EnvironmentThe good news
Severn Stoke heads into winter with new flood defences
The protection system is operational: a flood bank, drainage and a raised section of road reduce risk for the English village.
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Music for today ·Edition of 8 November 2026
N° 056 8 stories to take with you
Perspectives.
ScienceThe good news
From orbit, the San Juan reveals its deep bends
NASA publishes a photograph of Utah’s Goosenecks: the 6 October image offers an overhead view of a landscape carved over time.
SocietyThe bright side
West Nile agreement backs more reliable water and sanitation
Austria and UNICEF fund a programme in Uganda: reaching more than 72,000 people is its target, not an achievement already delivered.
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SocietyThe good news
In Mongolia, mining opinions follow a public discussion
About 400 residents of Uvs province joined a deliberative consultation with information and opportunities to question experts.
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Moving forward.
EnvironmentThe bright side
Kazakhstan project aims to make its electricity grid work better
The UNDP initiative targets losses in the existing network. Its regional budget also covers Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
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SocietyThe bright side
Castelnuovo di Porto introduces the Monte May – Ponte Storto nursery
The municipality announced a 7 November inauguration for an early childhood space inspired by the Montessori approach.
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SocietyThe bright side
In Cameroon, more ways to keep learning through crises
UNESCO reports 2022–2026 programme results: non-formal education reached 36,470 children, including 2,907 with disabilities.
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EnvironmentThe good news
Seven Bonelli’s eagles take flight in Sardinia
ISPRA reports the recent release of two adults and five young birds, with GPS monitoring to follow their adjustment.
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A little more to discover.
Design · Philosophy · Plants · Curiosities · Words · Food · Cultures & peoples. Ideas worth a closer look.
01Design
Carlton: the bookcase that joins the conversation
With Carlton, Ettore Sottsass uses slanting supports and outspoken colours to turn a storage object into a presence worth questioning.
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Cicero: a friend is not an automatic round of applause
In his dialogue on friendship, Cicero connects sincerity with goodwill: telling the truth does not grant permission to cause needless hurt.
Read the full story03Plants
Aeonium: that green rose is made of leaves
Aeonium arboreum has rosettes that resemble flowers, but its actual yellow blooms reveal a botanical distinction that is easy to miss.
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Why does a shell sound like the sea?
A shell beside your ear transforms surrounding noise: the interesting journey takes place in the room, rather than in a recorded ocean.
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Fossile: before prehistory, there was digging
The Italian word fossile first points to an action, digging, before describing a category of evidence for life in the geological past.
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Chocolate begins before the factory
Fermentation in cacao pulp prepares important transformations: the taste of a chocolate bar also depends on work carried out after harvesting.
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Chhau: the face stays still while the body tells the story
In masked forms of Chhau dance, watching posture and movement opens a way of reading that reaches beyond facial expression.
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A chart a day
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Enlarge the chart Poverty risk: three income calculations
- Data period
- EU-SILC 2025 · redditi / income 2024
- Datobello chart dated
For Italy, EU-SILC 2025 gives an at-risk-of-poverty rate of 46.9% when all social transfers, including pensions, are subtracted from income. The calculation including pensions but excluding other transfers gives 26.8%; including all transfers gives 18.6%. The differences are 20.1 and 8.2 percentage points respectively: three calculations for the same year, not three successive years. [1][2][3]
The threshold stays at 60% of national median equivalised income after transfers. This measures relatively low income, not absolute poverty. The comparison removes income components; it does not establish that abolishing a benefit would produce exactly these percentages without other responses. [4]
Population: people of all ages and sexes living in private households. Survey year: 2025; income year: 2024. Data updated on 20 October 2026; selected by Datobello’s gaiaz on 7 November; graphic prepared on 8 November. Adaptation and translations by Positive Times; Eurostat is not responsible for them. [5][1][2][3][6]
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- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers, pensions included in transfers — Italy, 2025 Eurostat · No publication date provided · Accessed
- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers, pensions excluded from transfers — Italy, 2025 Eurostat · No publication date provided · Accessed
- At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers — Italy, 2025 Eurostat · No publication date provided · Accessed
- Glossary: At-risk-of-poverty rate Eurostat · No publication date provided · Accessed
- Income and living conditions — EU-SILC metadata Eurostat · Published · Accessed
- Senza pensioni e aiuti, quasi cinque italiani su dieci sarebbero a rischio povertà Datobello · gaiaz · Published · Accessed
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