Malaria: Drug resistance and underfunding threaten progress towards eliminating killer disease
The parasitic mosquito-borne disease is both preventable and curable but it remains a serious and deadly global health threat –…
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NASA’s Fly Foundational Robots Demo to Bolster In-Space Infrastructure
NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational…
NASA’s Moon Rocket Celebrates 250 Years of American Innovation
NASA is marking America’s 250th year with a bold new symbol of the nation’s relentless drive to explore. The America…
Millions of jobs at risk in Asia-Pacific as AI adoption surges in wealthy nations
Just as industrialisation in the 19th century “split the world into a wealthy few and the impoverished”, the AI revolution…
A decisive turning point: Setting global industry on a fairer, greener path towards economic growth
The world is inexorably becoming industrialised, raising the prospects of better jobs and livelihoods for many of the world’s poorest.…
Defying the odds: Young entrepreneurs vow to take their chances and build the industries of tomorrow
With a 90 per cent failure rate for startups, you could forgive young people if they concluded that founding a…
Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns
Launching its 2025 World AIDS Day report, Overcoming Disruption, Transforming the AIDS Response, UNAIDS said international assistance has sharply declined,…
Despite ongoing discrimination, women entrepreneurs are reshaping the Global South, with crucial support from the UN
As a young mother in a remote part of eastern Kenya, Norah Magero struggled to get her child reliable health…
From organic farms to AI chips with a nose: UN summit showcases solutions for transforming the Global South
The “Green Revolution” is believed to have saved millions of lives in India during the 20th century, introducing new scientific…
UN rights chief: AI misuse and corporate influence present ‘clear and present’ challenge
Opening the 14th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva on Monday, he said that corporate power has…