Togo transforms junk to robots
Togolese innovators are turning the world's junk into robots, mostly from discarded electronic waste. Health hazards remain the primary concern…
Ground-breaking Cancer Drug Gets FDA Approval
The US Food and Drug Administration approved Vitrakvi, an advanced cancer treatment drug shown to significantly reduce tumours in 81…
British parliament seizes Facebook documents
The British parliament has reportedly seized documents that are alleged to contain important information about Facebook decisions on data and…
NASA lands robotic probe on Mars
The US-made spacecraft has survived what NASA called “seven minutes of terror” and landed safely on a flat Martian desert,…
Pushback on Novartis therapy for muscular atrophy
Just weeks after Novartis floated the idea that $4-5 million was fair value for its new gene therapy against spinal…
Justice Delayed but not Denied
Almost 34 years after anti-Sikh riots shook Delhi, a city court, in a “rarest-of-rare” judgment on Tuesday, sentenced a 55-year-old…
Nissan to oust chairman
The chairman of Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi Motors, Carlos Ghosn, has been detained by Japanese authorities after a two-month long…
Children At Highest Risk in Disasters
The 2018 WorldRiskReport focuses on children, and has concluded that in wars, conflicts or natural disasters, they are often the…
DRC struggles to fight Ebola outbreak
Efforts to fight Ebola in Beni are hindered after a deadly act of violence by the Allied Democratic Front (ADF).…
India’s Polio Immunisation Crisis
The sole supplier of inactivated polio vaccines to India is likely to raise its price per dose in the coming…