Two years ago, the idea of a large-scale war breaking out felt like a distant hypothetical to the experts who help chart the world’s dangers ...

Chile has become the first country in South America to receive the World Health Organization (WHO) validation for eliminating dog-transmitted rabies as a public health problem ...

The Gates Foundation on Tuesday announced plans to spend at least US$1 billion over the next two years to expand access to artificial intelligence and the AI-enabled solutions, opportunities, and know ...

There are growing fears that a serial killer is operating near Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport Tags Society South Africa Murders Log on if you are already subscribed or ...

Poor management of toxic chemicals and hazardous waste threatens “many, if not all, human rights”, the newly appointed ...

Lithium, cobalt, copper, nickel: the energy transition is increasing demand for these minerals, which are essential for green technologies ...

UN aid agencies on Monday said they may be forced to scale back humanitarian aid in Sudan – home of the world’s worst hunger and displacement crisis – due to funding shortfalls ...

The Director General of the UN nuclear watchdog, IAEA, opened its 70th General Conference on Monday in Vienna with a message full of optimism ...

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners have delivered lifesaving assistance to families in conflict-affected communities in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, many of whom had gone months without h ...

Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has criticised the Zambian authorities for cancelling the passports of several citizens describing it as “a violation of international human rights law” ...

Ghana\'s Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) announced on Monday that it has arrested three suspects for allegedly representing and facilitating the activities of Dutch fugitive Jos Leijdekkers, popu ...

South Africa\'s Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, Blade Nzimande, is leading an official delegation to the 19th Pujiang Innovation Forum in Shanghai, China ...