New York — At the UN 2025 High Level Political Forum last week, global energy leaders warned that without urgent action in expanding access to clean energy, hundreds of millions will remain vulnerable, and the world will risk falling short of its 2030 SDG deadline. At a packed and tense side event, “Advancing Energy Transition…
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Saturday visited a Christian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and urged accountability for an attack on an ancient church, which residents have blamed on Israeli settlers. In early July, the village of Taybeh was hit by an arson attack in the area of the ruins of the…
Despite global gains on combatting child labor, sub-Saharan Africa still has the highest number of underage workers, highlighting deeper challenges with the continent’s fast-growing economies. There are now 138 million child laborers, down from an estimated 160 million in 2020, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in a joint report that was…
Ross Anderson, Sophos BU Executive at Duxbury Networking. (Image: Duxbury Networking) Cyber attacks have become a universal business threat, affecting companies both large and small. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly in the crosshairs of cyber criminals precisely because they’re perceived as easier targets. In South Africa, where many SMEs are juggling lean teams,…
