Industrial factory farming: If use of cereals as animal feed were ended, two billion more people could be fed

Industrial factory farming: If use of cereals as animal feed were ended, two billion more people could be fed

The IFC website dismisses as a myth the argument that industrial animal production is bad for the environment. However, factory farms disgorge large amounts of manure, slurry and ammonia that pollute air and watercourses.

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Israel strikes near Syria’s presidential palace to warn new Islamist authorities of its readiness to ramp up military action

Israel strikes near Syria’s presidential palace to warn new Islamist authorities of its readiness to ramp up military action

It has framed its stance around its suspicion of interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa – who once headed a branch of al Qaeda before renouncing ties to the group in 2016 – and a desire to protect the Druze, a minority sect that is an offshoot of Islam with followers in Syria, Lebanon and Israel.

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Black Pope: Three African cardinals emerge as possible successors of Pope Francis in Vatican

Black Pope: Three African cardinals emerge as possible successors of Pope Francis in Vatican

Before the 2005 conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI, there was much media attention around Francis Arinze, a highly respected cardinal born in Nigeria, raising questions even then about whether the world was ready for a Black pope from Africa.

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Danger in your hands: Study finds cellphone radiation causes abnormal blood clumping in just five minutes

Danger in your hands: Study finds cellphone radiation causes abnormal blood clumping in just five minutes

For the data in this study, Brown and his colleague, Barbara Biebrich, an ultrasound technician, did an initial experiment including an ultrasound scan of the leg vein of a 62-year-old asymptomatic woman with no history of allergy, blood disorder or systemic disease.

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Nairobi-based ILRI joins world programme to reduce methane emissions from livestock

Nairobi-based ILRI joins world programme to reduce methane emissions from livestock

Director of the Future of Food at the Bezos Earth Fund, Dr Andy Jarvis, said that reducing methane from cattle is one of the most elegant solutions we have to slow climate change.

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Why rare diseases often go undiagnosed or untreated in parts of Africa

Why rare diseases often go undiagnosed or untreated in parts of Africa

Globally, more than 350 million people live with rare diseases, most of them caused by a misstep hidden within their genes. Some conditions can be caught early and treated – but in parts of Africa where population data and resources are scarce, many people go undiagnosed.

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Liverpool are champions of England for the 20th time, bringing them level with Man United

Liverpool are champions of England for the 20th time, bringing them level with Man United

Forget the failings of the chasing pack, Slot’s side have simply set standards that no one else has been able to get close to replicating over the past nine months. Liverpool have been top of the Premier League since November, with a 26-game unbeaten league run blowing their opponents away. With just two defeats in 34 games, it had long since been a case of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ they would be champions again.

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Pope Francis death rekindles memories of mediaeval pope Benedict IX, who was a thief, overthrew three other popes

Pope Francis death rekindles memories of mediaeval pope Benedict IX, who was a thief, overthrew three other popes

Benedict IX took office in 1032, while practically a teenager. “At that time, the papacy was the legal centre of the Western world,” Weiss recalls on camera.

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Trump marks 100 days of chaos in office during which he rode roughshod on trading partners, White House warns more coming

Trump marks 100 days of chaos in office during which he rode roughshod on trading partners, White House warns more coming

Trump has enacted sweeping changes on a wide range of US domestic and foreign policy priorities since taking office on January 20. He has upended the world economic order with tariffs, slashed the federal government with job cuts and done away with diversity programs in the public and private sector.

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Barcelona dig deep into energy reserves to see off determined Real Madrid to clinch record-extending 32nd Copa Del Rey title

Barcelona dig deep into energy reserves to see off determined Real Madrid to clinch record-extending 32nd Copa Del Rey title

The loss to its fierce rival was another blow to Madrid after it was knocked out of the Champions League quarterfinals by Arsenal. This could have been its last title decider with Carlo Ancelotti in charge. The Italian coach said he will decide his future this summer amid speculation he is bound to take over Brazil.

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