How handwashing, after stiff resistance in Europe, became a game-changer in saving children
Why did his ideas fail to catch on? That question is at the core of Dr Semmelweis, a fascinating play produced by the UK National Theatre, and created by the writer Stephen Brown with the actor Mark Rylance, who plays Semmelweis. They powerfully capture the personal dramas that drove him to make his discoveries, the barriers to new ideas that were erected by ingrained beliefs and professional pride, and the ultimate tragedy made inevitable by the doctor’s personal flaws.
Judge in Trump classified documents case in spotlight for multiple errors in previous trial
Cannon, a 42-year-old former federal prosecutor appointed by Trump to the bench in 2020 late in his presidency, also neglected to swear in the prospective jury pool – an obligatory procedure in which people who may serve on the panel pledge to tell the truth during the selection process. This error forced Cannon to re-start jury selection before the trial ended abruptly with defendant William Spearman pleading guilty as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
Embracing indigenous knowledge is key to resilience in northern Kenya, not donor project box-ticking
eople in the drylands have a long-established repertoire of ways of responding to a difficult environment. This is not just a pattern of passive “coping” but an active process of deliberate, well-planned response – a well-tuned strategy of living with uncertainty.
Impact of Russia quitting wartime deal with Ukraine to ship grain starts to bite as food prices spike
Global prices for food commodities like rice and vegetable oil have risen for the first time in months after Russia pulled out of a wartime agreement allowing Ukraine to ship grain to the world, and India restricted some of its rice exports, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said on...
Social media influencer Andrew Tate freed from house arrest pending human trafficking, rape trial
Andrew Tate, the divisive internet influencer who is charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, won an appeal on Friday to be released from house arrest, his spokesperson said. Tate won’t be able to leave the country. He also will not...
Academics charged with conserving, managing our wildlife and total environment suffer from imposed ignorance
The rulers have mined in national parks and game reserves, felled trees in game reserves and forest reserves to establish plantations of oil palm and sugarcane; removed natural vegetation and replaced it with foreign species of trees, Eucalyptus and Cypress; and erected huge dams in national parks or elsewhere along the Nile, thereby erasing endemic species of plants and animals.
Several Trump allies in the dock for scheming to interfere with voting machines in Michigan
A Michigan attorney involved in multiple efforts around the country to overturn the 2020 election in support of former President Donald Trump has been charged in connection with accessing and tampering with voting machines in Michigan, prosecutors announced on Thursday. The charges against Stefanie Lambert come days after Matthew DePerno,...
Rwandan horrors: Was genocide was part of a political programme of vengeance directed against Hutu?
Hundreds of thousands of people have died in the Great Lakes Region of Africa over the past four years. Most of them were innocent civilians massacred by armies or militias or decimated by disease or starvation as they fled from danger. These horrors can be traced to intense struggles overpower...
Revisiting heart-wrenching story of how three Kenyan celebs killed mother of three and pauperised her bright sons
Consequently, Quincy Timberlake, Joseph Hellon and Esther Arunga became the talk of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city. They were the envy of many a youth and looked set for bigger things in the thriving communities of Christians and politicians. Church and politics have never been strange bedfellows. They have symbiotic relationship and cohabit – even if illicitly and the result parallels the biblical Sodom and Gomorrah.
