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Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the institute’s web pages, according to e-mails Nature has obtained. The directive comes amid a broader shake-up at the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),…

The unemployment rate rose to 5.2% in the last three months of 2025, the highest since 2015 not including the pandemic, according to the data from the Office for National Statistics. It hit 5.3% in late 2020 and stood at 5.1% in the three months to Novemberlast year. The jobless…

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Skip to Main Content Education In Chelsea, Massachusetts, a teachers union president says immigration enforcement has been more disruptive to learning than the COVID pandemic. Signs reading "NO ICE ACCESS" taped to the front doors of Valley View Elementary School, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Columbia Heights, Minn. AP Photo/Liam…

The significant, but temporary, reduction in nitrous oxides during the COVID-19 pandemic from, among other things, cars appears to have altered the atmosphere's ability to break down methane. (Image credit: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) Methane is a greenhouse gas around 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide and has been increasing…

Silver crashed more than 10% during Thursday's trading session, marking one of the three most violent selloffs since the COVID-19 pandemic began nearly six years ago. The white metal lost approximately $9 in value during that single session, though prices remain within technically safe zones as of Friday, February 13,…

Navigation for News Categories Australia was the biggest source of visitors to New Zealand in 2025. (File photo) Photo: Unsplash Tourist arrivals topped 3.5 million for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, driven by a surge in Australian visitors. Stats NZ numbers showed overseas visitor arrivals hit 3.51 million…