The World Health Organisation (WHO) has deployed a team of health experts to Uganda to support the country’s response to a confirmed outbreak of Sudan virus disease, a viral illness similar to Ebola. Uganda has reported its first confirmed case of Sudan virus disease: a nurse from Mulago National ReferralContinue Reading
US President Donald Trump has signed a legal settlement that will see Facebook and Instagram owner Meta pay out roughly $25m (£20m). Trump sued the social media giant and its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, in 2021 over the suspension of his accounts after the 6 January Capitol riots that year.Continue Reading
More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between January 26-30, UN Secretary-General spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters Friday. “The WHO (World Health Organization) and its partners conducted an assessment withContinue Reading
A 59-year-old male tourist was trampled to death by an elephant while reportedly trying to save his grandchild at Kruger National Park in South Africa last weekend, according to a statement from the park. Eyewitnesses say the man and his family parked close to the Malelane reception area near CrocodileContinue Reading
A small medical transport plane has crashed into several buildings in northeast Philadelphia, setting homes and vehicles ablaze and injuring people on the ground. The jet was on a medical transport mission on Friday evening and carrying four crew members, a child patient and the patient’s escort, Jet Rescue AirContinue Reading
In his second inaugural address, President Donald Trump announced a new policy recognizing only two genders—male and female. In a defining moment of his second inaugural address on January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump announced a controversial new policy that recognizes only two genders—male and female—as the official stanceContinue Reading
South Sudan has directed telecommunication companies, to block access to social media for a maximum of three months, citing concerns over the dissemination of graphic content, relating to the ongoing violence against South Sudanese in neighbouring Sudan. As the country’s communications industry regulator, the National Communication Authority (NCA) ordered allContinue Reading
The CIA on Saturday offered a new assessment on the origin of the Covid outbreak, saying the coronavirus is “more likely” to have leaked from a Chinese lab than to have come from animals. But the intelligence agency cautioned it had “low confidence” in this determination. A spokesperson said thatContinue Reading
Veteran actor Djimon Hounsou is opening up about his experiences in Hollywood as a person of colour, highlighting the ongoing struggles for fair recognition and compensation in the film industry. Born in Benin, Hounsou has built an impressive career spanning over two decades, starring in some acclaimed films like BloodContinue Reading
Norway is the world leader when it comes to the take up of electric cars, which last year accounted for nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in the country. Can other nations learn from it? For more than 75 years Oslo-based car dealership Harald A Møller has been importingContinue Reading