Extreme weather events in Malawi and Pakistan have driven "very sharp" rises in malaria infections and deaths, a global health chief said ahead of World Malaria Day on April 25.. "And we saw a very sharp uptick in infections and deaths from malaria in both places," he said ahead of World Malaria Day on April 25.
At a weekend school in the US state of Virginia, language classes serve a dual purpose for young Uyghurs -- cultural preservation, and access to vocabulary to discuss the plight of relatives in China.. While the school steers clear of activism, it introduced a class this year for older students to discuss present-day issues while learning the Uyghur language.
Among the challenges still facing Fox News after its jaw-dropping settlement of a defamation case is a lawsuit planned by a high-profile disinformation expert, who is crowdfunding her way to court after a firestorm of harassment and abuse.. The settlement meant that neither Fox Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch nor high-profile hosts such as Tucker Carlson will have to testify in what was expected to be an explosive trial.
At the Texas Tradition Rodeo in Denton, John Beck gallops his horse Diamond across the arena, leaving a plume of dust in his wake -- one of around 50 cowboys competing in classic events such as barrel-racing, calf-lassoing and bull-riding.. I rode bulls for eight years," Beck said, adding that he and his straight cowboy counterparts "learned to get along together.
Air pollution still causes more than 1,200 premature deaths a year in under 18's across Europe and increases the risk of chronic disease later in life, the EU environmental agency said Monday.. "Air pollution causes over 1,200 premature deaths per year in people under the age of 18 in Europe and significantly increases the risk of disease later in life," the agency said.
Dozens of bawling Japanese babies faced off Saturday in a traditional "crying sumo" ritual believed to bring the infants good health, which returned for the first time in four years after the pandemic.. Staff wearing "oni" demon masks tried to make the babies cry, with the first to bawl declared the winner by a sumo referee in an elaborate traditional uniform holding a wooden fan used to signal victory.
The US Supreme Court has weighed in on the legal battle over an abortion pill that accounts for more than half of the abortions in the United States, freezing restrictions imposed on the drug by an appeals court. . - According to the Guttmacher Institute, the pill accounted for more than half -- 53 percent -- of the 930,160 abortions documented by the reproductive health research and policy organization in the United States in 2020.
In MG Studio, Los Angeles the art of Santiago Ribeiro
An exhibition of work by female artists on women in the Middle East opens in California this weekend, as a fierce battle over women's reproductive rights grips the United States.. Komaroff said the ongoing fight over abortion rights in the United States meant this was a timely exhibition.
Restaurant apprentices at a top hotel management school in France are refusing to work until bosses crack down on alleged sexual harassment, homophobic comments and insults from teachers.. But since March 27, around 60 third-year undergraduates in Paris have refused to work in its restaurant to protest the behaviour of certain teachers there.
