While the U.S. government’s involvement in global health currently faces an uncertain future – with a more limited scope, the dissolution of USAID, and cancelation of numerous U.S.-supported global health projects, as the Trump administration seeks to reorganize foreign aid more broadly – the U.S. has historically supported global health through a wide array of…
“We are very much losing this battle against common sense when it comes to using generative AI,” Schnitt says, adding that if the videos are AI and Swift apologizes for it, the move could be “a touchstone moment” in the pushback against the technology. Lobo, who also made a post using the #SwiftiesAgainstAI hashtag, doesn’t…
Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondent Millie Pilkington/ King’s Foundation King Charles held a “harmony summit” at Highgrove in the summer, where this photograph was taken King Charles says he wants to inspire a “sense of determination” to protect the environment, as details are announced of a TV documentary in which he will explain his philosophy of “harmony”…
By AFP Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published October 8, 2025 Swiss flavors and fragrances group Givaudan announced on Wednesday the start of construction of a $215 million (€185 million) plant in the United States. Givaudan Located in Reading, near Cincinnati, Ohio, the new plant will strengthen the group’s presence in North America, where its…
Wealthy countries, including the U.S., tend to spend more per person on health care and related expenses than lower-income countries. However, even among higher-income countries, the U.S. spends far more per person on health. Spending Growth Over the past five decades, the health spending gap between the U.S. and peer nations has widened. In 1970,…
This post was co-written with Cyril Ovely from Vxceed. Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies face a critical challenge in emerging economies: how to effectively retain revenue and grow customer loyalty at scale. Although these companies invest 15–20% of their revenue in trade promotions and retailer loyalty programs, the uptake of these programs has historically remained…
By AFP Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published October 8, 2025 A celebrated Spice Girl in the 1990s and now a renowned fashion designer and successful businesswoman, Britain’s Victoria Beckham opens up about her turbulent journey in a three-part Netflix documentary available to stream starting Thursday. Victoria Beckham opens up in new Netflix three-part documentary…
Ever since DeepSeek burst onto the scene in January, momentum has grown around open source Chinese artificial intelligence models. Some researchers are pushing for an even more open approach to building AI that allows model-making to be distributed across the globe. Prime Intellect, a startup specializing in decentralized AI, is currently training a frontier large…
Vanessa ClarkeEducation reporter Getty Images A decision by the NHS to redeploy health visitors during the pandemic was “fundamentally flawed” and “children were harmed” as a result, the head of a health visiting charity has told the Covid inquiry. Many health visitors were sent to work in other parts of the NHS at the beginning…
By AFP Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published October 8, 2025 The new CEO of luxury group Kering, Luca de Meo, is set to address the group’s top managers — several hundred in total — after they reviewed a memo outlining strategies to revive the group, AFP reported Wednesday, confirming a report by La Lettre….
