35 h. ago Kabul at risk of becoming first modern city to run out of water, report warns

NGO says Afghan capital’s 7 million people face existential crisis that world needs urgently to addressKabul could become the first modern city to completely run out of water, experts have warned.Water levels within Kabul’s aquifers have dropped by up to 30 metres over the past decade owing to rapid urbanisation and climate breakdown, according to a report by the NGO Mercy Corps. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Young and black employees most likely to have workplace monitored according to new report

A new report warns privacy rights are potentially being breached, suggesting an urgent need for legal reform so workers can have a say over how they are monitored

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4 d. ago Dire warning for Government as spectre of animal disease looms

A new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned that the Government is not adequately prepared for the increasing risk of animal diseases, and would struggle to manage a major outbreak.

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5 d. ago SNP accused of burying heads in the sand over North Sea 'emergency'

A new report has warned tens of thousands of jobs are at risk by 2030

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5 d. ago Oil industry could see job cuts like Grangemouth every fortnight, report warns

Striking The Balance by Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen looked at the prospects for the North Sea sector in different scenarios.

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5 d. ago Aliens, asteroid mining and Mars births? Royal Society envisions next 50 years in space

UK needs a ‘clear national ambition’ to avoid missing out as science changes rapidly, Space: 2075 report warnsHumanity must prepare for a sweeping revolution as nations and companies gear up to build moon bases, space stations and orbiting factories, and uncover evidence – if evidence is out there – that we are not alone in the universe.A horizon-scanning report from the Royal Society envisions a new era of space activities that will reshape the world, including clean energy beamed to Earth, robots that mine asteroids or recycle dead satellites, and manufacturing plants that circle the planet churning out products labelled “Made in Space”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago The US is heading for a sharp economic downturn, influential global organization warns

Donald Trump's aggressive trade policies has sent the global economy into a downturn, the OECD warned in a major report on Tuesday. 

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6 d. ago UK Gmail and Yahoo users put on high alert and told to follow 4 important new rules

Anyone in the UK with an email account needs to watch out for scams and report anything suspicious.

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6 d. ago Amazon’s Fire Stick enables ‘industrial scale’ piracy’, report warns

More than half of people in the UK watching pirated content on a physical device use Amazon devices

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6 d. ago Disposable vape ban UK: Experts warn vape ban 'could drive thousands back to smoking'

It could risk undermining the government’s commitment to be smoke free by 2030 🚭

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6 d. ago Major warning to anyone using Amazon Fire Sticks for illegal streaming

Criminals are using illegal streaming to steal credit card details and infect users' devices with malware. A new report has delivered a stark warning to anyone who illegally streams

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8 d. ago 'Stop letting criminals choose their own gender', UN warns after UK police forces allow 49 rapists to identify as female offenders

The United Nations has warned over letting criminals choose their own gender, after a new report found that 49 rapists were allowed to identify as female offenders in the UK.

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1 week ago Climate change is spiralling out of control: Last decade was the HOTTEST on record

A new report warns climate change really is spiralling out of control, with predictions showing temperatures are expected to continue at or near record levels.

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1 week ago World’s poorest nations facing ‘tidal wave’ of debt repayments to China, report warns

Debt service flows to Beijing, already at a historic high, are set to remain elevated for the rest of this decade, think tank says

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1 week ago China could seize Taiwan’s outlying islands, US intelligence report warns

Experts warn Taiwanese archipelagos of Kinmen and Matsu are particularly vulnerable to Chinese capture

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1 week ago Disposable vapes ban could push 200,000 people back to smoking, report warns

The law is aimed at protecting the environment and tackling a surge in youth vaping rates, which have soared from 0.8 per cent in 2013 to 7.2 per cent last year.

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1 week ago Calls to implement legal maximum temperature that Brits shouldn't work above

A report by the Autonomy Institute warns that two-thirds of the UK work force could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade

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2 w. ago ‘Declining’ is the most common word associated with Britain, damning poll shows

Exclusive: Seven in 10 voters feel ignored by politicians, fuelling the rise of Reform UK, a report by an influential group of Labour backers warns

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2 w. ago Lynx reintroduction to Scotland could harm sheep and lambs, study finds

The reintroduction of lynx to Scotland could bring environmental and economic benefits, but would potentially put sheep and lambs at risk, a new report has warned.

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2 w. ago Man Utd and Spurs fans warned having one common item at Europa final could get police report

Manchester United take on Tottenham in the final of the Europa League on Wednesday night, with around 80,000 supporters travelling to Bilbao from the UK for the game

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