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The world is facing a health financing emergency, according to Dr. Kalipso Chalkidou, Director for Health Financing and Economics for the World Health Organization (WHO).Read the full story, “WHO warns of a health financing emergency”, on globalissues….
Hostilities continue to escalate across Sudan’s North Darfur and Kordofan regions, with reports of civilian casualties, sexual violence, abductions and looting, the UN human rights chief warned on Friday, describing the consequences as disastrous.Read …
Although record numbers of people – over 122 million worldwide – have been uprooted due to war, violence and persecution, their ability to find safety and support is threatened more than ever. Read the full story, “From Syria, UN refugee chief calls fo…
Death and suffering in Gaza are ever-present and the enclave’s people now have little choice but to risk their lives to fetch aid supplies, UN agencies said on Friday. Read the full story, “Gaza horrors continue as the weakest succumb to injuries and d…
One week since the Israel-Iran conflict erupted, diplomatic efforts to end the war are ramping up in Geneva as foreign ministers from France, Germany, the UK and the EU prepare to meet their Iranian counterpart. In New York, meanwhile, the UN Security …
Organisers seek an extra £40,000 for a memorial to Mary Clarke, the first suffragette to die for women’s rights The campaign to commemorate the first suffragette to die for women’s rights is facing a funding crisis.Mary Clarke, who was the sister of Em…
Windows 365 Cloud PCs now come with new default settings aimed at preventing / minimizing data exfiltration and malicious exploits, Microsoft has announced. Windows 365 Cloud PCs are Azure (i.e., Windows 365 service)-hosted virtual Windows PCs the comp…
Pope Leo XIV is warning that artificial intelligence could negatively impact the intellectual, neurological and spiritual development of young people.
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Sources: Foxconn and Nvidia are in talks to deploy humanoid robots at a new Foxconn factory in Houston by Q1 2026 to produce Nvidia AI servers — Taiwan’s Foxconn (2317.TW) and U.S. artificial intelligence chip…
Iran’s state-owned TV broadcaster was hacked Wednesday night to interrupt regular programming and air videos calling for street protests against the Iranian government, according to multiple reports.
It’s currently not known who is behind the attack, a…