[Health-e] South Africa has moved a step closer to an HIV vaccine with the launch of the BRILLIANT 011 clinical trial at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation (DTHF) site at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The first participant has already been enrolled.
[ISS] No countries from the region are represented, and the board could fragment global conflict response systems that include the AU.
Daniel Andreas San Diego was on the run from the FBI for 21 years and was found in a cottage in north Wales in 2024.
[Nile Post] African governments and development partners have been urged to increase investment in digital infrastructure to support inclusive e-learning and strengthen ethical migration reporting across the continent.
[Premium Times] The 90-day show will feature one representative from each African country, with the winner chosen mainly through paid public voting in an 'election' format.
Get your Pip Boys out, we're levelling up.
2025's Horror Game of the Year, Silent Hill f, is available to purchase on PS5 at a shockingly low discount.
The European Commission found that TikTok has not sufficiently limited addictive features such as infinite scroll, which encourages compulsive behaviour.
By Can Sezer ISTANBUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Turkey is laying the groundwork to restrict social media access for minorswith a parliamentary report this week calling for broad measures including age verification and content filtering, joining a growing list of countries seeking
Supernatural folk horror film “Bring Her Back” was the major winner at this year’s Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, where Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, and Sarah Snook were also recognized. The AACTA awards celebrate achievements across the film,
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On Monday, the Trump administration suffered its fifth consecutive courtroom defeat in its war on offshore wind. All of these cases stem from an order in December in which the Interior Department claimed that a classified Defense Department report had deemed offshore wind a
Last weekend, I went to my hometown of Morgantown, West Virginia, and I attended Sunday morning services at my mother’s old church, St. Thomas à Becket Episcopal Church. I hadn’t visited in a few years, and the pastor, Michael Delk, was new to me. I found his sermon to be
For many Americans, chips and guacamole are as much a part of Super Bowl Sunday as the game itself. More avocados are sold for the big game than at any other time of year. This wasn’t always the case. Americans eat almost 10 times as much guacamole during the Super Bowl as we
Early last November, as Alvaro Luna Hernandez, age 73, awoke from uneasy sleep, numbness radiated from his hands and feet, and he realized he could no longer walk. He tried hoisting himself up within the confines of his six-by-eight-foot solitary prison cell, and fell to the
Senators in both parties now expect funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to lapse at the end of next week, as negotiations over Democratic demands for restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CPB) fizzle with
Bipartisan farming advocates are concerned the industry could "collapse" in the near future, with the combination of a downturn cycle and the policies of the Trump administration putting the sector in a precarious position. Former leaders in the industry warned House and
Democrats aren’t lining up to defend former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the pair face scrutiny over the House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. This week, the Clintons agreed to appear before the House Oversight and Government
On the occasion of the swearing-in of the newly elected members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, its Chair, MLA Jack Ford, travelled to the United Kingdom, where he held a series of meetings with government and opposition lawmakers, as well as senior officials from
Boat evacuations in Alcácer do Sal followed the Sado River overflow, leaving one person dead during Portugal’s seventh storm this year. Another system, Storm Marta, is due on Saturday with winds up to 120 km/h and waves reaching 13 metres.
Ukraine and Russia swap 157 prisoners each after talks in Abu Dhabi, the first exchange in five months, with families finally welcoming loved ones home.
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6 - A suicide bomber killed at least 12 people during Friday prayers in a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, two police officials said.
Thousands of cubic metres of trash hit Bosnia’s Drina River every winter. Locals warn tourism and health are at risk
Portugal was hit by two devastating storms just one week apart. Roads were blocked by flooded rivers and fallen trees snapped power lines. People are being evacuated from their homes in motor boats.
Amid global baby formula recalls, the United Kingdom has confirmed 36 possible intoxication cases.
Bethany Cosentino, the frontwoman of L.A. band Best Coast, has called on Casey Wasserman — the founder and CEO of her agency, Wasserman Music — to step down over his appearance in the Epstein files. In an open letter posted to Instagram on Thursday night, Cosentino — who has
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6 - An explosion ripped through a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad on Friday killing several worshippers, police said.
Seasonal rains sweep garbage from illegal dumps into the Drina River, where it accumulates behind a hydroelectric plant’s fence.
Data shows 29 hybrid and 98 diesel cars also sold, while the figure for battery electric vehicles was more than 2,000 Just seven new petrol cars were sold in Norway last month, data shows. The country, which is the frontrunner in the uptake of electric vehicles, shifted a
The latest tranche of files related to the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has set the internet ablaze with AI and manipulated images supposedly depicting him with politicians. Not all are real.
Goldman Sachs is building AI agents with Anthropic’s Claude to automate trade accounting and client onboarding, aiming to speed work and boost efficiency.
SEOUL, Feb 6 - A United Nations committee has approved exemptions from wide-reaching sanctions against North Korea to allow fresh humanitarian aid to reach the country, a diplomatic source said on Friday, amid a push by Seoul and Washington to engage Pyongyang.
JAKARTA, Feb 6 - A prominent Indonesian comedian who became the first from his country to air a special on Netflix was summoned by police on Friday over what they called public complaints about the material he used in his stand-up act.
France TV Distribution has boarded François Busnel’s “The Wild Between Us,” a survival drama starring Andreas Pietschmann (“Nuremberg,” “Dark”), in the run up to the European Film Market in Berlin. Set in the wilderness, “The Wild Between Us” follows Liam (Pietschmann) and Ava,
The New START treaty, the last remaining agreement constraining Russian and US nuclear weapons, lapsed on February 4. There are no negotiations to extend the terms of the treaty, either. As US President Donald Trump said dismissively in a recent interview, “if it expires, it
The student had just arrived in Mumbai to visit a relative when the balloons were being delivered for a birthday celebration in the same building.
The narrative we run in our head is a choice. It might or might not be based on objective reality and verified history. Doesn’t matter, it’s still a choice. There are millions of ways we can remind ourselves about the events of our lives and the systems we live in. But in this
MOSCOW, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that it hoped that negotiations between Iran and the United States in Oman would yield results and lead to a de-escalation and urged all sides to show restraint in the meantime. Iran and the United States started high-stakes
Justice Department files show that Jeffrey Epstein sought help from a Russian official after claiming a woman from Moscow was blackmailing “powerful businessmen” in New York.
Cute fluffy AI-powered “pets” are providing emotional companionship to an increasing number of lonely, tired Chinese — and a digital ear for tech giants.
Khipus, the portable information archives created by the Inca, may stir up memories of 1970s macrame with their long strands of intricately knotted, earth-toned fibers, but their function more closely resembled that of a densely plotted computerized spreadsheet. As Cecilia
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt lost her temper with a reporter who asked if Donald Trump intends to flood polling places with ICE agents during the midterms. She called the question “silly” and “hypothetical” and “disingenuous,” even though Steve Bannon, who’s
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Hong Kong prides itself on being a first world city. So how did such a thing like the Tai Po fire happen?
GENEVA, Feb 6 - The U.S. on Friday called for a new arms control agreement after the treaty that set caps on Russia and the U.S.'s strategic nuclear weapons deployments for more than two decades expired on Thursday.
Despite progress on gender equality, women across the European Union continue to live longer lives in worse health. According to a report ‘Towards an EU Strategy for Women’s Health’ presented in the European Parliament (4 February), women spend “approximately 25% more of their
The move would the provision of aid such as medical equipment and water purification systems.