….Raid to remove Maduro morally right — Badenoch The United Nations, UN, yesterday, voiced deep concern over the dramatic US operation in Venezuela, warning that it clearly undermined a fundamental principle of international law. “States must not threaten or use force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state,” Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for…
Gabriela Pomeroy, Alicia Curryand Adrienne Murray,in Copenhagen Mia Chemnitz Mia Chemnitz says “the people of Greenland do not want to become American” “The people of Greenland do not want to become American,” Mia Chemnitz tells the BBC. “We are not for sale.” The 32-year-old business owner in the Greenlandic capital Nuuk reflects the sentiments of…
Trade minister Parks Tau. Leah Millis/Reuters South Africa has softened its competition regulations to allow firms battling high power costs to jointly build energy infrastructure and collectively negotiate supply contracts. Trade minister Parks Tau said in a government notice on Wednesday that the new measures were meant to assist distressed industries. Electricity costs in South…
Academics today, around the world, are confined by the way their research output is measured. Indicators that count the number of times their work is cited by other academics, and the relative prestige of journals that publish their papers, determine everything: from career development to research funding. What does this international system mean for African…
A new year might mean new viral threats. Old viruses are constantly evolving. A warming and increasingly populated planet puts humans in contact with more and different viruses. And increased mobility means that viruses can rapidly travel across the globe along with their human hosts. As an infectious diseases physician and researcher, I’ll be keeping…
The U.S. carried out operations Wednesday to seize two oil tankers linked to Venezuela — one in the North Atlantic and one in the Caribbean Sea, officials said. The U.S. European Command confirmed the seizure of the Marinera, a Venezuela-linked oil tanker formerly known as Bella-1. It said the vessel was seized for violations of U.S….
Justice minister Mmamoloko Kubayi. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DJCD) is rolling out a modernisation and digital transformation strategy, prioritising the implementation of several technologies by 2030. The aim, as contained in its Revised Strategic Plan for 2025 to 2030, is to improve service delivery, efficiency, and accessibility while addressing IT infrastructure and…
Adolescents are known for risky behavior, with teenagers in the U.S. more likely than younger children to die from injury. But what’s responsible for this uptick in risk-taking around puberty? Our new observations of physical risk-taking in chimpanzees suggests that the rise in risk-taking in human adolescence isn’t due to a new yen for danger….
The report notes that while Lagos already behaves like a global start-up hub, its long-term standing will depend on how quickly infrastructure, regulation and quality of life improve. Lagos State has been named Africa’s most start-up-friendly city in a new global ranking by Multipolitan, underscoring the city’s growing influence as the continent’s leading hub for…
The killing of 14-year-old Yosef Eisenthal, who was run over by a bus during an anti-recruitment protest in an Orthodox district of West Jerusalem on Tuesday night, has brought renewed attention to one of the most contentious issues in Israeli politics: the exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews from military service. According to numerous analysts, the scale…
