Nairobi, Kigali Africa lead to green energy switch as continent looks to bridge skills gap in labour market
One factor in Africa’s struggle to accelerate green industrial development is that the level of technical skills training is generally poor across the continent, especially outside a handful of higher-income countries.
Imprisonment of 45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong elicits world condemnation
Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to four years and eight months in jail, while Chow was sentenced to seven years and nine months; former journalist-turned-activist Gwyneth Ho, was sentenced to seven years.
Medical privacy: Why in women’s football it’s often tricky to explain absence of pregnant players
Medical privacy is certainly one compelling argument to justify a manager hiding the reason for a player’s absence. Mark Robins, shortly before his departure from Coventry City, even cited data protection laws as a reason for him not being able to answer team news questions, although that may have been tongue-in-cheek.
Why faking player injuries is now part of managers’ mind-games, tactics to win matches
Managers are rarely so open about their approach but sometimes the mask slips. Earlier this season, Leicester City manager Steve Cooper insisted he had not lied in a Friday afternoon press conference about the fitness of striker Jamie Vardy, who he ruled out of a game three days later against Tottenham.
Doctors query Gates-funded self-amplifying bird flu vaccine, term it ‘disaster waiting to happen’
According to Karl Jablonowski, senior research scientist at Children’s Health Defence, “Arcturus’ self-replication platform has all the hazards of the other synthetic modified mRNA wrapped in a lipid nanoparticle, just much worse.
G20 nations that account for 85 per cent of world’s economy agree deal on climate finance in Rio
COP29 must set a new goal for how much financing should be directed from developed countries, multilateral banks and the private sector to developing nations. Economists told the summit it should be at least $1 trillion.
Fears rise Baku conference may not yield much as nations skirt goal on cash for climate action
At the moment, the sides are far away, which is sort of normal for this stage. The technical details that are worked out by negotiators now have to give way to the bigger, harder number decisions made by climate and finance ministers to make more political decisions, said Ani Dasgupta, president of World Resources Institute.
Wary of erratic Trump, China’s Xi cautions US at meeting with President Biden to ‘make the wise choice’ to keep relations stable
Xi, who is firmly entrenched atop China’s political hierarchy, spoke forcefully in his brief remarks before reporters. Biden, who is winding down more than 50 years of public service, talked in broader brushstrokes about where the relationship between the two countries has gone. He reflected not just on the past four years but on the decades the two have known each other.
Celebrated ‘Soweto’ movie star Whoopi Goldberg gets the flak for alleging NYC bakery rejected her order over politics
The flap started on Wednesday when Goldberg celebrated her 69th birthday on the ABC talk-show by sharing a tray of Charlotte Russe – small sponge cakes topped with whipped cream and a cherry that she said were her mother’s favourite dessert when she was growing up.
Horror tales of Sudanese refugees who fled war at home, forced to buy humanitarian aid with sex
Sexual exploitation during large humanitarian crises is not uncommon, especially in displacement sites. Aid groups have long struggled to combat the issue. They cite a lack of reporting by women, not enough funds to respond and a focus on first providing basic necessities.
