by Contributed | Sep 29, 2022 | Blog
By Robin MILLARD Doreen Bogdan-Martin was elected Thursday as the first woman to lead the UN’s telecoms agency in its 157-year history, with the US contender beating a Russian rival to the post. Bogdan-Martin will become the next secretary-general of the...
by Contributed | Sep 29, 2022 | Blog
Urgent action is needed to stop and reverse the steep rise in heart failure happening across the Middle East and Africa (MEA). This was the warning issued by a group of regional experts, who collectively outlined the primary gaps in awareness, diagnosis and prevention...
by Contributed | Sep 28, 2022 | Blog
The White House announced Wednesday billions of dollars in pledges from major corporations — including the likes of fast food behemoth Burger King — to craft a national strategy on ending the twin US challenges of hunger and obesity. The private sector...
by Contributed | Sep 28, 2022 | Blog
Equities and crude prices fell, while the dollar held at multi-year highs Wednesday as recession fears mount, while traders are also growing increasingly concerned about tensions with Russia after it declared victory in controversial Ukraine annexation polls....
by Contributed | Sep 28, 2022 | Blog
By Christophe VOGT Switzerland’s glaciers lost six percent of their total volume this year due to a dry winter and repeated summer heatwaves, shattering previous ice melt records, a report revealed Wednesday. The study by the Cryospheric Commission (CC) of the...
