Can mindfulness really make you happy, lower your blood pressure and improve your sleep? Experts reveal allMindfulness is said to help everything from anxiety to overeating. But how does it work? Experts separate fact from fiction.
Austria to make KlimaTicket free for 18 year olds: Do cheap tickets encourage public transport use?Getting people to ditch cars and planes, it turns out, is more complicated than just ensuring free or low cost tickets.
Estonia's naked wellness tradition to cleanse both body and soulUsed for centuries by rural Estonians to heal their aches and pains, smoke saunas are a soulful experience that clears the mind and cleanses the spirit.
Teenagers could help fill train driver shortageTeenagers will be able to qualify to drive trains on Britain's railways under new proposals. The government is asking for views on reducing the minimum age from 20 to 18, in a consultation running until 13 June.
France accuses Azerbaijan of fomenting deadly riots in overseas territory New CaledoniaState of emergency has been declared in the Pacific Ocean archipelago after four people were killed in the worsening violence.
EU probes Facebook, Instagram over child protection concernsThe European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Facebook and Instagram over concerns that the platforms may "stimulate behavioral addiction" in children.
A walk across Italy in Garibaldi’s footsteps: from Ravenna to the coast of TuscanyA route tracing the unification hero’s flight across the peninsula in 1849 runs spectacularly over the Apennines then descends to the sea via a string of gorgeous Tuscan towns.
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