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Dutch government issues guidelines to limit children's smartphone and social media use
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (503+ words) The Dutch government has unveiled official guidelines aimed at limiting smartphone and social media use among children, responding to growing concerns about the negative impact of excessive screen exposure. The "Guidelines for Healthy and Responsible Screen and Social Media Use…...
Austria moves to ban social media for children under 14
3+ hour, 35+ min ago (882+ words) Austria's government on Friday approved plans to introduce a nationwide ban on social media use for children under the age of 14, alongside reforms to upper secondary school curricula aimed at boosting media literacy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) education from the…...
Spanish PM Sánchez says it's 'unfair' for people around the world to bear cost of U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (687+ words) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S'nchez has said it is unfair for people around the world to shoulder the cost of U.S.Israeli attacks on Iran, warning that Spanish firms have already lost "100 billion ($116 billion) in less than a month as a…...
Spanish train drivers begin nationwide strike following deadly crashes
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1108+ words) Spain's rail network faces a three-day shutdown this week as the Semaf union protests safety failures following fatal accidents in Adamuz and Catalonia. Strikes beginning on Monday (9 February) are set to paralyse the network and leave thousands of commuters and…...
Storm Leonardo triggers severe flooding across Portugal and Spain
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (774+ words) Storm Leonardo has swept across the Iberian Peninsula, causing widespread flooding, landslides and transport disruption in Portugal and Spain, leaving at least one person dead and forcing thousands to evacuate as authorities issued urgent warnings. Drone footage from Portugal's Santar'm…...
Spain ramps up railway investment amid political backlash over deadly accidents
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (587+ words) Spain's transport minister Oscar Puente said on Thursday that the government has stepped up investment across the railway network after years of underfunding, a point he underlined while senators pressed him over two recent train accidents. Puente said total annual…...
Spain to regularise roughly half a million undocumented migrants
2+ mon, 5+ hour ago (780+ words) Spain's Socialist-led government presented a draft decree on Tuesday to expedite legal status for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants. The move is part of its efforts to integrate migrant workers even as other European countries curb immigration Spain's economic…...