Category: World

I have always been fascinated by how Jane Austen depicts the physicality and health of her characters. All of her novels contain references to physical condition, ailments, or advice on wellbeing – indeed, the word “health” appears more than a hundred times throughout her six best-known works. These are not conventional medical descriptions, but they […]

Official statistics Statistics on International Development (SID) Statistics on International Development (SID) are accredited official statistics. This means they are official statistics that have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and comply with the standards in the Code of Practice for Statistics. Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics […]

Two men from Alabama have been charged with trafficking more than 300 weapons along with ammunition and magazines, announced Attorney General Pamela Bondi and U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Emilio Ramirez Cortes, 48, a Mexican citizen who legally resides in the United States, and his son, Edgar Emilio Ramirez Diaz, have made their initial appearances […]

Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, is at the center of a widening investigation into an alleged coup plot to overthrow Nigerian President Bola Tinubu. According to multiple security sources, Sylva has reportedly fled Nigeria via the creeks of the Niger Delta, heading first to Senegal and allegedly planning to continue to […]

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday, October 29, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, marking the final leg of a five-day diplomatic tour through Malaysia, Japan, and South Korea. The visit is set to conclude with a highly anticipated bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on October 30, […]

Volkswagen has officially broken ground on its $7 billion electric vehicle (EV) battery-cell plant in St. Thomas, Ontario, marking a major milestone in the automaker’s North American electrification strategy. The facility, developed by Volkswagen’s battery subsidiary PowerCo, is projected to be one of the largest of its kind on the continent and is expected to […]

In a press briefing on Tuesday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric described reports of Israeli military action as “extremely concerning,” stressing that “we don’t want civilians to be bombed again” or humanitarian operations “derailed again.” Hamas denied that it had any involvement in a reported attack on Israeli forces by Palestinian militants earlier in the day, […]

Cameroon’s opposition leaders have formally rejected the results of the October 12 presidential election, which declared President Paul Biya, aged 92, the winner of an eighth term in office. The Constitutional Council announced Biya’s victory with 53.7% of the vote, while his main challenger, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, received 35.2%. Tchiroma and other opposition figures have […]

The United Nations has expressed deep concern following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s order for renewed military strikes in Gaza, despite an active ceasefire agreement. The strikes, carried out on October 28, 2025, reportedly killed at least nine people, according to local medical sources, and have reignited fears of a breakdown in the fragile truce […]

If you’re reading this there’s a good chance that you, like me, are a millennial. If so, you’ve probably noticed more and more cases of friends or acquaintances with diseases that you would normally associate with later adulthood – hypertension, type 2 diabetes or perhaps even the one that we’re all scared to name: cancer. […]