World Affairs Briefing: World considers response to Trump’s tariffs – and Israel launches new Gaza offensive: This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. Donald Trump has announced a massive package of …
Multiple sclerosis: blood test that tracks immune response could be first step in developing better treatments: Our blood test showed that in people with MS, their immune response to EBV was higher than it was in people who weren't diagnosed with the condition. angellodeco/ Shutterstock An estimated 2.8 million people worldwide have multiple sclerosis (MS). …
Afghanistan earthquakes: Taliban interference in aid efforts is affecting disaster response: Over 1,000 people are thought to have been killed in the latest earthquake to hit Afghanistan. Humanitarian aid agencies are scrambling to help the affected villages. But the realities of Taliban rule are starting to have an impact on the ground, as relations between …
Nigeria’s response to the Sudan crisis is lacking – it could play a leading role in bringing peace: People fleeing war-torn Sudan on 13 May 2023. Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images Hostilities between rival military parties in Sudan had claimed more than 600 lives by May 2023. The infighting has mostly been between the Sudanese …
Kosovo government must take most of the blame for the latest violence, but any long-term solution will require a constructive response from Serbia as well: Renewed violence in northern Kosovo reminds us that parts of the western Balkan region have a long way to go on the route to recovery from the wars of the …
Open source maps and open data help humanitarian response: Open source maps and open data help humanitarian response hleson Fri, 03/24/2023 – 03:00 Every day people use “open” to have an impact in their world. The Türkiye and Syria Earthquake Response includes over 9,000 people editing OpenStreetMap (OSM), partners providing open licensed satellite imagery, people …
Rishi Sunak’s reorganisation: history shows creating government departments in response to short-term problems is rarely a good idea: UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has announced a major reorganisation of Whitehall, creating a new department dedicated to energy and another for science and innovation as well bringing various business and trade portfolios under one roof. Reorganisations …
Brazil: swift and robust response to the insurrection highlights the strength of democracy: Brazil’s state institutions, including the recently installed government of Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, have reacted swiftly in the wake of the riots in Brasilia last weekend. Hundreds of rioters have already been arrested and the state governor of the federal district …
Emergency response in as little as 7 minutes: Add a Panic Button to Your Phone When you need it most, get emergency response in as little as 7 minutes with Home+ and AURA Crime is a worry for every South African, especially at this time of the year when we are out and about, visiting …
How China’s response to zero-COVID protests could affect global business: The recent protests in China against the country’s zero-COVID policy have been unprecedented in their scale, intensity and distribution. Protestors numbering in the thousands were reported in dozens of cities. Not since 1989’s Tiananmen Square protests has there been such widespread civil disobedience. The protests …
COP27: how measuring attitudes to climate change could speed up the global response: Forest fire in Spain, July 2022. Shutterstock/francisco alfonseca Fires and heatwaves in Europe, North America Australia, Asia and the UK brought devastation to many in 2022. But as well as harming lives and land, they may also have destroyed any lingering doubts …
Ukraine war: Putin escalates with sabotage and ‘false flag’ operations leaving the west struggling to find a response: From the start of his invasion of Ukraine, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has employed the threat of escalation to the use of nuclear weapons as a means to deter western support. He has aimed to spread …
Ebola in Uganda: why women must be central to the response: Women need to be involved at every level of decision-making. Luke Dray/Getty Images “No time for that” was the constant refrain heard by gender and women’s health experts working in the 2014/16 Ebola response. This was an emergency and the main thing was to …
Social grants offer cash, but they aren’t a magic bullet response to inequality in the global south: A vendor in South Africa's Alexandra with the backdrop of the Sandton Towers, one of Africa's most prestigious shopping centres. Photo credit Mujahid Safodien/AFP via Getty Images Over the last three decades, there has been a proliferation of …
COVID inquiry: the UK government’s pandemic response was often not ‘guided by the science’ – yet now scientists are under fire: Cryptographer/Shutterstock The UK COVID-19 Inquiry, an independent inquiry set up to examine the country’s response to and the impact of the COVID pandemic, has officially begun. Along with issues including pandemic preparedness and the …
How African countries coordinated the response to COVID-19: lessons for public health: shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic spread much slower on the African continent than in the rest of the world, contrary to predictions. As of 20 July 2022, a total of 562,672,324 COVID-19 confirmed cases and 6,367,793 deaths had been recorded globally. Only 1.63% (9,176,657) …
How SREs can achieve effective incident response: How SREs can achieve effective incident response Robert Kimani Tue, 06/21/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like Incident response includes monitoring, detecting, and reacting to unplanned events such as security breaches or other service interruptions. The goal is to get back to …
We’ve discovered why some whales stop feeding in response to the sound of sonar: In September 2002, a number of beaked whales were stranded and killed in the Canary Islands during a NATO naval exercise. It was the first time we started to get a real understanding of the negative effects of sonar sounds on …