Burkina Faso and Mali’s fabulous flora: new plant life record released: The Illustrated Flora of Burkina Faso and Mali is the first comprehensive documentation of the remarkable plant diversity in these two west African countries. Written in French, the book is the outcome of decades of botanical research and scientific collaboration between institutions and botanists …
Keir Starmer appoints historic cabinet with record number of women – now comes the hard part: governing: Keir Starmer has appointed Angela Rayner as his deputy. Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street, CC BY-NC-ND As the dust settles on Labour’s historic election win, Keir Starmer, the UK’s new prime minister, has appointed his team …
Matric results: South Africa’s record school pass rates aren’t what they seem – what’s really happening in the education system: South Africa's minister of basic education, Angie Motshekga. Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty Images South Africa’s matric (grade 12) class of 2023, which wrote final school-leaving exams late last year, has been hailed by the …
CAN 2023 : tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur une année record pour la plus grande compétition de football d’Afrique: La plus grande fête du football en Afrique, la Coupe d’Afrique des Nations 2023 (CAN) masculine, est organisée par la Côte d’Ivoire en Afrique de l’Ouest et se terminera par la finale le 11 février …
This is the hottest autumn on record – and it’s impacting the climate system and human society: We are still getting used to a “new normal” of devastating summer heatwaves. But the effects of a warming climate are being felt throughout the year, and recent autumn months have been further off the charts than ever. …
Here’s what’s driving the record autumn heat (it’s not just carbon emissions): Climate scientists have detected a striking jump in global temperatures during 2023. September was 1.75°C above Earth’s pre-industrial average temperature and a whole half-degree celsius warmer than the previous hottest September. These observations have been variously described as “shocking”, “mind-blowing” and “gobsmacking” by …
Greece’s record rainfall and flash floods are part of a trend – across the Mediterranean, the weather is becoming more dangerous: Recent images of the devastating flash floods caused by Storm Daniel in Greece hit close to home literally and figuratively. As a Greek who has completed a PhD and worked for the past eight …
Accenture Song Named Digital & Direct Agency Of Record For Telkom: Accenture Song has been appointed digital and direct agency partner for Telkom – one of South Africa’s providers of communication services, following a competitive pitch process. This win holds notable significance as it marks the first piece of business for the newly positioned tech-powered …
Homelessness in England has reached record levels – here’s why, and how to fix it: Record numbers of people are living in temporary accommodation in England, according to the UK government’s latest reported figures. Statistics on statutory homelessness show that in March 2023, 104,510 households – including over 131,000 children – were living in hotels, …
Painted messages in Angola’s abandoned liberation army camps offer a rare historical record: Lilian Ngoyi, one of the leaders of the 1956 women’s march against apartheid, is immortalised on an abandoned building. Justin Pearce In Angola’s Malanje province, the buildings of Camalundu stand abandoned amid open fields. On one of them, the fragmented words “IAN …
Countries agreed to ban ozone-depleting chemicals in the 1980s – but we found five CFCs increasing to record levels in the atmosphere: Despite a global ban in place since 2010, atmospheric concentrations of five ozone-depleting chemicals have reached a record high. Chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, are entirely man-made gases used in a variety of applications, including …
Manchester United: the business tactics that could lead to a record multi-billion-pound sale: Red Devils. iLongLoveKing/Shutterstock It seems that another item can now be added to the long list of things that are getting more expensive: football clubs. The bids coming in to buy Manchester United, reportedly in the region of £4.5bn (the owners are …
Cuba: why record numbers of people are leaving as the most severe economic crisis since the 1990s hits — a photo essay: Record numbers of Cubans are fleeing their country as the island suffers its worst socio-economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The number of Cubans seeking entry to the US, mostly …
La diva béninoise Angélique Kidjo pourrait remporter un sixième Grammy Award et battre un record: Angelique Kidjo sur scène à Paris en 2021. Stephane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images Angélique Kidjo, l’énergique auteur-compositeur-interprète et militante de la République du Bénin, représente un phénomène africain rare. À bien des égards, elle appartient à l’illustre lignée musicale des “Mama Africa”, …
Angelique Kidjo: the diva from Benin could win a record sixth Grammy Award: Angelique Kidjo on stage in Paris in 2021. Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Angelique Kidjo, the energetic singer-songwriter and activist from the Republic of Benin, represents a rare African phenomenon. In many respects, she belongs to the illustrious musical lineage …
North Korea: record number of missile tests in 2022 has raised fears of nuclear confrontation with the South: North Korea began 2023 as it had ended 2022 – with some characteristic sabre-rattling in the form of missile tests. Having launched more missiles in 2022 than in any other year, on the morning of January 1 …
Alcohol deaths in the UK rose to record level in 2021: Deaths from alcohol in the UK have risen to their highest level since records began in 2001, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In 2021, 9,641 people (14.8 per 100,000) died as a result of alcohol: a rise …
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