Kenya abductions: the powerful legal shields citizens and courts can use – expert
Kenya’s national human rights commission recorded 82 abductions or enforced disappearances between June and December 2024.
What Meta’s move to community moderation could mean for misinformation
Meta’s official rationale for ending its independent factchecking in favour of crowdsourced contributions centres on ...
The Six Triple Eight helped rewrite the rules on who could be a soldier – the real story behind the Netflix film
The 6888th US battalion tackled entrenched racism as well as confronting the challenges of sexism in the military – but the ...
Why has this marine research institute made the ocean a member of its board? Expert Q&A
The ocean absorbs more than 90% of the atmosphere’s excess heat trapped by human-emitted greenhouse gases. It plays a vital ...
UK borrowing costs have hit their highest level since the banking crisis. An economist explains what’s happening
UK borrowing costs have risen rapidly to their highest level since the banking crisis of 2007-08, with implications for the ...
Syria: how the fall of Assad has affected the asylum debate in Europe
With the downfall of the old Syrian regime, countries like Germany which welcomed Syrian refugees are now talking about ...
Islamic State: despite the fall of its caliphate, the group is still influencing terrorism
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) called the attack an “act of terrorism” and said that Jabbar appeared to have been ...
Even 1 drink a day elevates your cancer risk – an expert on how alcohol affects the body breaks down a new government report
The government linked alcohol with seven types of cancers, prompting the US surgeon general to call for warning labels on ...
Many ‘impact investors’ aren’t fully tracking whether their investments are good for society or the environment − new research
Some investors are more open than others to considering the risk that their money might not have the impact they’re seeking.
Funding public schools based on enrollment in the previous year may help keep their budgets more stable, research shows
How states fund their schools may matter more in the coming years as the Trump administration prepares to change the federal ...
From anecdotes to AI tools, how doctors make medical decisions is evolving with technology
Doctors have an overwhelming amount of individual patient data and medical research at their disposal to make diagnoses and ...
Southern California is extremely dry, and that’s fueling fires − maps show just how dry
The state is seeing a sharp water divide this year, with lots of rain in the north while the south has stayed dry. A ...