UK local elections delivered record-breaking fragmentation of the vote: If there were such a thing as landslide victories for local elections, Reform could easily claim to have won one in 2025. Out of the 1,641 seats available, Nigel Farage’s party came away with 677 – that’s more than 41%. The Liberal Democrats came second with …
Osiris-Rex: Nasa reveals evidence of water and carbon in sample delivered to Earth from an asteroid: The "coal-like" material from Bennu. Nasa / Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebers On September 24 this year, a Nasa capsule parachuted down to Earth carrying a precious cache of material grabbed from an asteroid. The space agency has now …
COP27 in review: climate talks delivered big gains for Africa, but also several challenges: Participants during the closing ceremony of the UN Climate Summit COP27. Photo by Christophe Gateau/picture alliance. from www,gettyimages.com Africa has contributed negligibly to the changing climate, with less than 4% of global emissions. Yet it stands out disproportionately as the most …
Ukraine: why Emmanuel Macron’s open line to Moscow has not delivered the international prestige he expected: The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has taken a big gamble in putting himself forward as Europe’s man in Moscow (at least virtually) during the crisis in Ukraine. He has kept an open dialogue with Vladimir Putin even as the …
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Nigeria’s COVID-19 economic plan has delivered disappointing results: here’s why: Threatened by insecurity, farmers in Nigeria's farm belt are increasingly abandoning their land, leading to higher cost of food Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images Over a year ago, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari launched an economic plan designed to mitigate the impact of the …
South Africa in the news: 26,000 food packs delivered as part of Cotton On Foundation’s COVID response: Cotton On Group’s philanthropic arm, The Cotton On Foundation, distributed over 26,000 food packs as part of its COVID-19 response plans in Uganda, Thailand and South Africa, the business has revealed …: “South Africa” – BingNews Mithali Raj …
The pandemic transformed how social work was delivered – and these changes could be here to stay: fizkes/Shutterstock Since the beginning of the pandemic, a lot of attention in the UK has focused on the challenges of continuing to deliver healthcare. But a related field – social work – has also faced many challenges in …
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A nice Paternoster image: Image from page 5 of “Lectures delivered before the Young Men’s Christian Association” (1846) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: lecturesdelivere19youn Title: Lectures delivered before the Young Men’s Christian Association Year: 1846 (1840s) Authors: Young Men’s Christian Association (Great Britain) Subjects: Young Men’s Christian Association (Great Britain) Religion Publisher: London …
Nigeria is not a failed state, but it has not delivered democracy for its people: A group of protesters demanding better governance in Nigeria just as the country marked its 60th Independence Day anniversary on October 1, 2020. Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images In 1999, the year it returned to civilian rule, Nigeria …
Infrastructure megaprojects that are delivered late and over budget aren’t necessarily failures – here’s why: Sydney Opera House. Korawee/Shutterstock If an infrastructure megaproject is completed late and over budget, it is widely judged to be unsuccessful. For instance, the delay to Crossrail, a new train line across London and the south east of England, has …
Indian election: Modi win delivered thanks to faith in economic growth pledges: India’s electoral colossus has re-elected Narendra Modi’s BJP party, following the largest democratic exercise in the world. India has united to put Modi back in office. This is the second time since 1971 that a majority incumbent government has returned to power with …
Oil discoveries in Turkana six years ago haven’t delivered benefits for women: Limited by illiteracy and workloads women are less involved in Turkana. Flickr/Tom Albinson Turkana is a vast dry, remote county, in northwest Kenya, home to around 1.5 million nomadic livestock herders. The discovery of commercially viable oil deposits six years ago brought with …
South Africa in the news: ANC conference has delivered nothing to working class and poor – SAFTU: The people of South Africa want action. They do not want words.” Why however should we expect him to implement these policies, after so many previous ANC policies have remained as words? SAFTU urges its members and the …
Twins delivered minutes apart have different birth years new: Phoenix TV station KNXV-TV reports that parents Holly and Brandon Shay welcomed their first son, Sawyer, into the world at 11:51 p.m. Saturday at Banner Hospital. : Weird News Have you tried: Diving with Sharks?