South African authorities say they have been notified of the death of at least 31 suspected illegal miners, believed to be from Lesotho, at a disused mine in Free State.South Africa’s department of mineral resources said in statement that it was inform…
The Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) steering committee met on 20-21 June 2023 in Copenhagen. The adopted decisions respond to the ambition of the UN Secretary-General’s Early Warnings for All Initiative.Funding for 10 additional count…
A stable supply of essential medicines is a prerequisite for any functioning healthcare system. Yet basic health products are all too often unavailable to people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), even though the vast majority of these medici…
Thousands of people took to the UK’s seas and rivers recently in a nationwide “paddle-out” protest to demand an end to sewage spilling into the country’s waterways. The campaigners were largely concerned about the consequences of this filth for human h…
The UK government recently released a white paper outlining its approach to AI regulation. The paper’s purpose is “to ensure there are guardrails in place around the use of AI technologies, whilst allowing innovation to continue and the benefits to be …