The continent asked for more say in global health decisions after Covid. It now has that. The mpox declaration is a test of this new power
The repatriation of the cargo from Southeast Asia to Albania has been called a ‘win’ for global environmental governance
Fans are travelling to locations where their favourite shows are shot, and where their top artists perform
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The need for medical oxygen to treat Covid-19 patients in low- and middle-income countries has more than doubled in the past two months, and many of these countries faced oxygen shortages before the pandemic
China is becoming the preferred destination for countries such as Ghana and Nigeria
An outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan has already infected over 4000 people – mostly in China, but also in several other countries, from Thailand to France to the United States – and killed more than 100. Given China’s history of disease outbreaks – including of severe acute respiratory syndrome […]
Boxing and women’s football qualifying for the 2020 Olympics will be moved from the Chinese city at the centre of a virus outbreak to another location in the country, the organising bodies said on Wednesday. Wuhan was supposed to host China, Taiwan, Thailand and Australia for the group B Asian women’s football qualifiers from February […]
Our DNA is similar but our societal values are not, which will make it difficult to reach concensus
For a few dollars tourists can get framed photos at the site, pick up posters of the footballers and take home a souvenir t-shirt
Thailand last held a successful election in 2011
Thailand initially said it would deport her at the request of Saudi embassy officials, barring her from travelling on to Australia
The boys, who will return to their families Wednesday night, announced their plan to temporarily ordain as monks to honour the death of Saman Kunan
‘The truth is that the likes of France continue to benefit from migration while still waging a war on migrants’
‘That familiar confluence of triumph and tragedy is what builds our ability to understand and share the feelings of each other’
The boys and their coach are doing well mentally and physically, a health official said
The 25-year-old has been lauded for keeping the the young footballers calm as starvation loomed in the dark
The nerve-shredding three-day mission ended on Tuesday with the final group of four boys and the coach emerging from the cave
A birthday party in a cave had seemed like a good idea two weeks ago until the cave was flooded by torrential rain
All the young boys and their football coach have been rescued from the Tham Luang cave following a harrowing 18 day ordeal
Two more were still inside the cave but authorities were confident of getting them out by Tuesday evening through a claustrophobic network of tunnels
Authorities say the rain could re-flood crucial parts of the cave complex that have been drained and make the escape route much harder
Looming rain was one of the main enemies of the operation, threatening to flood the cave complex in mountainous northern Thailand
The "Wild Boars" team has been confined in a cramped chamber several kilometres inside the Tham Luang cave complex since June 23
Thirteen sets of diving equipment have been prepared for the team, who have endured 12 nights underground in the Tham Luang cave complex
The rescuers dubbed it "mission impossible" but they defied the odds to locate the football team. Now they need to get them out safely
There had been no contact with the boys, aged between 11 and 16, since they went missing with their 25-year-old coach last Saturday
South Africa must develop its production capacity and cut its reliance on resource exports, a report says
A symbol of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s opposition party has landed a Facebook user and journalist in hot water with the ruling junta.
Govt seems reluctant to agree to allow South Africans sentenced abroad to serve part of their sentences at home. Hazel Friedman reports on two cases.
The country has many charms, but it is the food in all its many splendid forms that is the most enticing.
No one has claimed responsibility for the blast in Thailand, with everyone from Islamist groups and the Uighur to a lone operative being blamed.