There's a version of the internet where privacy costs nothing. It shows up at the top of app store searches, promises "unlimited data," "military-grade encryption" and "no registration required," and asks for exactly zero dollars. For hundreds of millions of users — students, travelers, people in countries with restricted networks — that promise is irresistible.
Here's the problem: bandwidth has a price, and it never goes away just because the app store listing says so. Every gigabyte that passes through...
“We know that comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care has been suspended in two hospitals, in Marib and Ras Al-Arah, because staff and operating capacities have been redirected to trauma care to care for the incoming wounded,” said Dr Annette Heinzelmann, UN World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Emergency Director for the Eastern Mediterranean.
Speaking from Cairo via video link, Dr Heinzelmann noted that more than 20 mobile medical teams supported by WHO have been deployed across priority governorates where vulnerable...
DR Congo: Peace Deals Struggle to Contain Fighting as Ebola Crisis Deepens
UNITED NATIONS, New York — The UN Security Council has turned its attention once again to the deteriorating situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where diplomatic efforts to end fighting in the east are struggling to translate into security on the ground, while the country confronts the largest Ebola outbreak in its recorded history.
Meeting in New York on 29 September, Council members reviewed developments in...
New sanctions reach officials, schools, camps and organisations accused of forcibly assimilating Ukrainian children
MEDIA-SOCIETY.COM // The European Union has imposed sanctions on 10 people and 17 organisations accused of supporting the unlawful deportation, forcible transfer and assimilation of Ukrainian children. The listings expose a system that EU authorities say extends beyond government offices into schools, holiday camps, tourism bodies and institutions outside Russia.
The Council decision freezes assets belonging to those listed and prohibits EU citizens and businesses from providing...
