New commitments at Bali forum drive momentum to save hundreds of thousands of girls and women from cancer. Bali, Indonesia, 19 June 2025 – Governments, donors, multilateral institutions, the private sector and partners today announced significant policy, programmatic and financial commitments to eliminate one of the most preventable cancers. At the 2nd Global Cervical Cancer…
UN Member States have reached agreement on the outcome document for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, to be formally adopted at an upcoming summit in Sevilla, Spain – though without the participation of the United States, which withdrew from the negotiations and announced it will not attend the conference. On Tuesday, Member…
Teklemariam Bekit Editor, BBC Tigrinya AFP via Getty Images For many Eritreans, the hopes of the early days of the presidency of Isaias (left in 1994) have been dashed 30 years later Once hailed as part of a new generation of reformist African leaders, Eritrea’s president, who recently marked 32 years in power, has long…
It’s hard to think of a more extraordinary business deal than Facebook’s US$19-billion acquisition of WhatsApp in February 2014. Its creators were outliers. With a lean staff of just a few dozen people, they had no marketing department, no sign on the door and had spent zero cents from their sole investor, Sequoia Capital. But…
In a world where lifelong tenure at a single company is a thing of the past and the workplace is being rapidly reshaped by technological and AI disruption, non-linear career paths have become not just common, but a practical response to a constantly evolving landscape. And while this path cannot be sugar-coated – it is…
United Nations — Ten years ago, I lost more than a job. When my post was abolished, there was no warning, no closure, no golden parachute–just a quiet erasure. Overnight, I went from a UN professional with decades of service to an invisible statistic in a system that eats its own. I wasn’t just de-linked…
Africa is one of the hottest places for online betting. Many countries have changed their gambling regulations in the last couple of years and allow different kinds of bookies and casinos. Naturally, these operators want to attract as many customers as possible, which is why they offer attractive welcome bonuses. There are many different kinds…
Iran has two known underground nuclear enrichment sites, the one Israel attacked on the first day of its assault at Natanz, and another at Fordo. Both sit south of Tehran in central Iran, but Fordo has long been the Iranian nuclear facility of most concern to international monitors and experts. Buried deep in a mountain,…
Late Wednesday night, around 11 PM CT, a massive explosion occurred at SpaceX’s Massey’s Testing Center in Starbase, Texas. The incident happened as Ship 36 was preparing for a static fire test, a crucial step before its planned 10th Starship flight. Read: iPadOS 26 unleashes Mac-like productivity SpaceX quickly issued a statement, confirming that “A…
Geopolitical developments in the Middle East are expected to have a negative influence on market sentiment and the global economy if de-escalation efforts fail. Since Namibia is a part of the global village and trades with other countries; it is therefore not immune to economic catastrophe. The global economy has been negatively impacted by event…
