Kenyan court rules Facebook can be sued for exposing staff to mentally harmful social media posts
A worker who alleges reviewing graphic social media posts harmed his mental health can sue Facebook owner Meta, a Kenyan labour court says. Daniel Motaung claims he was paid about $2.20 (£1.80) per hour to review posts including beheadings and child abuse. He is also suing his then employer Sama,...
Overuse of antibiotics in animal farming linked to spike in drug resistance among human beings
The use of antibiotics in animal farming – a major contributor to antimicrobial resistance – is expected to grow by 8 per cent between 2020 and 2030 despite ongoing efforts to curtail their use, according to an analysis. Overuse of antibiotics in agriculture is thought to be a major driver...
Environmental scientists propose how Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt can end impasse over Africa’s largest dam
A team of environmental scientists has a proposal to end a long-running dispute between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam. Ethiopia is several years away from completing the almost-$5-billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the White Nile River, which is intended to provide electricity to a country...
WHO warns death toll from Turkey and Syria earthquakes could surpass 20,000 as 4,300 bodies recovered
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the death toll from the Turkey and Syria earthquakes could rise to over 20,000. The warning comes on the back of 4,300 confirmed deaths in either country, with reports saying more than 18,000 are still not accounted for more than 40 hours...
Pope Francis: I plead with everyone from the heart: Let’s help South Sudan; let’s not abandon its population
About a thousand lucky people were chosen to see the pope on Saturday – and a few even told him their stories – but the other 46,000 stayed back where they always are, yet another day in a forlorn displacement camp. While the pope, in a conference hall, talked about...
Man City at risk of being dropped from Premier League for alleged financial fair play breaches
Manchester City have been referred to an independent commission by the Premier League over alleged breaches of its financial rules. The alleged breaches span a period from the 2009-10 season to the 2017-18 campaign. Manchester City are alleged to have breached league rules requiring provision “in utmost good faith” of...
Powerful earthquake kills 1,500 people is Turkey and Syria, thousands more trapped in debris
An estimated 1,500 people have been killed and thousands injured when a huge earthquake struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, pulverising apartment blocks and heaping more destruction on Syrian cities already devastated by years of war. The magnitude 7.8 quake, which hit in the early darkness of a...
Why the hippie weed is gaining approval in medicine for squashing anxiety, spurring appetite and salving seizures
The 1960s was a big decade for cannabis: Images of flower power, the summer of love and Woodstock wouldn’t be complete without a joint hanging from someone’s mouth. Yet in the early 1960s, scientists knew surprisingly little about the plant. When Raphael Mechoulam, then a young chemist in his 30s...
America registers world’s highest incidence of drug resistant gonorrhoea with 700,000 new cases every year
To an unfamiliar eye, the press release from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in the US two weeks ago looked pretty routine. Its language was a little unnerving, maybe, but phrased carefully: Analysts had discovered a resident with a strain of gonorrhoea that showed “reduced response to multiple antibiotics,”...
Man City loss to Spurs exposes deep fissures in relationship between striker Haaland and manager Guardiola
Erling Haaland is reportedly ready to ‘divorce’ Manchester City as he has a ‘very distant’ relationship with Pep Guardiola, who has created a ‘bad atmosphere’. The prolific striker only joined Manchester City last summer. They activated his £51 million release clause to recruit him from Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund. Haaland...
