A leading world health expert has warned of an “antibiotic apocalypse” if the growing threat of drug-resistant superbugs is not tackled urgently. Professor Dame Sally Davies — who is England’s chief medical officer — fears also that if antibiotics lose their effectiveness, it could spell “the end of modern medicine.” Without the drugs used to fight infections, common... 

Almost 300,000 properties are without power and three people have died as Hurricane Ophelia enters its final hours and has moved across the north west. Met Eireann said the storm would not be over until about 1am with strong gusts and winds continuing but the winds will fade away overnight. Members of the public have been advised to stay inside and not to make unnecessary journeys as the worst storm... 

Being a clerk at Sweden’s Migration Board is anything but a cakewalk due to vast workloads and occupational hazards. For instance, some of the asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected choose to track down the Migration Board employees responsible. Employees at the Swedish Migration Board are exposed to tampering and intimidation, even reportedly receiving death threats and menacing... 

Amid a hot debate over whether it’s acceptable for public servants and government officials to wear religious clothing, a Swedish designer has created uniform Islamic veils for the military and the fire department with the hope of encouraging Muslim women into those professions. In 2011, Iman Aldebe created a stir by designing the first uniform veil for the Swedish police. The headdress was... 

Abuse and threats of violence against the Swedish Migration Board staff has radically increased, in lockstep with the number of rejections. Among other things, female employees report being stalked and threatened with rape. The Migration Board itself explains the applicants’ violent behavior with “frustration.” During the first nine months of 2017, a staggering 2,875 incidents of... 

The websites of Sweden’s embassies in numerous Arab countries are teeming with detailed information about the lavish contributions on offer to migrants after relocating to the Nordic country. According to a political editor of Sweden’s leading economic daily, this poses some serious problems. Benefits are the wrong way of promoting Sweden, PM Nilsson, the political editor of the Swedish... 

A group of Greenpeace activists have set off fireworks inside the Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in eastern France to raise awareness that such facilities may be targeted by terrorists. Speaking to Sputnik, French expert Stephane Lhomme described the action as a PR stunt but admitted that a terrorist threat to the NPPs is still in place. He said that the move certainly “plays to the crowd”... 

While we have been quite defensive of Russia for being a sovereign state minding their own business what they are doing now is totally unacceptable and scandalous! After arming Syria with state of the art S-300 missile defense systems, they then went on and armed Iran with the same weapons despite a UN ban prohibiting Russia from selling such powerful weapons to Iran. Now guess what Putin is doing!... 

A team of Swiss and Dutch scientists says they have deciphered a 3,200-year-old inscription on a stone which was found in the 19th century in what would become modern-day Turkey, which sheds light on what they call “one of the greatest Mediterranean puzzles,” namely, the identity of the mysterious ‘Sea People” (most likely Vikings) who ruined Bronze Age civilizations. The researchers... 

Radiation monitors have detected radioactive particles in the air across Europe, although the source remains a mystery. Germany’s Office for Radiation Protection reported increased radioactivity in parts of Central and Western Europe over the last week. The heightened levels were detected at several trace measuring stations in Europe, and at six locations in Germany. The particles are ruthenium-106,... 

A radicalized Frenchwoman dubbed ‘Jihadi Granny’ has been jailed for 10 years after following her son to Syria, where he was fighting for Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). Christine Rivière, 51, was sentenced following a trial in which she was charged with criminal conspiracy with a view to preparing terrorist acts. The ‘Jihadi Granny’ said she followed her eldest son to Syria in order... 

The standoff between George Soros and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is raging on: The European Commission has recently issued yet another ultimatum to Budapest over the country’s nongovernmental organization and education laws, which are allegedly targeting Soros’s entities in Hungary. The country’s ruling Fidesz party strikes back. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban appears... 

Sadiq Khan was right, Jihadi terror has truly become “part and parcel of living in European cities”, even though he said it as a good and normal thing. A knife-wielding man threatening to kill passengers caused panic on a train in the Belgian capital, Brussels earlier this week, local media reported on Friday, citing officials. The man shouted “Allahu Akbar” (‘God is great’ in... 

The move by Google to expunge RT from its premium advertising service without any prior notice is “absolutely unacceptable” but will not have an adverse effect on the channel’s outreach or its profits, RT Deputy Editor-in-Chief Kirill Karnovich-Valua said. RT, with millions of subscribers across its channels, has for years been ahead of the competition as the most viewed TV news network on YouTube,... 

Over the past several years, more than 6,000 items together worth $1.3 million are believed to be missing or stolen from several of UK’s most prominent museums, including the Science Museum group, the British Museum and the Natural History Museum. Since 2010, a total of 947 artifacts have been reported lost or missing and $106,000 have been officially reported as stolen. The other missing pieces...