UAE President hails Morocco for qualifying to WC quarter finals

RABAT – United Arab Emirates (UAE) President, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Ben Zayed Al Nahyane, joined other Heads of State in congratulating Morocco King Mohammed VI on the...

Congress is set to codify marriage equality – but the Respect for Marriage Act has a few key limitations

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to approve the Respect for Marriage Act – a bill already passed in the Senate to codify both interracial...

China could face a catastrophic COVID surge as it lifts restrictions – here’s how it might play out

China is the only major country which, until now, has continued to enforce a zero-COVID strategy. Other countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, also sought...

Indonesia’s new criminal code isn’t just about sex outside marriage. It endangers press and religious freedom

What legacy will Vladimir Putin leave Russia?

“Nobody listened to Russia,” Vladimir Putin intoned in 2018, as he unveiled the poisonous fruit of Russia’s military modernisation project: a nuclear-powered cruise missile; a hypersonic...

Men are slowly losing their Y chromosome, but a new sex gene discovery in spiny rats brings hope for humanity

The sex of human and other mammal babies is decided by a male-determining gene on the Y chromosome. But the human Y chromosome is degenerating and...

It’s not just Twitter. The whole Internet is broken and we’d better fix it soon

If the debate about Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter tells us anything, it’s that people – including those in governments – don’t understand how the World...

Pharma’s expensive gaming of the drug patent system is successfully countered by the Medicines Patent Pool, which increases global access and rewards innovation

Biomedical innovation reached a new era during the COVID-19 pandemic as drug development went into overdrive. But the ways that brand companies license their patented drugs...

Shorter days affect the mood of millions of Americans – a nutritional neuroscientist offers tips on how to avoid the winter blues

The annual pattern of winter depression and melancholy – better known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD – suggests a strong link between your mood and...

Samsung appoints first female president

SEOUL– Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday promoted Lee Young-hee, a female executive to head the global marketing for its mobile business. It was the first time...