Wed 23 September 2026: Nearly one in four doctors worldwide is over the age of 55 and is expected to retire within the next decade, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday, highlighting growing pressure on health systems. The finding, based on the latest available data from 122 countries, was published in WHO’s new report on global health workforce […]

Wed 23 September 2026: There is a temptation to divide the future of AI into two possibilities: utopia or catastrophe. Neither extreme is particularly helpful. The more interesting possibility is messier – and requires a step-shift in our thinking, from artificial intelligence to AI societies. When most people hear “AI”, they typically think of ChatGPT, Copilot or another conversational […]

Wed 23 September 2026: Saudi monarch’s rare condemnation hints at sense of urgency in the kingdom amid ramped-up attacks from Yemen. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has branded Yemen’s armed Houthi movement a “terrorist militia” and accused the Iran-allied group of repeatedly targeting the holy city of Mecca. The 90-year-old Saudi monarch made the […]

Wed 23 September 2026: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir, met Tuesday on the sidelines of the ongoing UN General Assembly session in New York, reaffirming its support for the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination The foreign ministers and senior officials of the contact group’s member states – Azerbaijan, […]

Wed 23 September 2026: The Department of Health (DoH) has confirmed four additional laboratory-confirmed Mpox cases, taking the total number of infections from 18 to 22. According to the department, one of the new cases is a male from Cape Town who travelled to Spain. “This individual was previously classified as a probable case pending […]

Wed 23 September 2026: The UK on Tuesday vowed to “stand firm” against challenges to its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, drawing an immediate response from Argentina at the UN General Assembly, where Buenos Aires reiterated its claim to the archipelago and denounced what it called an “illegal occupation.” “This is about upholding the UN […]

Thu 10 October 2024: One in eight girls, women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18, UNICEF says More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children’s agency said yesterday, Reuters reported. The number rises to 650 […]

Wed 23 September 2026: The Department of Health (DoH) has confirmed four additional laboratory-confirmed Mpox cases, taking the total number of infections from 18 to 22. According to the department, one of the new cases is a male from Cape Town who travelled to Spain. “This individual was previously classified as a probable case pending […]

Thu 14 May 2026: Amid an oil blockade against the island, the US blames Cuba’s communist leadership for ‘standing in the way’ of aid. The United States has offered $100m in humanitarian assistance to Cuba on the condition that the island’s communist government agrees to “meaningful reforms”. The sum was made public in a statement from […]

Fri 12 June 2026: My mother loves butter. It is the primary fat I ate growing up. She smeared it on any kind of bread, potatoes, nut rolls or coffeecake. She baked with it exclusively. When I was studying nutrition in college, I had a teaching assistant who recommended margarine over butter. I was shocked […]

Fri 12 April 2024: JALEBIS INGREDIENTS 140 g cake flour 2 T cornflour 1/2 t baking powder 2 T clarified butter 1/4 t saffron threads 190 ml thick plain yoghurt Water (optional) Canola oil, for deep-frying Gold leaf, to garnish For the sugar syrup: 140 g sugar 250 ml water 1/4 t saffron threads, toasted […]