Urgent vaccine warning for China travellers as horror chikungunya virus outbreak goes on
Pregnant women, particularly those close to their due date, are strongly advised to reconsider travel altogether.
Month: August 2025
No outright winner from Charity Commission’s verdict on row between Harry and Sentebale chair
It was the most personal fall out: the vicious war of words and the ‘he said, she said’ of the Sentebale row between chair Sophie Chandauka and Prince Harry really hooking us all in back in April.
Trump’s transshipment crackdown spells danger for Southeast Asian economies
Trump’s 40 percent tariff on transshipped goods casts clouds over ‘China Plus One’ manufacturing model.
Cyware unveils open-source MCP Server to power AI-driven cyber defense
Cyware has released Cyware MCP Server (Model Context Protocol Server) to advance the future of AI-powered cyber defense. The new open-source capability is purpose-built to enable generative AI-native workflows, allowing seamless integration between Cyw…
Punishment to prize: China offers cash for having babies after decades of strict birth control, but young people aren’t interested
China, grappling with a declining population and record-low birth rates, is now offering financial incentives to encourage childbirth, a stark contrast to its previous one-child policy. Despite cash subsidies, tax breaks, and other perks, young Chinese…
Ban on veteran vessels only applies to new entrants, Panama registry says
World’s second-largest registry tackles flag-hopping
Katz defends IDF chief after PM’s son insinuates that he backs ‘military coup’ – The Times of Israel
Katz defends IDF chief after PM’s son insinuates that he backs ‘military coup’ The Times of IsraelNetanyahu to propose full reoccupation of Gaza, Israeli media report BBCIsraeli military presents Netanyahu with options for expandi…
Britain’s Prince Harry criticised in Charity Commission report
Britain’s Prince Harry founded charity Sentebale in 2006 with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho to help young people and children in southern Africa.
OpenAI Releases Open-Weight Reasoning Models Optimised For Running On Laptops
OpenAI has released two open-weight language models that, it said, excel in advanced reasoning and are optimised to run on laptops with performance levels similar to its smaller proprietary reasoning models.
US Health Department Pulls Back $500 Million In Funding mRNA Vaccines
The US Department of Health and Human Services is ending contracts to develop vaccines using messenger RNA technology, another step in the agency’s changing practices toward vaccines under Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.