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Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels A new report has highlighted how a decline in local and community media is producing a growing trend of "media deserts" across Europe that is undermining local democracy and inclusivity. For centuries local news has played a key political role in safeguarding local democracy through their…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Efforts to tackle major issues facing the UK, including the nation's health and climate change, are being hampered because politicians often ignore the existing evidence when setting policies, according to Dame Theresa Marteau, a public health expert at the University of Cambridge. Writing in the…

New research from the University of East Anglia has shown that heavy drinkers, particularly those in their 50s and 60s consuming around 10 units a day, may risk muscle loss and frailty in later life. The study, which considered factors such as body size, protein consumption, and physical activity, found that higher alcohol consumption was associated with lower muscle mass, further highlighting the potential harm of excessive drinking on muscle health during middle and early older age.According to a new study by the…

Sabah Gurmat / Rest of World: An app for India's largest public employment program is jeopardizing the livelihood of millions in the country due to technical glitches and poor connectivity — Poor connectivity and an English-only interface make the app unusable for many who rely on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. Sabah Gurmat / Rest of World: An app for India's largest public employment program is jeopardizing the livelihood of millions in the country due to technical…

Today, in a ruling on a nonexistent plan with nonexistent harms to the people who brought the suit, the Supreme Court took an opportunity to curb the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate power sector carbon emissions. In a summer of big decisions from the US Supreme Court, West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency was one of the stranger cases on the docket. For one thing, it concerned a dispute that didn’t really exist. The complaint was about the Clean Power Plan, a set of rules issued by…

Opponents of the antitrust push targeting Big Tech have lobbed all kinds of arguments to try to weaken support for new legislation. They may finally have found one that sticks.This week, a group of four Democratic senators, led by Brian Schatz of Hawaii, sent a letter to Amy Klobuchar asking her to pump the breaks on the American Innovation and Choice Online Act. The bill, which Klobuchar cosponsored with bipartisan support, would prohibit the biggest tech companies from abusing their power to disadvantage businesses that…