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EU gas storage was 74% full on 20 October, the lowest since 2011. Brussels says there is no immediate supply risk but admits the price crisis is turning into a supply crisis.

When the experimental results came back, they puzzled Adam Slavney and Jinyoung Seo. They had been testing a new class of materials for more efficient refrigerators, air conditioners, and heat pumps, a mission that the cooling appliance industry has been on for eons. The measurements for the materials that the team was testing shouldn’t have…

The European Union presented its revamped Arctic strategy on Tuesday, spelling out how much the region has grown in importance for the bloc’s geopolitical priorities, particularly in areas such as security, energy, trade and connectivity.

Extreme heat is making pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous, health experts warn. Nearly three in four doctors, midwives and other maternal health workers say that heat-related cases or complications have increased over the past five years, according to a survey commissioned by global health foundation Wellcome.