Wed 13 November 2024: New Zealand’s indigenous Maori population, who make up a majority of the survivors of state care, are unhappy with PM Luxon’s apology. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Tuesday made an unprecedented formal and “unreserved” apology to survivors of abuse in state and church care over seven decades, spanning almost the entirety […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: In the ambitious pursuit to tackle the harms from false content on social media and news websites, data scientists are getting creative. While still in their training wheels, the large language models (LLMs) used to create chatbots like ChatGPT are being recruited to spot fake news. With better detection, AI fake news checking systems may be able […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: Countries must accelerate the conservation and restoration of kelp forests to meet international targets, Australian researchers said on Thursday. According to the State of the World’s Kelp report, which was published by scientists from University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney on Thursday, 16 percent of the global kelp biome was […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: Nadhmi Al-Nasr, the long-time chief executive of the $500 billion NEOM mega-project at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s drive to diversify away from oil, has departed, NEOM said on Tuesday without giving a reason, Reuters reports. Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, known as MBS, has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into development […]
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Tue 12 November 2024: Twenty-three people in Gauteng have died as a result of food borne-related poisoning after consuming food from spaza shops. The majority of the deaths have been children between the ages of six and nine. This is according to Premier Panyaza Lesufi who on Sunday updated residents on the implementation of by-laws […]
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Image is for illustration purpose. Tue 12 November 2024: The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has expressed concern at the increasing presence of counterfeit Glucagon-like Peptide (GLP-1) products, such as Ozempic, on the local market. According to SAHPRA, GLP-1-containing products, like Ozempic, which help lower blood sugar levels and promote weight loss, are […]
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Tue 12 November 2024: Australian research has forecast that the number of worldwide annual cancer deaths will almost double by 2050, according to a study published oan Wednesday. The study projected that 18.5 million people will die globally from cancer in 2050, an increase of 89.7 percent from 9.7 million in 2022. Led by Habtamu […]
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Tue 12 November 2024: Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the global Anglican church, faced mounting calls to resign on Monday over a report that his institution had covered up prolific abuse of boys and young men. In office since 2013, Welby apologised last week after the report described a barrister […]
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Tue 12 November 2024: Australia on Monday appointed its first anti-slavery commissioner to strengthen efforts aimed at “preventing and responding to modern slavery.” Chris Evans, a former senator and anti-human trafficking activist, will begin a five-year term on Dec. 2, said a statement issued by Attorney General Mark Dreyfus’ office. “Modern slavery deprives victims of their dignity, fundamental […]
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Mon 11 November 2024: South Africa – Roshan Dadoo, from the BDS Coalition, urged South Africans to stay vigilant, raise awareness, and advocate for a boycott of the upcoming National Endowment for Democracy (NED) event. She called on civil society to make public statements opposing participation and to hold organisations accountable for aligning with foreign interests […]
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