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31 01 2024 | 10:03

Digitizing the seas: Transforming Africa's maritime industry

In a continent where maritime trade is a cornerston

30 01 2024 | 14:53

Greta Thunberg joins protest against expansion of Hampshire airport

Farnborough airport submits plans to increase number of flights amid calls for a ban on private jets The climate activist Greta Thunberg has marched alongside local residents and Extinction…

21 01 2024 | 13:00

‘Very scary’: Mark Zuckerberg’s pledge to build advanced AI alarms experts

Meta CEO accused of being ‘irresponsible’ by considering making tools on par with human intelligence open source

21 01 2024 | 12:04

Cooling world’s hottest cities

A combination of cooling technologies and techniques could reduce the temperature and energy needs of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It’s possible to significantly reduce the temperatures of a major city in…

18 01 2024 | 04:07

Kenya's infrastructure funding from AfDB to be restricted to water and transport projects

The African Development Bank (AfDB), a major financier for Kenya, will limit its funding to infrastructure projects focused on transport and water. This decision is aimed at prioritizing areas that…

18 01 2024 | 03:50

20 years ago South Africa had 40 qualified astronomers – all white. How it’s opened space science and developed skills since then

South African astronomy started an important journey two decades ago, when an initiative to attract and train future scientists in the field welcomed its first group of students under the National…

18 01 2024 | 02:50

‘Very worrying’: Trade unions alarmed by EU’s industrial collapse

Europe’s major trade union organisations have expressed deep concern about the scale of the EU’s industrial decline, as structurally high energy prices continue to lay waste to a crucial pillar of…

16 01 2024 | 11:11

Greens chief warns new debt rules will strengthen EU far right, Putin

Ahead of a vote in the European Parliament on new debt rules for EU countries, the Greens co-president Philippe Lamberts warned against the “end of the European Union as we know it” in a worst-case…

16 01 2024 | 10:29

Pothole reports hit a five-year high in 2023

Potholes caused misery in 2023 on a scale not seen in years, but scientists hope technology like self-healing roads will help rid us of them for good. Reports of potholes and damage they caused hit…

16 01 2024 | 10:21

Oxford becomes UK’s electric bus capital as 159 vehicles join fleet

Private operators are guaranteed faster journey times by the council in return for investment Oxford is launching an electric fleet that will make the city one of the UK’s leading adopters of zero-…

15 01 2024 | 10:49

Britain’s 45 remaining cooling towers are architectural gems. Let’s save them

Cooling towers are some of the most majestic structures in Britain – form and function in perfect harmony – yet exempt from listed status. Even as they become redundant, those that remain deserve to…

14 01 2024 | 05:41

33,000 electric taxis in Dakar, Abidjan and Accra by 2023

The start-up Mbay Mobility is giving itself 10 years to market 33,000 electric taxis in Dakar in Senegal, Abidjan in Ivory Coast and Accra in Ghana. The project, which is in search of new financial…

14 01 2024 | 05:31

Healthcare to go: roadside clinics help keep Kenya’s truckers rolling

A life on the road puts drivers at risk of hypertension and diabetes but often puts doctors out of reach. A network of clinics on key routes is helping to combat lifestyle diseases Alife on the road…

14 01 2024 | 05:17

Cape Verde reaches malaria-free milestone

A sub-Saharan African nation has been declared malaria-free for the first time in 50 years. Cape Verde was given the status by the World Health Organization (WHO) as it has not reported a single…

13 01 2024 | 08:02

Reflective materials and irrigated trees: study shows how to cool one of the world’s hottest cities by 4.5°C

A combination of cooling technologies and techniques could reduce the temperature and energy needs of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It’s possible to significantly reduce the temperatures of a major city in…

12 01 2024 | 12:15

Blinded, sexually assaulted, silenced: the war over lithium, Argentina’s ‘white gold’

In the country’s ‘lithium triangle’ activists say Indigenous land protections have been removed and protests against mining violently repressed The first time, they came at 2am and without a warrant…

11 01 2024 | 11:41

‘Forever chemicals’ found in foetuses pose risk of adulthood diseases

A year after a universal ban on per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) was proposed in the EU, a new study found that PFAS affect people as early as the fetal stage of development.

11 01 2024 | 10:18

Deep-sea mining: why is interest growing and what are the risks?

As Norway becomes the first country to approve deep-sea mining, scientists are alarmed but supporters insist it will aid the energy transition What is deep-sea mining?