The G20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 sovereign countries, along with the EU, addressing major global economic issues. The African Union now has the same status as the EU offering a greater voice to African perspectives and interests.
African Union made permanent member of G20 Read more
Africa’s biggest wildlife NGO, African Parks, secured significant emergency funding that not only allowed them to buy all the rhinos, but also pay for an international, intra-Africa relocation of the animals.
The new vaccine developed by the International Vaccine Institute, Gotovax, and Valneva Sweden is low-cost, lasts longer than alternatives, and is easier and cheaper to deliver around the globe. Cholera kills more than 100,000 people worldwide every year.
Scientists create a game-changing capsule form of the cholera vaccine Read more
The experiment from the Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health experiment grew humanized kidneys in pig embryos. It represents a key step toward building an inexhaustible source of organs for transplants.
Chinese researchers grow world’s first human organ inside a non-human animal Read more
Liquid hydrogen is a giant pain to handle, but it’s one of the few technologies with a genuine chance of decarbonizing long-range flight.
H2Fly’s twin-fuselage aircraft makes world-first liquid hydrogen flight Read more
The Biden administration also announced proposed rules aimed at providing stronger protections against new leasing and development in portions of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska that are designated as special areas for their wildlife, subsistence, scenic or other values.
Mexico’s supreme court has unanimously ruled that state laws prohibiting abortion are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights, in the latest in a series of victories for reproductive rights activists across Latin America.
Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion across country Read more
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) transport by rail exposes nearby communities to the risk of destructive explosions, choking clouds, and uncontrollable fires and accelerates the burning of fossil fuels.
U.S. Department of Transportation finally suspends LNG-by-rail rule Read more
Phase 1 trials, which will take place at Columbia University in New York City and are expected to start in early 2024, will see participants who are already using these drugs take increasing doses of the vaccines to ensure it’s safe.
Adopting a four-day week has won significant political support, including from Scottish Labour and the Welsh government, but so far only South Cambridgeshire district council has introduced pilot projects to test it in practice, with some success.
Scottish government plans trial of four-day week in civil service Read more
