Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, former vice president of Namibia, was sworn in as Namibia's first female president on Friday. She won the presidential election in November 2024 as the candidate of the ruling South West…
For the Akit tribe of Bengkalis and Pelalawan districts in Riau province, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, land is more than just soil beneath their feet: it is their identity, their lifeblood, and their heritage. As one elder has said, “Adat is like a part of the body, an epitome of blood and heart,” […]
The company used to help employers avoid paying for workers’ benefits. Now it’s slated to administer health insurance for tens of thousands of low-wage New Yorkers.
The cost to feed a family in the United States has increased by 50 percent since the early days of the pandemic in 2020. Wages have not increased at the same rate, causing many families to feel burdened by the struggle…
“We will not let our people die” says Zackie Achmat
Showcasing a range of mostly children’s books, the festival is set to run until next week
On Friday, Mark Carney was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada. He replaced Justin Trudeau after winning a landslide victory in the leadership election for the Liberal Party of Canada. He officially became the new…
The tropics are celebrated as hotspots of biological diversity and renowned as supply houses for food, fiber and pharmacies. They also harbor linguistic diversity, a proxy for cultural diversity, critical to people’s health, well-being and identity. Embedded in linguistic variation is a library of human knowledge, cosmologies and institutions. The correlation between biological and linguistic/cultural […]
The governor’s proposal could leave 24 districts with less Foundation Aid than expected. The one-house budgets aim to fix that.
Critical services in some high-burden districts have collapsed
In early March, Everglades National Park will begin a six-month project to replace the aging Pa-Hay-Okee Overlook boardwalk trail and tower, both of which show signs of wear and deterioration. While the Pa-Hay-Okee Road will remain open as a turnaround, the tower, boardwalk and parking lot will be closed for the duration of the project. The trail is scheduled to reopen after completion in the fall.
Raft of demands handed over
Gauteng Health MEC has said Mamelodi Regional Hospital meets National Health Insurance standards, but my experience was not good
On Friday, the New Zealand High Court overturned the conviction of Whakaari Management Limited (WML), which had been found guilty of failing to 'keep visitors safe' during the 2019 eruption. The eruption killed 22…
A New York Focus investigation reveals how party officials and politically connected law firms continue to profit from court-appointed roles.
Fear of a surge in new infections as antiretroviral medicines become harder to get
A man in a green prison uniform, his face bleeding and wrists shackled behind his back, slouches on a medical examination table. A uniformed guard shoves an object into his mouth, while another grips his throat, and several more take turns beating him. They hit him all over his body. When he loses consciousness, they lift him by his collar and throw him against a window.
Alfonso Arries Primary School in Gqeberha said parents took a decision to donate R100 per child to fix the crumbling school
In his first week in office back in 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a historic commitment to conserve 30% of America’s lands and waters by 2030. Two years later, the world agreed to a similar commitment with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The initiative, commonly known as 30×30, has since become a rallying cry […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have further lowered the predicted likelihood of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth, citing refined trajectory calculations…
