This year’s Cop29 UN climate summit will be the first “Cop of peace”, focusing on the prevention of future climate-fuelled conflicts and using international cooperation…
View More Cop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host AzerbaijanCategory: Global Development
Experts condemn US tobacco firm’s sponsorship of doctor training as ‘grotesque’
The tobacco company Philip Morris has sponsored courses for doctors in multiple countries, in what critics have called a “grotesque” strategy. Medical education programmes on…
View More Experts condemn US tobacco firm’s sponsorship of doctor training as ‘grotesque’Four Vietnamese nationals arrested in London over people smuggling
Four Vietnamese nationals have been arrested in London after an investigation into alleged people smugglers advertising small-boat crossings of the Channel on Facebook. The joint…
View More Four Vietnamese nationals arrested in London over people smugglingCost of developing new drugs may be far lower than industry claims, trial reveals
Doctors have for the first time released details of their spending on a major clinical trial, demonstrating that the true cost of developing a medicine…
View More Cost of developing new drugs may be far lower than industry claims, trial revealsRemote working and whiffy workout wear fuel laundry revolution
For years, laundry detergents have focused their cleaning power on stain removal and getting whites white but now a new invisible enemy has emerged in…
View More Remote working and whiffy workout wear fuel laundry revolutionLittler India: why Britain’s south Asian garment stores are struggling
The south Asian high street is facing a fight for its future in Britain as customers scale back wedding celebrations because of the cost of…
View More Littler India: why Britain’s south Asian garment stores are strugglingMarried at 10, abused and forced to flee without her children: an Afghan woman on life under the Taliban
At the age of 10, while still in the third grade, I received news from my mother and stepfather that we would travel to Helmand…
View More Married at 10, abused and forced to flee without her children: an Afghan woman on life under the TalibanUkraine foreign minister says west must boost defence as ‘era of peace is over’
Ukraine’s foreign minister has enthusiastically praised US politicians for approving a long-delayed $61bn military aid package for Ukraine, but said western allies needed to recognise…
View More Ukraine foreign minister says west must boost defence as ‘era of peace is over’UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally
The UK has been accused by Amnesty International of “deliberately destabilising” human rights on the global stage for its own political ends. In its…
View More UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globallySudan had largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023, UN report shows
Sudan had the world’s largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023 as conflict and displacement drove food insecurity globally, according to the…
View More Sudan had largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023, UN report shows