Fri 14 November 2025: A recent high court judgment could be a game changer for the setting of municipal electricity tariffs in South Africa. In late October 2025, the court ruled that the process used by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to decide yearly electricity price hikes was unconstitutional because it stifled public participation and violated […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: Indian authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have launched one of their biggest security crackdowns in recent months, raiding hundreds of homes linked to the banned Muslim organisation Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI). Police said the operations, carried out across the southern districts of Kulgam, Sopore, and Shopian, targeted the homes of JeI members and […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: Human rights groups and legal experts are urging the international community to act against the ongoing persecution of the Uyghur people in China. International pressure is mounting on China over its treatment of the Uyghur population. Human rights organisations are calling for concrete action citing a growing body of evidence of […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: Drinking a single glass of sugar-sweetened soda every day may raise the risk of high blood pressure by nearly a third, according to a new study. A healthy individual who does not drink soda has about a 6% risk of developing high blood pressure, which increases to 8% with daily consumption, research published in the […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: The UK government on Tuesday announced a £75 million ($98 million) strategy to phase out animal testing in science, replacing it with advanced alternative technologies. Unveiled by Science Minister Patrick Vallance, the plan sets out a roadmap to reduce and ultimately end animal use in research and safety testing, while maintaining rigorous standards for human health […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: The head of the African Union Commission has rejected claims by US President Donald Trump that Christians are being killed in a genocide in northern Nigeria, telling a UN forum in New York that such characterizations distort a far more complex security crisis. Speaking alongside UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday, Mahmoud Ali […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: US president calls emails a ‘hoax’ meant to distract from government shutdown crisis, without addressing their content. A 2011 email sent by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein says that United States President Donald Trump “spent hours” with one of the victims – an allegation that is likely to further fuel calls […]
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Wed 12 November 2025: Nearly all “incitement” cases opened by Israeli police since Itamar Ben-Gvir became Minister of National Security have targeted Arab citizens, according to official data released under a Freedom of Information request. Figures provided to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) show that since Ben-Gvir assumed office in December 2022, […]
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Wed 12 November 2025: Passwords are the keys to our digital lives – think how many times you log in to websites and other systems. But just like physical keys, they can be lost, duplicated and stolen. Many alternatives have been proposed in recent years, including passkeys. These offer a significant improvement in terms of […]
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Wed 12 November 2025: Japan faces a dual crisis: the proliferation of fake AI-generated videos online, alongside surging bear attacks that are disrupting vital services like postal deliveries. As the public continues to grow fearful of attacks, fake video clips showing aggressive bears are rapidly spreading on TikTok, YouTube, and other social media platforms, according […]
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