Private school pupil numbers fall amid rising private school fees and the car market in Russia will be supported by the government amid declining consumer income. Here's a snapshot of some of the news stories you may have missed this week.

An alliance of unions, charities, and women’s rights groups says employers should be legally liable if they fail to protect their staff from sexual harassment at work. 

In Ireland, the employment-to-population (Epop) ratio—the number of workers aged 24–54 who are employed—has risen to nearly 80% in the first quarter of 2019.

Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic stalled an agreement to end EU emissions by 2050 and Japanese women outperformed their male peers in their medical school entrance exams. Here's a snapshot of some of the news stories you may have missed this week.

Last year, the number of people fleeing war, persecution, and conflict exceeded 70 million globally. In its almost 70 years of operations, this is the UN refugee agency’s highest recorded number.

There will be 9.7 billion people living on Earth by 2050, according to the latest UN World Population Prospects 2019. 

With the rise of Uber and Deliveroo, food delivery has become a multibillion-euro business. While the battle to capture markets and consumers is under way, this competition has squeezed pay for couriers—some of whom are being taken advantage of.