In three African nations—Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya—a joint effort between governments and private companies aimed to improve disease testing. The project, known as the African Health Diagnostics Platform, faced many hurdles that are common to similar collaborations worldwide. The main problems we
Education leaders are highlighting how collaboration can change a town’s learning environment. In Danville, a new partnership between teachers, parents and local businesses is already showing results. The school district announced that it will work closely with nearby companies to bring real‑worl
The latest crime series on Netflix may be the best thing for people who love True Detective. It has nine parts and got a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes. The show is built from books that many readers already enjoy. True Detective’s next season won’t be released for a long time. The last
The United Kingdom has issued fresh rules for parents, urging them to limit the amount of time young children spend on electronic devices. The guidance says that babies under two years old should not use screens at all, while children aged two to five should be capped at one hour of solo screen time
In the latest season of Celebrity Jeopardy! All‑Stars, well‑known personalities face off in a high‑stakes quiz battle to win a million dollars for their chosen charity. The show, which returns each Friday on ABC, brings together a mix of actors and comedians such as Steven Weber, Cynthia Nixon, Maca
Ghana pushed a motion at the United Nations that labels transatlantic slavery as “the gravest crime against humanity” and asks for reparations. The vote went 123‑to‑3, with only the United States, Israel and a few others voting against it. Fifty‑two countries, including the European Union, chose to
The leader of the World Trade Organization spoke at a big meeting in Cameroon. She said the old way of doing trade is gone for good. Countries must plan new rules for a future that looks very different. Most trade still follows WTO rules—about 72 percent. A bright point is the rise of trad
OpenAI has shut down its Sora video‑generation service, ending a bold experiment that began less than two years ago. The company said it will reallocate resources to robotics and “agentic” AI that can work more independently. This means Sora’s consumer app and the professional web tool are gone, and
In many countryside homes, a child’s first screen is often a TV or a phone that shows cartoons and games. Researchers followed 969 pairs of parents and kids in rural China to see how families manage this digital world. They found that the variety of gadgets is very limited; most households own only
The United Nations recently passed a landmark resolution that labels the forced trafficking of Africans as the worst crime against humanity. The vote wasn’t unanimous—123 countries agreed, but 3 opposed it, and 52 stayed neutral. The biggest holdouts? The U. S. , the U. K. , and Israel. Their reason
