US Assumes Control Over Global Anti-Abortion Geneva Consensus Declaration, Affirms Religious Groups 17/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States has assumed the secretariat of the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD), a global anti-abortion initiative launched by Donald Trump’s administration weeks before he was voted out of office in 2020. Hungary took over the secretariat after Trump was voted out, but the US rejoined the initiative in January 2025, a week after Trump […] Continue reading -> French Youth Social Media Ban Collapses in Court as EU Readies Regulation 17/08/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen France’s planned youth social media ban for minors under the age of 15 violates fundamental rights, the country’s Constitutional Council ruled on Friday. Critics had warned of a predictable legal defeat following a rushed legislative process. French President Emmanuel Macron announced a revision of the flagship legislation by spring 2027. The European Commission is also […] Continue reading -> Fauci: The Oracle Who Went Silent At The Wrong Time 17/08/2026 Mukesh Kapila Twenty-five democracies managed to examine their COVID pandemics without smashing their national crockery. The United States produced a partisan committee and a pre-emptive pardon that silenced the one man who could explain to millions of angry, confused Americans why they suffered so badly. But in his final martyrdom, Anthony Fauci may have done the rest […] Continue reading -> A Year After Collapse in Geneva, Plastics Treaty Negotiations Remain Paralysed 14/08/2026 Stefan Anderson When 175 countries unanimously voted in Nairobi in March 2022 to negotiate a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution, the move was hailed as the most significant step in global environmental negotiations since the Paris climate accord. Now, a year to the day after two weeks of talks and a 24-hour final negotiating marathon […] Continue reading -> South Sudan Refugees Face Extreme Hunger Due to Funding Shortfalls 14/08/2026 Editorial team More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. Without a […] Continue reading -> As El Niño Bears Down, a Small Hospital in Chad Offers Lessons in Climate Resilience 13/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Situated on the edge of the advancing Sahara Desert, Ngouri in western Chad is one of the most vulnerable places in the world to climate change. Heat is already rising in the region as the El Niño advances globally, with hotter sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean driving up land temperatures and triggering […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> With Over 2000 Dead, Priority is to ‘Break the Chains’ of Ebola Transmission 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 2000 people have died so far in the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the only way to break the chains of transmission is via scaled-up local surveillance, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Most concerningly, we see a high proportion of deaths in communities instead of treatment […] Continue reading -> The Case Against Fauci Was Never About the Origins of COVID-19 11/08/2026 Stefan Anderson For nearly three hours on 29 July, the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard one sentence repeated over a hundred times. “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.” Dr Anthony Fauci, the 85-year-old retired director of the National […] Continue reading -> ‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
French Youth Social Media Ban Collapses in Court as EU Readies Regulation 17/08/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen France’s planned youth social media ban for minors under the age of 15 violates fundamental rights, the country’s Constitutional Council ruled on Friday. Critics had warned of a predictable legal defeat following a rushed legislative process. French President Emmanuel Macron announced a revision of the flagship legislation by spring 2027. The European Commission is also […] Continue reading -> Fauci: The Oracle Who Went Silent At The Wrong Time 17/08/2026 Mukesh Kapila Twenty-five democracies managed to examine their COVID pandemics without smashing their national crockery. The United States produced a partisan committee and a pre-emptive pardon that silenced the one man who could explain to millions of angry, confused Americans why they suffered so badly. But in his final martyrdom, Anthony Fauci may have done the rest […] Continue reading -> A Year After Collapse in Geneva, Plastics Treaty Negotiations Remain Paralysed 14/08/2026 Stefan Anderson When 175 countries unanimously voted in Nairobi in March 2022 to negotiate a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution, the move was hailed as the most significant step in global environmental negotiations since the Paris climate accord. Now, a year to the day after two weeks of talks and a 24-hour final negotiating marathon […] Continue reading -> South Sudan Refugees Face Extreme Hunger Due to Funding Shortfalls 14/08/2026 Editorial team More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. Without a […] Continue reading -> As El Niño Bears Down, a Small Hospital in Chad Offers Lessons in Climate Resilience 13/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Situated on the edge of the advancing Sahara Desert, Ngouri in western Chad is one of the most vulnerable places in the world to climate change. Heat is already rising in the region as the El Niño advances globally, with hotter sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean driving up land temperatures and triggering […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> With Over 2000 Dead, Priority is to ‘Break the Chains’ of Ebola Transmission 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 2000 people have died so far in the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the only way to break the chains of transmission is via scaled-up local surveillance, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Most concerningly, we see a high proportion of deaths in communities instead of treatment […] Continue reading -> The Case Against Fauci Was Never About the Origins of COVID-19 11/08/2026 Stefan Anderson For nearly three hours on 29 July, the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard one sentence repeated over a hundred times. “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.” Dr Anthony Fauci, the 85-year-old retired director of the National […] Continue reading -> ‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Fauci: The Oracle Who Went Silent At The Wrong Time 17/08/2026 Mukesh Kapila Twenty-five democracies managed to examine their COVID pandemics without smashing their national crockery. The United States produced a partisan committee and a pre-emptive pardon that silenced the one man who could explain to millions of angry, confused Americans why they suffered so badly. But in his final martyrdom, Anthony Fauci may have done the rest […] Continue reading -> A Year After Collapse in Geneva, Plastics Treaty Negotiations Remain Paralysed 14/08/2026 Stefan Anderson When 175 countries unanimously voted in Nairobi in March 2022 to negotiate a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution, the move was hailed as the most significant step in global environmental negotiations since the Paris climate accord. Now, a year to the day after two weeks of talks and a 24-hour final negotiating marathon […] Continue reading -> South Sudan Refugees Face Extreme Hunger Due to Funding Shortfalls 14/08/2026 Editorial team More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. Without a […] Continue reading -> As El Niño Bears Down, a Small Hospital in Chad Offers Lessons in Climate Resilience 13/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Situated on the edge of the advancing Sahara Desert, Ngouri in western Chad is one of the most vulnerable places in the world to climate change. Heat is already rising in the region as the El Niño advances globally, with hotter sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean driving up land temperatures and triggering […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> With Over 2000 Dead, Priority is to ‘Break the Chains’ of Ebola Transmission 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 2000 people have died so far in the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the only way to break the chains of transmission is via scaled-up local surveillance, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Most concerningly, we see a high proportion of deaths in communities instead of treatment […] Continue reading -> The Case Against Fauci Was Never About the Origins of COVID-19 11/08/2026 Stefan Anderson For nearly three hours on 29 July, the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard one sentence repeated over a hundred times. “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.” Dr Anthony Fauci, the 85-year-old retired director of the National […] Continue reading -> ‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
A Year After Collapse in Geneva, Plastics Treaty Negotiations Remain Paralysed 14/08/2026 Stefan Anderson When 175 countries unanimously voted in Nairobi in March 2022 to negotiate a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution, the move was hailed as the most significant step in global environmental negotiations since the Paris climate accord. Now, a year to the day after two weeks of talks and a 24-hour final negotiating marathon […] Continue reading -> South Sudan Refugees Face Extreme Hunger Due to Funding Shortfalls 14/08/2026 Editorial team More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. Without a […] Continue reading -> As El Niño Bears Down, a Small Hospital in Chad Offers Lessons in Climate Resilience 13/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Situated on the edge of the advancing Sahara Desert, Ngouri in western Chad is one of the most vulnerable places in the world to climate change. Heat is already rising in the region as the El Niño advances globally, with hotter sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean driving up land temperatures and triggering […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> With Over 2000 Dead, Priority is to ‘Break the Chains’ of Ebola Transmission 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 2000 people have died so far in the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the only way to break the chains of transmission is via scaled-up local surveillance, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Most concerningly, we see a high proportion of deaths in communities instead of treatment […] Continue reading -> The Case Against Fauci Was Never About the Origins of COVID-19 11/08/2026 Stefan Anderson For nearly three hours on 29 July, the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard one sentence repeated over a hundred times. “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.” Dr Anthony Fauci, the 85-year-old retired director of the National […] Continue reading -> ‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
South Sudan Refugees Face Extreme Hunger Due to Funding Shortfalls 14/08/2026 Editorial team More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. Without a […] Continue reading -> As El Niño Bears Down, a Small Hospital in Chad Offers Lessons in Climate Resilience 13/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Situated on the edge of the advancing Sahara Desert, Ngouri in western Chad is one of the most vulnerable places in the world to climate change. Heat is already rising in the region as the El Niño advances globally, with hotter sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean driving up land temperatures and triggering […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> With Over 2000 Dead, Priority is to ‘Break the Chains’ of Ebola Transmission 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 2000 people have died so far in the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the only way to break the chains of transmission is via scaled-up local surveillance, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Most concerningly, we see a high proportion of deaths in communities instead of treatment […] Continue reading -> The Case Against Fauci Was Never About the Origins of COVID-19 11/08/2026 Stefan Anderson For nearly three hours on 29 July, the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard one sentence repeated over a hundred times. “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.” Dr Anthony Fauci, the 85-year-old retired director of the National […] Continue reading -> ‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
As El Niño Bears Down, a Small Hospital in Chad Offers Lessons in Climate Resilience 13/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Situated on the edge of the advancing Sahara Desert, Ngouri in western Chad is one of the most vulnerable places in the world to climate change. Heat is already rising in the region as the El Niño advances globally, with hotter sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean driving up land temperatures and triggering […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> With Over 2000 Dead, Priority is to ‘Break the Chains’ of Ebola Transmission 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 2000 people have died so far in the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the only way to break the chains of transmission is via scaled-up local surveillance, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Most concerningly, we see a high proportion of deaths in communities instead of treatment […] Continue reading -> The Case Against Fauci Was Never About the Origins of COVID-19 11/08/2026 Stefan Anderson For nearly three hours on 29 July, the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard one sentence repeated over a hundred times. “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.” Dr Anthony Fauci, the 85-year-old retired director of the National […] Continue reading -> ‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
WHO Officials Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Changes 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Top World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned that the United States President Donald Trump’s move to alter his country’s childhood vaccinations via an executive order will endanger children. “WHO is concerned that the changes to immunisation policy in the US are not aligned with the best science,” Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a […] Continue reading -> With Over 2000 Dead, Priority is to ‘Break the Chains’ of Ebola Transmission 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 2000 people have died so far in the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the only way to break the chains of transmission is via scaled-up local surveillance, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Most concerningly, we see a high proportion of deaths in communities instead of treatment […] Continue reading -> The Case Against Fauci Was Never About the Origins of COVID-19 11/08/2026 Stefan Anderson For nearly three hours on 29 July, the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard one sentence repeated over a hundred times. “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.” Dr Anthony Fauci, the 85-year-old retired director of the National […] Continue reading -> ‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
With Over 2000 Dead, Priority is to ‘Break the Chains’ of Ebola Transmission 12/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 2000 people have died so far in the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the only way to break the chains of transmission is via scaled-up local surveillance, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Most concerningly, we see a high proportion of deaths in communities instead of treatment […] Continue reading -> The Case Against Fauci Was Never About the Origins of COVID-19 11/08/2026 Stefan Anderson For nearly three hours on 29 July, the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard one sentence repeated over a hundred times. “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.” Dr Anthony Fauci, the 85-year-old retired director of the National […] Continue reading -> ‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
The Case Against Fauci Was Never About the Origins of COVID-19 11/08/2026 Stefan Anderson For nearly three hours on 29 July, the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard one sentence repeated over a hundred times. “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.” Dr Anthony Fauci, the 85-year-old retired director of the National […] Continue reading -> ‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
‘This is so Wrong’: Experts Condemn Trump’s Vaccination Order 11/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”. The order recommends fewer vaccinations, one vaccination […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts