Month: May 2026

Only 3.9% of clinical trials are conducted exclusively in Africa, according to a study of five major medical journals published between 2019 and 2024. “This is a crisis of scientific accuracy,” wrote researchers in The Conversation, highlighting the bias in medical research despite Africa accounting for roughly 25% of the ...

Policymakers gathering at the Africa Forward Summit will focus on ways to rethink how to price risk on the continent and unlock investment, Kenya’s foreign minister told Reuters. African leaders have long argued that global ​credit rating agencies overstate the ​continent’s risk, pushing up ⁠borrowing costs and deterring investment. Musalia ...

Bloc breaks its lengthy deadlock on the issue but falls short of imposing full-scale trade sanctions Middle East crisis – live updates The EU has agreed sanctions on violent Israeli settlers, ending a years-long deadlock over the issue but still taking only a “baby step” according to one MEP. Kaja ...

How did we get to a point where it’s legal for anyone to bet on anything? Be it the results of a baseball game or a land war in Europe, if you have access to a credit card and a computer you can try to predict the outcome of anything ...

A few years ago, while I was covering the rise of AI slop on Facebook, I asked my friends and family if they were getting AI spam fed into their timelines and if they could send me examples. A handful of them responded, sending me obviously AI-generated science fiction scenescapes, ...

Speaking to graduates of University of Central Florida’s College of Arts and Humanities and Nicholson School of Communication and Media on May 8, commencement speaker Gloria Caulfield, vice president of strategic alliances at Tavistock Group, told graduating humanities students that AI is the “next industrial revolution,” and was met with ...

Was the prime minister’s speech enough to avert a challenge to his leadership less than two years after he won a landslide general election victory? ...

The passengers landed in the UK on Sunday and none have reported symptoms, but they will will be monitored in hospital for 72 hours. ...

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was charged with attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump. ...

There were tears, surprises and fabulous outfits – as one of the biggest nights for UK television took place. ...