A Victorian child has tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza after returning to the country from overseas earlier this year. The Department of Health says transmission to humans is rare…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied allegations that he was starving Palestinians in Gaza as a method of war.ICC prosecutor Karim Khan announced Monday that he had requested arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders and two Israeli politicians Netanyahu and Israels Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity…
Tiny plastic bits, called microplastics, are everywhere—even in the highest mountain (Everest) and deepest ocean trench (Mariana Trench). Now, they’ve been found in a surprising place: men’s testicles. Researchers from the University of New Mexico have discovered 12 types of microplastics in all 23 human testes…
Humans have always been fascinated by their own form. This fascination extends into architecture, where some structures are built to resemble human bodies or body parts. These human-like buildings and monuments can be found all over the world, each with its own story and purpose. Here are some of those incredible structures from around the world: 1…
The energy sector is the single largest source of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, spurring plans the world over to transition the sector away from fossil fuels and toward renewables. While decarbonization plans by some of the world’s top emitters have generally been welcomed, energy experts say decision-makers must take care while designing decarbonization strategies to…
Like most nations, England doesn’t have legally recognized rights for citizens to cross non-public lands. This means that the nearly 56 million people who live there are only legally allowed to access 8% of the country. One particularly picturesque example of this problem was recently noted by the BBC…
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Dutch Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot discussed the escalating humanitarian and security crisis in the Gaza Strip in a phone call Tuesday, expressing deep concern over a potential Israeli military operation in Rafah. Shoukry reiterated Egypt’s rejection of any policies that could displace Palestinians or undermine the Palestinian cause…
By Sodiq Adelakun The Lagos State Government has urged women experiencing violation of rights to speak out as they can only receive help when they do so. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), Mrs. Cecilia Dada, at a ministerial news conference in Ikeja…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz walked off their jobs and went on strike Monday, the first campus to do so as part of a systemwide protest against a public university they say has violated the speech rights o…