The rising threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to expose deep structural weaknesses in global pharmaceutical markets, with drug-resistant infections projected to claim nearly two million lives annually by 2050 unless investment and policy responses accelerate, according to the 2026 AMR Benchmark published by the Access to Medicine Foundation. The benchmark, released on March 10,…
Smoke rises from the site of airstrikes in a central area of the Iranian capital Tehran on March 6, 2026. Atta Kenare | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. government on Monday ordered non-emergency government employees to leave Saudi Arabia as the war engulfing Iran widened across the Middle East, pushing oil prices above $110…
MultiChoice Group has announced it will discontinue Showmax, drawing a line under one of Africa’s most expensive and ambitious streaming experiments. The decision brings to an end a platform that was launched in 2015 and relaunched at enormous cost in 2024, and which ultimately failed to achieve commercial viability in a market defined by low…
The new leadership of CBS News is facing an outcry over alleged political interference in its coverage after a report on a controversial Salvadoran prison where the Trump administration has deported immigrants was pulled at the eleventh hour. Criticism of the network grew on Monday after an investigation into alleged abuses at El Salvador’s maximum…
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Georgina Rannard Science correspondent Watch: SpaceX Starship completes successful test flight SpaceX has pulled off a successful test flight of its newest generation rocket Starship, reversing a trend of disappointing failures. The world’s largest and most powerful rocket blasted off from Texas just after 18:30 local time (00:30 BST) for a nail-biting 60-minute flight. Parts…
