Africa: Full Speed Ahead – a Global Partnership to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls At UNGA80

Africa: Full Speed Ahead – a Global Partnership to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls At UNGA80

UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK – During the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, Spotlight Initiative co-hosted a high-level side event to mobilize new commitments towards gender-based violence prevention and response. ‘Full Speed Ahead: A Global Partnership to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls’ was co-hosted with the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU),…

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Africa: Full Speed Ahead – a Global Partnership to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls At UNGA80

Africa: Enhancing Lassa Fever Medical Countermeasures in West Africa

Lassa fever remains one of the most pressing public health threats in West Africa. According to the Africa CDC, the viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) infects between 100,000 and 300,000 people annually, with thousands of deaths recorded across the region. Nigeria and neighbouring countries bear the brunt of recurring outbreaks, with significant challenges in diagnostics, treatment,…

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Colombia’s president calls US attacks on alleged drug boats ‘act of tyranny’

Colombia’s president calls US attacks on alleged drug boats ‘act of tyranny’

Watch: Colombia’s President accuses Trump of “act of tyranny” in BBC interview US airstrikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea are an “act of tyranny”, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro told the BBC in an interview where he also called for criminal proceedings against US officials if investigations find Colombians were killed in the…

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Nvidia to pump 0 billion into OpenAI

Nvidia to pump $100 billion into OpenAI

OpenAI president Greg Brockman, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Nvidia is set to invest $100 billion (about R1.85 trillion) in OpenAI, as part of a strategic partnership to build one of the largest artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure deployments in history. “This is the biggest AI infrastructure project in history….

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Africa: Full Speed Ahead – a Global Partnership to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls At UNGA80

Africa: Climate Summit 2025 – the Path to COP30

Floods in South Asia, wildfires across North America, and record-breaking heat in Europe have underscored what scientists have warned for years: climate change is escalating faster than the political response. Against this backdrop, the UN Secretary-General is holding a climate summit during the high-level week of the General Assembly, pressing nations to raise their climate…

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Google is back in antitrust crosshairs

Google is back in antitrust crosshairs

Google is seeking to avoid a forced sale of part of its online advertising business in its latest faceoff with US antitrust enforcers. The trial is the government’s next best shot at curbing what a judge has ruled is Google’s monopoly power, after losing a separate bid to make Google sell its Chrome browser earlier…

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