Deborah O’Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by the UK's Legend Press in 2019 and Droemer Knaur Germany in 2021.
Spain has introduced new rules forcing tobacco companies to clean up cigarette butts. The regulations follow attempts to reduce smoking in public areas by prohibiting smoking […]
The natality rate in many countries around the world has gone down compared to a few decades ago. Though the average age of some developing nations’ […]
During a health debate with young people in Fontaine-leComte, in western France, President Emmanuel Macron announced condoms will be free for 18- to 25-year-olds in pharmacies […]
On Friday December 2nd, Belgium’s federal government defined the main points of its anti-smoking plan with several stricter measures set to be implemented in the years […]
Germany’s coalition government laid down plans to legalize cannabis for recreational use. 1. Regulating cannabis Without giving out a clear timeline, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach announced […]
A new executive order safeguards women traveling to Hawaii to get an abortion. Last Tuesday, Hawaii Governor David Ige signed an executive order to protect women […]
The times where we thought of cities as enormous concrete jungles are gone. Nowadays, there’s room for an actual jungle within those hubs. The more green […]
The New Zealand government has introduced the world-first legislation to ban tobacco for future generations, including increasing the purchasing age for cigarettes. Last Tuesday, the country […]
Droughts, heatwaves, fires, tornadoes, glaciers melting. The effects of climate change are becoming starker. In July, a heatwave affected the Iberian peninsula and countries further west. […]
Blueberry-picking, free-camping, forest-trekking… this is the blissful image we have of Swedish summer holidays. Deadly diseases caught from tiny arachnids doesn’t fit this dream picture. And […]
The new WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022, published on 3 May, reveals that overweight and obesity rates have reached “epidemic proportions” across Europe and are […]
The Prince George Airport Authority (PGAA) announced on 7 January that Copilot, which is pioneering cannabis for travel, has applied for a business license to operate […]