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Images of the riots in France, broadcast around the world, are alarming tourism professionals. The first consequences are already being felt in hotel bookings, and those in the sector fear the situation will worsen if the violence continues.

The world’s official time standard will stop adding leap seconds from 20 May 2027. The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) decided to end the practice on Thursday 15 October 2026.

Roughly half the world’s population experiences severe water scarcity for at least part of the year, according to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a figure climate change, population growth and rising demand are expected to push higher.