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In a significant move at the COP28 summit, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) announced a major redirection of its resources. Over the next three years, the organization will allocate more than 70% of its funding –

In a landmark meeting at Qasr Al Bahr, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, who is on a working visit to the Emirates. The two leaders discussed various cooperation avenues, with a keen focus on economic,

Recent research has unveiled a surprising factor in weight loss: the reduction of a specific amino acid, isoleucine, in our diet. This discovery challenges the longstanding belief that all calories are equal and suggests that the type of calorie consumed

In a decisive move underscoring the urgency of global climate issues, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Antarctica’s fragile ecosystems. This significant journey, ahead of the pivotal COP28 climate talks, highlighted the critical state of millennia-old ice formations now succumbing to human-induced global warming. Guterres’s

The realm of commercial spaceflight is brimming with scientific and ethical challenges. In the latest episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, biomedical ethicist Vasiliki Rahimzadeh from Baylor College of Medicine emphasizes the need for stringent ethical guidelines in human-based space research.

In Pakistan, a severe shortage of lamination paper is causing a major disruption in the issuance of passports, leaving thousands of citizens in limbo. This unusual situation has resulted in a nationwide crisis, as individuals seeking to travel abroad for

Iceland has announced a state of emergency in response to a significant seismic event on the southwest Reykjanes peninsula, where nearly 4,000 earthquakes, ranging from small to medium intensity, have been recorded. The largest of these quakes measured 5.2 in

In a significant diplomatic event, the fifth India-US 2 plus 2 Ministerial Dialogue concluded in New Delhi, marking a milestone in the burgeoning strategic partnership between the two nations. High-level discussions encompassed a broad spectrum of topics, including defense, security,

A recent study forecasts that the 1.5 degrees Celsius global warming threshold, a critical marker set by the 2015 Paris Agreement, is likely to be surpassed within this decade. This projection, underscoring an accelerated pace of climate change, emerges from research

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft was greeted with an unexpected sight during its recent flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh – a tiny moon orbiting it. This discovery was made 300 million miles away in the asteroid belt situated beyond Mars. As the spacecraft approached within