Global deaths from fungal disease have doubled in a decade – new study: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock Eleven years ago, my colleagues and I estimated that about 2 million people around the world were dying from fungal infections annually. My latest estimate puts the figure today at nearly double that: around 3.8 million deaths. To put this …
Poland votes for change after nearly a decade spent sliding towards autocracy – but tricky coalition talks lie ahead for Donald Tusk: People were seen queuing in long lines outside polling stations in what appears to have been an election with record-breaking turnout (74.31%) in Poland. Now it seems the right-wing Law and Justice party …
LG celebrates 10 years of OLED – A decade of debuting innovations: Johannesburg, 21 June 2023 – This year, LG Electronics, the world leader in home entertainment and consumer appliances, celebrates 10 years of OLED technology and a decade of bringing customers award-winning TV viewing experiences. Synonymous with delivering “world-firsts” and showcasing innovation that sets …
Humza Yousaf becomes Scotland’s first minister: a decade of polls suggest he’ll struggle to deliver independence, just like Nicola Sturgeon: Humza Yousaf is to be the first minister of Scotland after narrowly winning the election for leader of the Scottish National Party. In his victory speech, he said he was “determined to deliver” independence for …
Kenya introduced free maternal health services a decade ago – it’s been a success, saving lives: Kenya has seen an overall improvement in maternal and newborn health outcomes. Belen B Massieu/Shutterstock Maternal and newborn deaths are a major public health problem in Kenya. In 2020 the maternal mortality ratio was 530 deaths per 100,000 live …
Class and the City of London: my decade of research shows why elitism is endemic and top firms don’t really care: During the COVID pandemic, as most wages stagnated, workers in the City of London were enjoying bumper pay packets. Average partner salaries in one corporate law firm exceeded £2 million for the first time. …
How Nicola Sturgeon mastered the art of public image and won support for a decade: With Nicola Sturgeon’s departure, the UK has lost an expert in constructing a public image and winning support across political divides. Sturgeon led the Scottish National Party (SNP) to an unprecedented five electoral victories – three in Westminster and two …
Decade of progress on making England’s homes safer threatened by austerity and the pandemic: Investing in housing should be just as important in public health messaging as exercise and having your five a day. I Wei Huang | Shutterstock In her ruling on the death of two-year old Awaab Ishak in Rochdale in 2020, senior …
In defence of the 1970s, the ‘decade that taste forgot’: A row of 1970s terraced houses in Bristol. Paul D Smith As an expert in media and cultural studies, I once appeared in a television series about technology in the home during the last three decades of the 20th century. You can listen to more …
Nigeria’s floods are the worst in a decade. Here’s how people try to cope with the devastation: A woman removes water from her house after heavy rains. Adeyinka Yusuf/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Flooding is not unusual in Nigeria’s massive, population-dense cities. But this year’s floods are reportedly the country’s worst in a decade. They’ve …
A decade later, no end in sight for Libya’s political transition: A man waves a Libyan flag as a fighter jet flies by Zueitina oil terminal in 2016. Abdullah Doma/AFP via Getty Images Two days before Libyans were to go to the ballots for a new interim president on December 24, the country’s election officials …
We analysed a decade of media coverage of obesity – this is what we found: VGstockstudio / Shutterstock With the new year on the way, no doubt many headlines will be urging readers to set resolutions to lose the weight they may have put on over the holidays. However, the way the British press talks …
South Africa in the news: Wilderness Foundation Africa and Volkswagen celebrate a decade of protecting South Africa’s rhino population: The Amaroks have travelled over 2.2 million kilometres in a decade to protect South Africa’s vulnerable rhino population Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Wilderness Foundation Africa (WFA), are …: “South Africa” – BingNews Report: Johnson & Johnson …
The world has made more progress on climate change than you might think – or might have predicted a decade ago: It must be painful for Boris Johnson to be a footnote, especially a footnote in French, but at the end of a very long two weeks, there were always only two outcomes possible at …
Budget: Rishi Sunak should be preparing for a decade of disruption, not an age of optimism: The sun has got his hat on … Keith Larby Rishi Sunak may well live to regret declaring 2021 the age of optimism. A more suitable quote for our times (for any time) would rather be Benjamin Disraeli’s “I …
Meat eating drops by 17% over a decade in the UK – new research: DOERS/Shutterstock To rein in the greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts from livestock farming and to reduce diet-related diseases, people in the UK must eat 30% less meat by the end of the decade, according to a recent report commissioned …
South Africa’s labour market trends from 2009 to 2019: a lost decade?: Young people wait to register at a South African university in 2012. They are bearing the brunt of high levels of unemployment. Photo by Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images Unemployment remains one of South Africa’s most pressing economic and social challenges. Over the past two …
South Africa in the news: Is SA a bit of a value trap following the events of the past decade?: I do believe that our companies from a valuation perspective – even despite those shorter-term risks – are for the longer term in a good position’: CIO Sonja Saunderson from Momentum Investments.: “South Africa” – …