Beating malaria: what can be done with shrinking funds and rising threats: Healthcare in Africa faces a perfect storm: high rates of infectious diseases like malaria and HIV, a rise in non-communicable diseases, and dwindling foreign aid. In 2021, nearly half of the sub-Saharan African countries relied on external financing for more than a third …
Mercury: shrinking planet is still getting smaller – new research: Perspective view of a lobate scarp on Mercury named Carnegie Rupes, colour-coded according to surface altitude. The crater near the middle is nearly 40 km across. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington Planetary scientists have long known that Mercury has been shrinking …
Home ownership is shrinking, private renting isn’t working – what’s next?: William Barton/Shutterstock Not long after the global financial crisis, soaring house prices through the 2010s turned residential property into the largest capital asset and best long-term investment in the world. In the same period, rates of owner-occupation fell across the UK, US and Australia. …
Shrinking: a psychiatrist doesn’t know the “truth” and other issues with the show’s depiction of therapy, according to a clinical psychologist: Shrinking is advertised as the story of the grieving therapist Jimmy (Jason Segel) who has lost his wife and wants to try a new approach to his loss, one that involves honesty, including telling …
South Africa in the news: Index shows South Africa’s economy is shrinking: The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) slumped in November, signalling another month of sluggish economic activity in a slowing economy.: “South Africa” – BingNews UK Covid live: Johnson tells cabinet ‘huge spike’ in Omicron cases coming; MPs debate new regulations: He said it …
Jupiter: mission unveils the depth and structure of planet’s shrinking red spot and colourful bands: Enhanced artist impression based on JunoCam image of Jupiter acquired on July 21, 2021. NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik, CC BY-NC-SA Nasa’s Juno mission, the solar-powered robotic explorer of Jupiter, has completed its five-year prime mission to …
South Africa in the news: Four Charts Show How South Africa’s Shrinking Economy Is Hurting Banks: South Africa’s moribund economy is dealing a hammer blow to the country’s banks, which are facing profit declines of as much as 85%.: “South Africa” – BingNews Chamanga Questions Newcomers Zeal For The Big Stage: Former Zambia striker James …
South Africa in the news: Shrinking rate of fresh covid infections creates bizarre problem for vaccine developers: A lead researcher from Oxford University group, one of the furthest ahead with human trials, admitted to The Washington Post that the declining numbers of new infections this summer could be one of …: “South Africa” – BingNews …
US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries – shrinking this war machine is a must: US Air Force fighters during the 1991 Gulf War. Everett Historical/Shutterstock The US military’s carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks and cargo …
South Africa in the news: South Africa’s white population is shrinking – here’s how it could look over the next 20 years: Solidarity’s Research Institute has published a new report focusing on the demographics of Afrikaans speakers in South Africa, projecting how specific population groups are expected to change over the …: “South Africa” – …
Slow growth and shrinking revenues limit South Africa’s finance minister: South Africa's finance minister Pravin Gordhan in a balancing game Sumaya Hisham/Reuters South Africa faces falling revenues and very slow economic growth. Managing the economy with these two negative factors presented the country’s finance minister Pravin Gordhan with a particularly tough challenge in his medium-term …