New UNAIDS report shows AIDS pandemic can be ended by 2030, but only if leaders boost resources and protect human rights now

Leaders pledged to reduce annual new infections to below 370 000 by 2025, but new HIV infections are still more than three times higher than that, at 1.3 million in 2023. And now cuts in resourcing ... Read More

China is way ahead of the whole world on building renewable energy sources, new report shows

"The total of the two is nearly twice as much as the rest of the world combined, and enough to power all of South Korea, according to new data from Global ... the report was fulsome in its praise ... Read More

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a day after addressing Congress, met on Thursday with Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden separately at the White House at a time when the future of ... Read More

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July 24, 2024 — New research has found that the Southern Ocean absorbs more carbon dioxide (CO2) than previously thought. Using direct measurements of CO2 exchange, or fluxes, between the air ... Read More

World Bank Group Ramps Up Fight Against Global Hunger

Expanded ambition and partnership with the G20 Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty to reach at least 500 million people in need Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 24, 2024 – The World Bank Group ... Read More

Peak global population is approaching, thanks to lower fertility rates: Graphics explain

Global population peak is coming sooner than expected thanks to fertility rates that have declined by one-child-per-woman in the past 30 years. Read More

'Sadfishing' social media trend could be symptomatic of 'concerning' issues, says psychologist

What's your motivation for posting something for the whole world [to see]?" Grant said that for "sadfishers," it is case-dependent and can be concerning ... it's a phrase or two with pictures ... Read More

2.6 million people died from alcohol in 2019, new WHO report shows

A new report by the World Health Organization, which looked broadly at global substance use for people 15 years and older, shows over 3 million ... dependence. About two-thirds of deaths due ... Read More

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The two men, Ismael Zambada ... Lee Saedol was one of the world’s top Go players, and his shocking loss to an A.I. opponent was a harbinger of a new, unsettling era. “It may not be a happy ... Read More

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Ranil Wickremesinghe to contest Sri Lanka Presidential polls as independent candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe filed his nomination for the upcoming Sri Lankan presidential election as an independent ... Read More

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The 29-year-old convicted sex attacker (left, inset, with teammate right) took part in a practice session at the Champs de Mars park in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. The 6'6' Dutchman conducted ... Read More

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Senator Bob Menendez resigned after his conviction on corruption charges, including bribery and acting as an agent for Egypt. Information ... Read More