Gold crossed $5,000 per ounce in January 2026, reaching an all-time high of $5,595 per ounce on January 29 – driven by central bank demand and a tense geopolitical backdrop. Two months later, at the height of the Middle East escalation, the metal lost more than 20% from that record,…

A new sexually transmitted infection has been detected in several people in large European cities such as Paris, Lyon and Barcelona. The symptoms are cutaneous. Alongside the hantavirus epidemic, a major medical discovery puts European health authorities on alert. Researchers from the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona have just…

Workplace safety has always been a legal obligation, but for many UK businesses it is also becoming a clear marker of how well a company looks after its people. HR teams sit right at the center of that conversation, often holding the policies, training records and induction processes that keep…