Museveni says Uganda won’t be swayed after anti-LGBTQ law triggers aid cut threats
June 1, 2023 Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has defended signing one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, with punishments up to and including the death penalty, saying it was needed…
Uganda enacts law to stop stealing of human organs
May 30, 2023 Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has approved a law to stop the stealing of human organs and tissues, the health minister said on Tuesday, in a nation where…
Egypt unearths mummification workshops, tombs in ancient burial ground
May 27, 2023 Egypt unearthed human and animal mummification workshops as well as two tombs in the ancient burial ground of Saqqara, officials said on Saturday, marking the latest in…
Social Media Could Harm Youth Mental Health, U.S. Surgeon General Warns
May 24, 2023 Social media can profoundly harm the mental health of youth, particularly adolescent girls, the U.S. Surgeon General warned in an advisory on Tuesday, and he called for…
Animal health body backs bird flu vaccination to avoid pandemic
May 21, 2023 Governments should consider vaccinating poultry against bird flu, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide, to prevent the virus from turning into…
Genome data sheds light on how Homo sapiens arose in Africa
May 19, 2023 Our species arose in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, with the oldest-known Homo sapiens fossils discovered at a site in Morocco called Jebel Irhoud, located between…
More than half of the world’s large lakes are drying up – Study finds
May 19, 2023 More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture,…
World’s oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible sells for $38.1 million
May 18, 2023 The world’s oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible sold for $38.1 million on Wednesday, Sotheby’s said, one of the highest prices ever for a book or document…
More likely than not’ world will soon see 1.5C of warming – WMO
May 18, 2023 For the first time ever, global temperatures are now more likely than not to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming within the next five years, the World…
Kenya unearths more bodies in search for death cult followers
May 13, 2023 Kenyan investigators unearthed 29 more bodies on Friday in a continuing search for victims of a doomsday cult in the country’s southeast. The death toll now stands…