Elon Musk says X will pull operations from Brazil after ‘censorship orders’
Judge Alexandre de Moraes had ordered X to block certain accounts as he investigated fake news and hate messages Elon Musk announced on Saturday that...
Month : August 2024
Failure to deal with mpox outbreak ‘is risk not just to Africa but whole world’
Health leaders warn that global response to virus is test case for equity and preparation for future pandemics A failure to show solidarity with African...
Lula criticizes Maduro’s ‘authoritarian’ regime amid Venezuela election dispute
Brazilian president calls Nicolás Maduro’s administration ‘a very unpleasant regime’ as diplomats explore solutions The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has said Venezuela...
Hurricane Ernesto bears down on Bermuda amid deadly flood warnings
Atlantic island territory, which has seen fewer than a dozen hurricanes since 1850, braces for dangerous storm surge Hurricane Ernesto bore down on Bermuda on...
Mpox outbreak in Africa is public health emergency, declares WHO
Outbreak resembles early days of HIV, say experts, urging accelerated access to vaccines and testing An outbreak in Africa of mpox, the disease formerly known...
Mpox screening stepped up globally as more cases emerge outside Africa
The move comes amid reports of disappointing results from trials for a treatment against the variant behind the current outbreak Surveillance efforts against mpox are...
Global health charities warn of ‘huge and terrible’ threat to abortion rights if Trump returns
‘Global gag rule’ and funding cuts will be ‘on different scale’ if Republicans win again, family-planning providers say Providers of women’s healthcare around the world...
‘Enforced disappearances’ send a chill through Kenya’s protests
Dozens are reported as having gone missing since demonstrations began, and some have turned up dead One mid-morning in June, Emmanuel Kamau prepared to leave...
‘A violation’: Kenyan town removes athlete statues after uproar about unrecognisable features
Eldoret forced to remove statues of runners deemed a poorly done ‘joke’ on eve of event to confer city status on town Authorities in a...
Mpox: Sweden confirms first case of ‘more grave’ variant outside Africa
Clade I case comes after World Health Organization declares a global public health emergency What is mpox and why has it been declared a global...
