Category: Latest News

Oct 29
World’s snake attack hotspots revealed: Map shows the countries with the most encounters – and Australia doesn’t even make the top 20

Scientists from the Liverpool School of Tropical medicine have revealed the countries where the most incidents occur every year.

Oct 29
UK statement on escalation in northern Ethiopia: 24 September

The UK condemns attacks by the Tigray Defence Forces in Afar and southern Tigray and the takeover of Tigray's airports, calling on all parties to refrain from further escalation.

Oct 29
Africa’s Evolving Role In A New International Order

Courted by China and Russia, and dissatisfied with America’s attentions, the continent awaits clarity from Washington.

Oct 29
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #40 2026

Open access notables Centuries of global heating from Carbon Majors: Dependence on future emissions pathways, Frierson & Henrie, PLOS Climate We perform simulations that attribute the amount of global warming due to corporations, governments and other entit…

Oct 29
‘Mami Wata’ Director C.J. Obasi, ‘Khartoum’ Filmmaker Ibrahim Ahmad and More Take New Projects to Durban FilmMart’s Co-Production Forum

The 17th Durban FilmMart kicks off Oct. 9 with a stacked, four-day program of talks, panels, think tanks and conversations that will spotlight some of the challenges and opportunities for the African film and TV industries and set the agenda for the continent…

Oct 29
BRICS rejects ‘punitive and discriminatory’ EU carbon border tax

BRICS nations have rejected the EU’s carbon border tax as punitive, calling the mechanism inconsistent with international law and a “significant trade barrier for developing countries”

Oct 29
Notre Dame awards religious liberty prize to Becket Fund for Supreme Court wins

Becket President Mark Rienzi said the group is "deeply honored" to be awarded the prize, saying religious liberty "is worth fighting for."

Oct 29
Lifetime HIV testing frequency among women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A DHS-based analysis using zero-inflated negative binomial regression

Background HIV testing is an essential component of HIV prevention and care, yet lifetime testing frequency remains low in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study examines the factors influencing lifetime HIV testing frequency among reproductive-age women in SSA…

Oct 29
U.S. Bank Now Has Points Transfer Partners, With Ethiopian As A Weird Interesting Sweet Spot

U.S. Bank has finally added transfer partners for Altitude Reserve cardmembers, starting with Flying Blue, Accor, Qantas, and Ethiopian ShebaMiles. The partner list is small and oddly limited to a card no longer open to new applicants, but Ethiopian’s fifth-f…

Oct 29
Democratic socialist candidate welcomes COMMUNISTS to party during interview with PBS

Speaking with PBS host Margaret Hoover on Friday, a smiling Melat Kiros, 29, quipped: 'It's a big tent, right?'