Austria plans to crack down more firmly on hidden price increases in the food retail sector with the federal government on Tuesday approving a draft law targeting so-called shrinkflation. Under the draft law, supermarkets and drugstore chains will be required to disclose any reduction in package contents at an unchanged price for 60 days. Breaches could result in fines of up to €15,000 ($17,400). It is part of a package of measures with which the Austrian government aims to bring the country's comparatively high inflation rate down from 4% to 2%. The governing coalition - comprising the conser...

El presidente de Médicos del Mundo, Pepe Fernández, ha reclamado este martes la aprobación de una ley de universalidad del Sistema Nacional de Salud que "garantice su acceso a todas las personas que residen en España, sin excepción". Así lo ha hecho durante su comparecencia ante la comisión de Sanidad del Congreso de los Diputados, donde ha alertado de que la normativa actual "sigue generando barreras que excluyen a parte de la población". "El derecho a la salud aún no está plenamente garantizado en España, y miles de personas continúan encontrando obstáculos para acceder a la atención sanitar...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) trashed the supporters pressing for the release the Department of Justice files pertaining to accused trafficker Jeffrey Epstein at a press conference on Tuesday. Ahead of the vote on a bill that would mandate the release of all Justice Department files, Johnson found a way to blame former President Joe Biden and Democrats while trashing the bill for not going far enough in revealing Epstein's conduct. "Democrats are trying to use the Epstein matter as a political weapon to distract from their own party's failures," Johnson alleged. "In a desperate attempt, they're ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) trashed the supporters pressing for the release the Department of Justice files pertaining to accused trafficker Jeffrey Epstein at a press conference on Tuesday. Ahead of the vote on a bill that would mandate the release of all Justice Department files, Johnson found a way to blame former President Joe Biden and Democrats while trashing the bill for not going far enough in revealing Epstein's conduct. "Democrats are trying to use the Epstein matter as a political weapon to distract from their own party's failures," Johnson alleged. "In a desperate attempt, they're ...

During last summer’s Paris Olympic Games, Palestine’s flagbearer Valerie Tarazi couldn’t walk through the Athletes’ Village without being hassled, “to the point where it was actually an issue,” the swimmer recalls. The reason was unusual. Every nation at the Games had its own unique pin badge and, for athletes living in the Olympic Village, collecting all 200-odd was one way to pass the time. It became a popular game, and it turned athletes of the smallest nations into minor celebrities, with a limited number of rare pins to give away. “We were actually getting annoyed,” she laughs. “Because P...