping its key production sites in Europe -- the Bremen plant in Germany and the Kecskemet plant in Hungary -- as the German automaker plans to launch up to 40 new...

Under Pressure: How Psychology And Leadership Drive Clutch Performance

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 29: Trey Yesavage #39 of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrates after a double play to end the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in game five of the 2025 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 29, 2025...

How Putin overplayed his hand, and sank Lukoil

Few thought it would be so quick: Oil giant Lukoil became the first casualty of the newly minted US sanctions against Russia’s all-important hydrocarbons sector. The company is urgently looking for buyers for its foreign assets and whilst...

Samdech Khuon Sudary Arrives in France to Attend 8th Edition...

AKP Phnom Penh, October 29, 2025 -- Following the conclusion of her official and friendly visit to Hungary, Samdech Maha Rathsapheathika Thipadei Khuon Sudary, President of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia, led a high-level...

Plane Carrying Tourists Crashes on Way to National Park

Eleven people have been killed after a small aircraft flying tourists over a wildlife reserve in Kenya burst into flames on Monday shortly after takeoff. The aircraft, operated by Kenyan airline Mombasa Air Safari, was set to fly holidaymakers to...

Rule of Law in Greece Slips to 48th Worldwide, Near Bottom in Europe

Greece is ranked 29th among 31 European nations. Image: Syntagma Square, Greek Parliament, Athens. Credit: Tomas Wolf / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Adherence to the rule of law in Greece has deteriorated, landing it in 48th place out of 143...

Twelve Feared Dead, Including Foreign Tourists, in Kenya Plane Crash

A domestic flight carrying tourists to one of Kenya’s most famous wildlife reserves crashed early Tuesday morning in the coastal region of Kwale, with all 12 people on board feared dead. The accident occurred around 5:30 a.m. local time amid heavy...

Central banks in the service of stability

Csaba Lantos, Minister of Energy, highlighted Hungary’s financial stability, the dynamic growth of green investments, and China’s strategic significance. Experts at the forum called for closer Europe–Asia cooperation in renewable energy and...

13th QCinema Festival rolls out over 80 films

The 13th QCinema International Film Festival shines a spotlight on Quezon City’s ongoing commitment to remain the heart of Philippine cinema. Running from November 14 to 23, this year’s edition features an expansive lineup of over 80 films from...

UN General Assembly again demands end to US embargo against Cuba

​​​​​​​The United Nations General Assembly has once again issued a strong call for the United States to terminate its comprehensive economic, commercial, and financial embargo against Cuba. In Wednesday's vote among the 184-member assembly, 165...

Industrial Players Look to BTS Development Option

These are active in a market that is growing due to increasing logistics demand, as well as the need to meet significant FDI, notably in the electric vehicle and EV-related industries. The latter has finally resulted in the development of I&L hubs...

What would you do if democracy was being dismantled before your eyes? Whatever you’re doing right now

How would you behave if your democracy was being dismantled? In most western countries, that used to be an academic question. Societies where this process had happened, such as Germany in the 1930s, seemed increasingly distant. The contrasting...

Europe's top 20 hot springs

Sliding into a bathtub after a long day is one of life’s little luxuries – but there’s nothing quite like the restorative high from a dip in a natural thermal pool. From Iceland’s renowned Blue Lagoon to ancient sulfur streams in the Pyrenees,...

UN says updated NDCs show progression as top emitters are yet to submit them

The updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), or action plans under the Paris Agreement to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt to climate change, furnished so far for the 2035 period, show a progression in terms of quality,...

IAUP at 60: Presidents seek common ground on HE in AI era

GLOBAL Six months before the turn of the millennium, Donald Gerth, then president of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP), speaking at the 12th triennial meeting of the organisation founded in 1965, drew a distinction...

After No Kings, It’s Time to Escalate

American democracy is on the ropes. Donald Trump and his billionaire backers are doing everything possible to transform our country into an authoritarian state like Hungary or Russia, where the trappings of institutional democracy mask brazen...