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What will HIV funding look like in 2026?
After a year of US funding cuts across global public health, including South Africa’s hard-hit HIV programmes, new realities are settling in
Inequality manifests in stimulus
Structural forces mean emerging economies can’t offer the necessary Covid-19 fiscal-relief packages
Battle for the truth about UFOs
The United States Navy has confirmed that three videos of unidentified aerial phenomena were taken by Navy pilots in 2004 and 2015
Oil tops $130 haunted by future supply worry
Oil climbed to a life-time high above a barrel on Wednesday, driven higher by a combination of long-term production worries and a near-term focus on tight fuel stocks. A United…
Quake response won’t cover cracks of corruption
Earthquake’s don’t destroy strong, well-built buildings. They destroy weak ones. As China reels from its biggest earthquake in 30 years, public anger is mounting. The danger for…
Web regulation ‘entirely unwarranted’
The top United States government communications official said on Tuesday his agency has all the authority it needs to prevent internet service providers from discriminating…
Oil prices scale record highs above $112 a barrel
World oil prices touched new record highs above $112 a barrel in Asian trade on Tuesday as supply concerns and a sluggish greenback remained key factors behind the hike, dealers…
Beatles to be beamed across the universe
The songs of The Beatles have always enjoyed a global appeal. Now one of their best-loved recordings is to be beamed into the galaxy in an attempt to introduce the Fab Four’s…
China arrests leading rights activist
Chinese state security forces have arrested one of the country’s most prominent civil rights activists in an apparent crackdown on dissent ahead of the Olympics. Hu Jia — who…
Oil bounces above $96
Oil rose above on Wednesday, bolstered by expectations United States government data would show crude stocks falling for the seventh consecutive week, and as fresh violence in…
Cuban cricket team caught out by US ban
More than a century ago, a war correspondent called Winston Churchill was dispatched to Cuba to cover the conflict with Spain. ”It may be that future years will see the island as…
Castro hints he will not cling to power
Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public for 16 months, suggested on Monday he might give up his formal leadership posts — the first time he has spoken…
Mission for James Bond’s Q: Seek venture capital
In the James Bond novels and films, it fell to technical expert Q to invent the gizmos and cunningly concealed weapons that helped the British spy cheat death and save the world.…
Aids taboo broken in Uganda — now for the drugs
Selina Akello sits in a clearing between the mud huts in her village. ”I will tell you anything,” she says. An older man passes within earshot, but she does not falter. This…
Lebanon closer to chaos after vote fails
Lebanon edged closer to chaos on Friday when President Emile Lahoud ordered the army to take charge of security after political rivalries blocked the election of his successor…