Lebanon: Families flee Beirut as Israel threatens renewed strikes on Hezbollah
Thousands of people fled the southern suburbs of the capital, Beirut, on Monday after Israeli announced that it will carry out renewed strikes targeting Hezbollah…
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Chemists use sea sponge bacteria to create new molecules for drug discovery
Florida State University chemists have synthesized new molecules derived from bacteria found in a Pacific Ocean sea sponge, a breakthrough for the…
World News in Brief: Updates from Gaza, the West Bank and Afghanistan, UN development reforms, change at the top of WFP
It comes as the agency that supports Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, reported a surge in military activity in recent weeks across the Strip,…
Orchestrating the Edge: Framework-Aware Orchestration and WASM Inference for Low-Latency Systems
By Juhi Deshkar Image: Edge infrastructure coordinating real-time system activity | Shutterstock It’s common for distributed micro-frontend systems to send several requests…
Is Moral Rectitude An Antiquated Virtue In Modern Society?
Many question whether moral rectitude still holds value in a world driven by speed, convenience, and shifting norms. You face daily choices…
Is Algorithmic Bias The New Ethical Quagmire?
Many automated systems you interact with daily make decisions based on algorithms that can reflect and amplify deep-seated societal biases. These biases…
Can Ethical Equanimity Survive In A Hypercapitalist World?
Capitalism drives innovation and growth, but its hypercharged form prioritizes profit over people. You face constant pressure to compete, consume, and conform.…
Leafy vegetables identified as potential metal mining tools
Leafy vegetables could be used to extract toxic metals from contaminated soil for use in medical technologies and energy projects. Kale –…
Top aid official urges young people to ‘serve humanity’, support the UN |
“It has been the privilege of a lifetime to serve humanity,” said Joyce Msuya, who spent the past four years as the Assistant Secretary-General…
‘A disease you get when you care for someone’: WHO on the Ebola frontline
Early detection and community mobilisation remain critical to saving lives, as potential treatments and vaccines are being still being assessed, the UN…