Responding to the presentation of a report by the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (CHRSS) on Friday 27 February to the UN Human Rights Council that documents the deteriorating human rights ...

While Human Rights Watch cannot verify the ...

South Sudan was the focus of debate in the UN Human Rights Council on Friday as escalating violence and political tensions – alongside a massive humanitarian emergency and war in neighbouring Sudan – ...

Appetite is governed by gut hormones, not willpower. GLP-1 therapies extend natural satiety signals and expose the biology behind eating.

There are many different types of dementia – and each can produce a wide range of symptoms. A recent case study has even described a 68-year-old man with a rare form of dementia that caused him to ...

From the 1960s onward, dissident Cubans in exile have sought to undermine the government in Havana − often with US assistance.

Hannah Spencer’s parliamentary story – as the new Green MP for Gorton and Denton – has just begun. Nevertheless, the life story that she presented in her victory speech was that of a plumber, not a ...

For many workers, the benefits of professional relationships and the networks they create are clear. Bringing together people and social spheres that are otherwise unconnected is linked to higher ...

February 2026 has seen thousands of dead seabirds washing up along the coastlines of the UK, France, Spain and Portugal. There’s evidence that these “wrecks” (where large numbers of seabirds are found ...

The sentencing of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison on February 8 on charges of sedition and collusion with foreign forces prompted international outrage. Lai founded the now ...

When I was growing up there were three channels on the telly, which seems quaint now. You watched what was on, like it or lump it. But I have only good memories of children’s TV in the 1970s. Hiding ...

In contrast, “peer-to-peer” accommodation – of which Airbnb is the most popular host platform – is usually run more informally by individual hosts who have little if any formal hospitality training.