EU citizens of France, Germany, Italy and Spain now have visa-free access to as many countries as Japan and Singapore, leaders in travel freedom for the last five years.
All six countries can boast the world’s most powerful travel documents, granting their holders access to 194 countries without a previously obtained visa, more than any others. Denmark, Sweden and South Korea rank second with access to 193 countries, while Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands have 192 destinations.
Tens of millions of residents in India’s capital Delhi are choking in a blanketing toxic smog, as worsening pollution has triggered curbs on trucking and shuttered construction sites and schools
Two undersea fibre-optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea,including one linking Finland and Germany, have been severed, sparking alarm of sabotage by bad actors.
Australian scientists think they may have devised a way to deter great white sharks from attacking surfers and other sea surface recreationists by using light.
European Union leaders are trying to work out whether they can keep the Ukrainian war effort going if President-elect Donald Trump decides to shut off support from the U.S.
