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Wildfire Smoke a Risk Factor for Childhood Autism

Prenatal exposure to wildfire smoke may be associated with a higher risk of being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders in the early years of life, according to a study published recently and cited by Xinhua.

Climate change kills differently: heatwaves become more deadly, while storms claim fewer victims

Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events - from heatwaves and wildfires to floods and devastating storms. While material damage is steadily increasing, the impact on the number of deaths is more nuanced.

Sources: L'Occitane wants to return to the stock market, two years after delisting

French skincare chain L'Occitane Group is approaching the stock market again, hiring banks JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley to evaluate a possible initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, according to sources cited by Bloomberg, modaes.com reports.

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Global trade under pressure: BRICS tests its own naval security architecture

The BRICS joint naval exercise, "Will for Peace 2026,” held from January 9 to 16 off the coast of South Africa, marks a watershed moment in the architecture of global maritime security and sends a message hard to ignore to the West - the protection of maritime trade is no longer a monopoly - according to an article published by the Zerohedge website.

Draft legislation to ban fireworks in enclosed spaces

Nicolae Ştefănuţă, Vice-President of the European Parliament, announced last week in Strasbourg that he had asked the European Commission to ban the use of fireworks in enclosed spaces.

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Government puts healthcare digitalization on the right track

Billionaires' investment plans in 2026

• Risk appetite remains solid • Exposures to private equity, listed stocks and hedge funds rise

Geopolitical drift: islands, an attraction from Greece to Greenland

The world was shaken after US President Donald Trump began to talk obsessively about Greenland. His speech "wobbled” in all directions, from aggression to a desire for peaceful negotiation, with the president claiming that the...

AUR delegation in the United States (Photo source: facebook / Alliance for the Unification of Romanians - AUR)

AUR Delegation, on a trip to America

The visit of the AUR delegation to the United States, triumphantly presented by its members as a high-ranking diplomatic incursion, looks, on closer inspection, more like a guided tour through the showcase of American MAGA (Make America Great...

Russian researchers announce new variant of H5N1 bird flu vaccine

Study: Social life, not genes, protects seniors from depression

Blue Origin enters the communications satellite competition head-on

Budget deficit inflames coalition: Ciolacu and Grindeanu accuse "accounting fraud”

VT Markets: The Psychology of the "Hold” Strategy - Why Doing Nothing Can Be the Winning Investment Approach

Education Unions Accuse Government of "Accelerated Disorganization” of Schools

From Globalization to Fragmentation: American Success, Global Deficit

The ramblings that battered Donald Trump's discourse (available on the website www.bursa.ro as an attachment to this article) during his Wednesday appearance in Davos exert a certain attraction both on the public and on the journalist called...

Data vs. Rhetoric

Donald Trump's speech combines real facts with selective presentations and optimistic extrapolations.

Analysis of the Cognitive Problems in Trump's Discourse

No head of state should feel safe anymore, since U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the arrest of Venezuela's president-and it actually happened.

Farmers want students in practice, but they don't know what steps to take

UN warns: Global water crisis passes point of no return

AI models outperform human candidates in Japanese university admissions

Advanced artificial intelligence models have achieved spectacular results after being tested on subjects in Japan's 2026 university entrance exam. According to Xinhua news agency, citing the financial daily Nikkei, the model developed by...

Geopolitics of sports: possible boycott of the 2026 World Cup

Unknown rules, unequal chances: the reason why the Court annulled the selection of the Transelectrica Board

The Vice-President of the European People's Party, Siegfried Mureşan, stated: "First of all, it is very good that we are finally having a debate on the free trade agreement between the European Union and four Latin American states, a free trade agreement that will bring together over 700 million citizens, consumers. It is a free trade agreement from which the European Union would benefit. The European Union's gross domestic product will increase by up to 80 billion euros annually in the coming years, thanks to the opportunities that duty-free exports to Latin America bring."

The European Parliament has postponed the ratification of the EU-Mercosur agreement

• The agreement will be sent to the CJEU, which will verify whether its provisions are in line with the rules included in the treaties on the organization and functioning of the European Union • PSD claims its victory regarding the postponement of...

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Students accuse the Government of lack of dialogue on the Education budget

The world's oceans, a new record for warming

UBB: Over 20 million lei allocated to scholarships from its own funds

The Babeş-Bolyai University (UBB) in Cluj-Napoca announces that, in the period 2023-2025, it has allocated over 20 million lei from its own revenues for student scholarships, consolidating its position as one of the Romanian universities with the...

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EU directs millions of euros to Confederation of African Football

CORRESPONDENCE FROM STRASBOURGEuropean farmers protest: EU agriculture sacrificed by Mercosur deal

No protest is the same, or Strasbourg is not Brussels. At least that's what can be said after more than 5,000 farmers from France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, Belgium and Romania protested in front of the European...

TikTok generation, under siege, children, captives in social networks

The effect of social networks on children is increasingly harmful. Numerous specialized studies show it, but the situation is also visible to the "naked eye". The influence of schools and parents is decreasing, while that of platforms...

CORRESPONDENCE FROM STRASBOURGSiegfried Mureşan: EPP will not vote to refer the Mercosur agreement to the CJEU

The majority of the European People's Party MEPs will not vote today on the proposal to refer the EU-Mercosur agreement for an opinion from the Court of Justice of the European Union, claims Siegfried Mureşan, vice-president of the respective...

CORRESPONDENCE FROM STRASBOURGEPP President Manfred Weber: Mercosur agreement is an Anti-Trump Deal

The EU-Mercosur agreement is an anti-Trump deal, declared Manfred Weber, President of the European People's Party, at a press briefing held this morning in Strasbourg, at the headquarters of the European Parliament.

Victor Negrescu: The Government did not consult farmers before making the decision on the agreement with Mercosur

CORRESPONDENCE FROM STRASBOURGVictor Negrescu: The Government did not consult farmers before making the decision on the agreement with Mercosur

The Government representatives were wrong not to discuss our country's position on the EU-Mercosur agreement with the representatives of farmers' associations, said yesterday Victor Negrescu, Vice President of the European Parliament, MEP...

According to Sportico estimates, $200 million comes from the salary paid by the Saudi club Al-Nassr, where Ronaldo has been playing since 2023. The remaining $60 million represents additional income generated mainly from sponsorship contracts, image rights and commercial collaborations. (Photo source: facebook / Cristiano Ronaldo)

Cristiano Ronaldo, the highest-paid athlete in the world: $260 million earned in 2025

A world hidden beneath the ice: Most detailed map of Antarctica's topography rewrites climate models

High Seas Treaty: Two-thirds of the world's oceans protected for the first time

Government on the verge of collapse

• The Constitutional Court postpones the reform of special pensions • Justice, shaken by the scandal surrounding Lia Savonea • Ciprian Ciucu, the new general mayor of the Capital • Marcel Ciolacu has found his place: president of the Buzău County Council