Education critical to plug Asia’s health workforce gap
Lifelong training for health workers is essential to tackle shortage of skilled professionals, according to the WHO.
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Restoration works better with evidence-based standards
Recognition of the need to restore degraded landscapes is accelerating at pace. The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (the UN Decade) has triggered a global movement to rally individual action, financial investment, and political backing to prevent, halt and reverse the loss of nature. In October, at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16) conference […]
Can the Cali Fund deliver a fair response to biopiracy?
When considering the vastly unequal realities of the current global order, it is clear that the ongoing impact of the colonization of the Global South is wide ranging and all-encompassing. From legacies of racial subjugation, to the disproportionate impact of climate change, to the rise of populist authoritarianism, the colonial project is strong. But one […]
‘In a Bind’: Some New Yorkers Reject Transition to Electric School Buses, Despite Mandate
New York’s push for electric school buses by 2027 has districts across the state struggling with voter approval and funding.
Limpopo villagers demand action on failing clinic
Residents of Valdezia want a new clinic, open for longer hours
FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign
On December 11, Christopher A. Wray, FBI Director of the US, announced in an internal meeting that he will resign prior to US President-elect Donald Trump taking office. The decision came after Trump has asserted…
Rangelands deserve a central role in biodiversity protection
In recent years, there has been an enormous increase in awareness about the importance of rainforests to global ecosystems and economies. Meanwhile, another biome – one that covers more than half of the Earth’s terrestrial surface and is similarly important to tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation – has been overlooked. Rangelands, despite […]
Sewage stench lingers at Milnerton Lagoon
Years after the City of Cape Town was ordered to clean it up, the estuary is still polluted
Protecting wildlife also helps protect the climate
When most people think about climate change, images of melting ice caps or rising sea levels come to mind. However, the reality is far more intricate and urgent. The effects of climate change, such as fires, droughts, and extreme weather events are not just environmental threats, but crises that directly impact human well-being and wildlife […]
Epileptic woman has to sleep on concrete floor at hospital
Eastern Cape health department says Uitenhage Provincial Hospital has too few beds for increased demand
Reading is Kwaai: high school teacher starts mobile library for learners
Nigel Mortley takes books to Cape Town schools that do not have libraries
Ruby slippers worn by American actress Judy Garland in 1939 film The Wizard of Oz break sales record, sold for US$28 million at auction
On Saturday, a pair of ruby slippers worn by American actress Judy Garland while portraying Dorothy in the 1939 American musical fantasy film The Wizard of Oz were sold at Heritage Auctions in the US for US$28 million…
Yellowstone National Park's winter season begins Dec. 15, 2024
Yellowstone National Park's winter season begins Dec. 15, 2024
Drug airstrips threaten Indigenous communities in Peru
The boat comes to a halt, shuddering against the dirt bank that rises from the edge of the Ucayali River. Sixto, tanned and with a frown cutting deep furrows across his forehead, jumps ashore. He strides up to a flat area dotted with banana plantations, yucca crops and scattered foliage. He raises his hand and […]
Impeachment of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol fails
On Saturday, motions to impeach South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol failed when most members of the People Power Party (his ruling party) did not participate in the National Assembly session to ratify an impeachment…
World leaders attend grand reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris five years after damaging fire
On Saturday, Notre-Dame de Paris reopened in Paris, France after five years of closure following a fire in April 2019 that severely damaged the building's
Manslaughter charges against Daniel Penny dismissed following jury deadlock
On Friday, Judge Maxwell Wiley in Manhattan—a borough of New York City, New York, United States—dismissed a manslaughter charge against Daniel Penny, an ex-Marine accused of choking Jordan Neely, a homeless man, to…
New hospital for Elim at last
But no date has been set by the Department of Health and the old hospital is crumbling
Fifteen illegal airstrips found near Indigenous communities in Peru
The hum of a small plane is heard overhead during a community assembly, but no one looks up. Conversation rises naturally over the sound as the engine’s intense roar fades into the background. The aircraft takes five minutes to pass over an Indigenous community located between the districts of Yuyapichis and Puerto Bermúdez, its course […]
From caps to needles: Durban’s whoonga drug culture is changing
People who use heroin in Durban are increasingly switching from smoking to injecting, causing public health concerns
