Running for US president is a costly business – here’s how the candidates raise money: It costs a lot of money to become president of the United States. The 2020 presidential election cycle involved campaign expenditure of US$ 14 billion (£11 billion) – an amount that will almost certainly be beaten in November 2024. By …
Ukraine war: beware all the talk of ‘breakthroughs’ or ‘gamechangers’ – it’s going to be a long, bloody and costly struggle: From some of the headlines of late, you might be forgiven for assuming that the worst was past for Ukraine’s assault troops. That recent advances by Ukrainian forces constitute “breakthroughs” or “breaches” and that …
Dog detectives can sniff out protected great crested newts and reduce costly construction delays: Construction projects often find themselves at odds with the great crested newt. In 2020, the then UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, referred to them as a drag on the economy, citing their presence on development sites as a cause for costly …
Tobacco use is costly, but so is quitting. Surveys of 8 African countries show who needs help: Media Lens King/Getty Images Tobacco use imposes a large health and economic burden worldwide. Research estimates that, in 2019, about 8 million deaths were attributable to tobacco smoking. Tobacco also reduces years of healthy living: about 200 million …
Construction waste is costly: what’s causing it on South African building sites: PeopleImages/Getty Images The construction industry contributes significantly to a country’s economy through infrastructure development. The industry has expanded rapidly worldwide and further growth is expected. This has contributed to a great deal more construction waste being generated – which has been identified as …
How costly political realities undercut Ghana’s electricity reforms: Ghana has struggled to find balance with its power generation. Flickr Ghana reformed its electricity sector by the book but has lurched from blackouts between 2012 and 2015 to a glut of energy which costs government about 5% of GDP. Fitch ranks the energy sector as the …
Fast food doesn’t improve food security in urban Ghana: it’s too costly: Fast food in Ghana is expensive Wikimedia Commons/Flickr/Marco Verch, CC BY-SA Close to 690 million people, or about 9% of the world population, are hungry. That’s according to the 2020 State of Food and Nutrition Security in the World report – and the …
Devices that help people function in every day life are costly in Africa: here’s why: More than 200 million Africans need at least one assistive device. Lucian Coman/Shutterstock Everyone has a right to certain products and devices that can help them function in everyday life. This is the stance of the World Health Organisation (WHO), …
North Korea’s costly COVID response is pushing Kim Jong-un to play political games: In April 2020, I wrote about North Korea’s efforts to protect itself from COVID-19. The regime was genuinely afraid about the spread of the disease because it knew the country’s healthcare system wouldn’t cope if the virus took hold. Initially there was …
South Africa in the news: Implats earnings up nearly 400% on weak rand, costly metal: Impala Platinum’s (Implats) annual earnings jumped by nearly 400% after higher metal prices and a weaker rand offset the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the company said on Thursday. Mining in South …: “South Africa” – BingNews Netflix’s ‘Rising Phoenix’ …
Private lab tests in Uganda are costly. But price doesn’t equal quality: Very few laboratories in Uganda are accredited. Arne Hoel / World Bank Laboratory tests are the backbone of clinical care. They are used to screen patients, to diagnose diseases and to manage conditions ranging from anaemia and diabetes to HIV and malaria. Considerable …
Birds, Hicks lucky his freak accident wasn’t costly: Mike Sielski is a sports columnist for the Inquirer and Daily News. The Associated Press Sports Editors named him the top sports columnist in America in 2015. : Weird News Bizarre: Drunk Kolkata woman arrested for randomly kissing cop after being pulled over: A woman in Kolkata …
Vienna bartender Edin Mehic found that out when fined 70 euros after belching in the proximity of a policeman while enjoying the scene at the Prater fun park area. Weird News –