Deadly anti-depressants: Doctors ignore findings that the drugs work less by treating illness, more by changing personality
Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of Prozac, confirmed the drug had been blamed in over 75 criminal cases. The drugmaker said it was unaware of any cases in which the defence had succeeded. That’s precisely the problem, according to Healy. Today, nearly 20 years after Pittman’s case, no jury has acquitted a person who claimed antidepressants caused them to commit a murder.
How killing of Sikh separatist champion led to strained diplomatic relations between Canada and India
Hardeep Singh Nijjar was a local leader in what remains of a once-strong movement to create an independent Sikh homeland known as Khalistan. The Khalistan movement is banned in India, but has strong support among the Sikh diaspora, particularly in Canada.
Canada expels top India diplomats it accuses of organised crime and murder of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar
India said it had asked six Canadian diplomats to leave by Saturday. The ministry also said it had summoned Acting High Commissioner in India Stewart Wheeler, currently Canada’s top diplomat in the South Asian country.
How Kenyan, Ugandan, Rwandan and South Sudanese women were duped with job offers in Russia only to end up building drones used in Ukraine war
Russia and Iran signed a $1.7 billion deal in 2022, after President Vladimir Putin invaded neighbouring Ukraine, and Moscow began using Iranian imports of the unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs, in battle later that year.
Plans in high gear to make Italian-run space centre in Kenya to be used again for earth observation
Managed by Italian space agency ASI, the Luigi Broglio space centre is 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of Malindi and started its operations in the 1960s.
Kariba Dam: World’s largest man-made lake strips Zambia of electricity, grounds economy to a halt
Less than half of Zambia’s 20 million people had access to electricity before Kariba’s problems. Millions more have now been forced to adjust as mothers find different ways to cook for their families and children do their homework by candlelight. The most damaging impact is during the daylight hours when small businesses, the backbone of the country, struggle to operate.
How tamperproof blockchain technology is positioning crowdfunding to upstage traditional lenders in money market
Until 2016 when crowdfunding was deemed an online-based networking for social initiatives such building schools, churches, resource centres or roads, this method of fund-raising lacked legal basis to commute it to a source of investment capital for startups. Today, crowdfunding has kick-started a shift from traditional lenders and donors and pooling resources for economic investment for marginalised societies, non-governmental organisations and institutions devoid of political, cultural, religious or social rigidities that occasion a high a failure rate for even worthy causes.
How Kenyan farmers’ demand for fast, reliable insurance positioned blockchain as next big thing in financial world
People stand in front of the Blockchain Hub Davos 2023 at the Promenade road during the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023, in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, on January 18, 2023. Credit: Reuters
Raging mpox denies sex workers in Congo of income as government insists it’s their duty to protect themselves
Kamituga Mayor Alexandre Bundya M’pila says the government is creating awareness campaigns but lacks money to reach everyone. He also said sex workers should look for other jobs, without providing examples of what might be available.
One of greatest African basketballers to ever feature in NBA, Dikembe Mutombo, dies at 58
Dikembe Mutombo last played during the 2008-09 season, devoting his time after retirement to charitable and humanitarian causes. He spoke nine languages and founded the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation in 1997, concentrating on improving health, education and quality of life for the people in the Congo.
