Public Health

US water bills up 62% since 2015, outpacing inflation

Household water bills across the 500 largest US community water systems rose 62% between 2015 and 2025, outpacing both inflation and income growth. The Food & Water Watch analysis pegs corporate-owned systems at $823 a year versus $494 for public ones, with the burden heaviest on low-income…

Poland cracks down on illegal household waste burning

Polish authorities are cracking down on households burning waste—plastic, tyres, furniture panels—in domestic furnaces across Poznań and Katowice. The practice volatilizes chemicals into nearby air without filtration, adding an unquantified increment to Poland's pollution burden, which already…

Manchester City crest and Premier League emblem on a tribunal document under review

Man City Guilty on 114 of 115 Financial Charges

Smoke rising over hills in Manipur as armed attacks spread across eastern districts.

Manipur Hill Attacks: Toll Disputed as Violence Reaches Myanmar Border

Armed attacks in Manipur's eastern hill districts have killed an unverified number of civilians since October 9, with Naga and Kuki civil bodies offering conflicting accounts of the toll and perpetrators. The violence has spread toward the India–Myanmar border despite IRB deployments and BSF…

Read next