Latin America is stepping up its game in health technology. In 2024, a big meeting happened. It was all about spotting future health tech trends and starting early talks. This isn't just about new gadgets. It's about making sure these tools work for everyone in the region. The meeting brought toget
People from Taiwan and Japan recently had online chats about protecting nature and how regular folks can help. The goal was to see if talking across cultures could make them think more deeply about their own beliefs and how they affect the environment. The chats did more than just share ideas. They
The Indo-Pacific region has been a hot topic lately. Why? Because China has been acting up. The U. S. Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, recently spoke at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. He made it clear that the U. S. is not backing down from its commitments to its allies in the region. This is
Antibiotic resistance is a big deal globally, and it's particularly worrying in low-income countries like Bangladesh. A project called COSTAR is trying to fix this problem in Cumilla. This project uses something called the Community Dialogue Approach (CDA) to help people understand antibiotics bette
In the bustling world of healthcare in the Netherlands, a group of chaplains from diverse faiths faced a unique challenge. They needed to find common ground on their professional role, especially when it came to worldviews and religious beliefs. The team ran into problems because everyone had differ
Creating chatbots that respond politely is tough, especially when you don't have examples showing how to do it. We've come up with three clever models that can generate polite (or rude) responses without needing perfect training data. Our first model, called Fusion, combines a dialogue model with a
Pope Francis and the grand imam of Istiqlal Mosque, Nasaruddin Umar, have teamed up to promote peace and environmental protection – a powerful image, to be sure. But how genuine is this “symphony of faith and unity”? Francis made a symbolic visit to Jakarta's iconic Istiqlal Mosque, meeting with
