Police forces across England plan to respond to fewer mental health calls — here’s why: The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley has announced that the London police force is to attend fewer mental health emergencies. As part of an approach called Right Care, Right Person, police officers will only respond to 999 mental health calls …
Plastic recycling is failing – here’s how the world must respond: Recycling was once considered the obvious solution to the excessive amount of new (or virgin) plastic produced each year. This is no longer realistic. Global recycling capacity simply cannot keep up with the taking, making and wasting of natural resources. Growing mountains of plastic …
Bullying, power and control: why people believe in conspiracy theories and how to respond: Belief in conspiracy theories is often linked to lack of trust in institutions. Marko Aliaksandr/Shutterstock From vaccine uptake to violent extremism, conspiracy beliefs are linked to distrust in major institutions or powerful figures. Research developed in the last decade shows how …
Energy transitions: why countries respond differently to the same problem: A country’s ability to pursue major energy reforms hinges on the government’s capacity to defuse political opposition. WilfriedB/Shutterstock Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended global energy markets. Sanctions on Russian exports and the suspension of gas deliveries to several European countries sent oil and gas prices …
Young people may be more likely to believe in conspiracy theories that deny COVID facts – here’s how to respond: GaudiLab/Shutterstock The COVID pandemic has been a shock. Practically nobody alive today has previously encountered a virus so contagious that it spreads worldwide, infects at least half a billion people, kills millions, and brings everyday …
How not to respond to drought: lessons from Angola: Breakdown in local canal that led to micro-drought situation in Humpata (Huíla). Ruy Blanes Three years after a severe drought in southwestern Angola, people in the area continue to suffer. Hunger remains pervasive and they are still losing livestock. In a recent report we looked at …
Rishi Sunak’s £15 billion cost-of-living package and windfall tax: four experts respond: Rishi Sunak, the UK chancellor of the exchequer, has unveiled a £15 billion package of measures to help households with the cost of living, after energy watchdog Ofgem announced it would probably be increasing the price cap on energy bills by over £800 …
How Africa can respond to the seismic changes in the world: lessons from history: Getty images Fundamental changes are taking place in the world: what are the implications for Africa? A generation ago, newly appointed Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Secretary-General Dr Salim Ahmed Salim posed that question under circumstances different from today, but of …
Dogs and TV: here’s what we know about how they respond: Sq lim / Unsplash, CC BY-SA On the face of it, a recently launched TV channel dedicated to dogs seems, well, barking mad. But our pets often spend long periods of time home alone, and providing some form of enrichment and stimulation can be …
COVID-19: four ways to respond to vaccine sceptics – and maybe even convince them: There are productive ways to talk to people you disagree with. CREATISTA For most of the 20th century, more than 60,000 people died in the US from polio, diphtheria and small pox each year. In 2016, the American death toll from …
South Africa in the news: Prophet Shepherd Bushiri: Malawi prophet respond to new rape charge, accuse South Africa ‘white police’ say dem wan take am down: Di fugitive Malawi pastor Shepherd Bushiri wey South African goment bin accuse of mago-mago and money laundering, go need to face new accuse of rape.: “South Africa” – BingNews …
South Africa in the news: Prophet Shepherd Bushiri: Malawi prophet respond to new rape charge, accuse South Africa ‘white police’ say dem wan take am down: Di fugitive Malawi pastor Shepherd Bushiri wey South African goment bin accuse of mago-mago and money laundering, go need to face new accuse of rape.: “South Africa” – BingNews …
South Africa in the news: Deloitte identifies seven marketing trends to enable leaders to respond to their customer needs in the Middle East: Following a year of widespread uncertainty, planning ahead has become more complicated than ever before. Deloitte’s Global Marketing Trends Report is a …: “South Africa” – BingNews Nine offers million for rugby …
What developing countries can teach us about how to respond to a pandemic: Nine months into the pandemic, Europe remains one of the regions worst affected by COVID-19. Ten of the 20 countries with the highest death count per million people are European. The other ten are in the Americas. This includes the US, which …
South Africa in the news: Three Accelerators to Help Health Services Respond Faster to COVID-19: For example, the Department of Health in Mpumalanga in South Africa slowed the spread of COVID-19 and were able to direct health resources rapidly using live data to identify potential hotspots …: “South Africa” – BingNews Sharp divisions emerge in …
How Muslim leaders can respond in an age of extremism: Newspaper headlines the day after the 2017 terrorist attack in Westminster, London in which Khalid Masood killed at least three people. Shutterstock Islamic terrorism remains a global issue – with the horrific bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, which claimed over 250 lives, just …
Water: underground source for billions could take more than a century to respond fully to climate change: Cenota Samula sinkhole in Yucatan, Mexico. Tono Balaguer/Shutterstock Groundwater is the biggest store of accessible freshwater in the world, providing billions of people with water for drinking and crop irrigation. That’s all despite the fact that most will …
South Africa in the news: South Africa: The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) Frustrated at the failure of Eskom to respond to Questions on Contracts: The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) is frustrated and disappointed again at the failure of Eskom to respond to committee questions on expansions and deviations in the 4th …