United NationsThe United Nations as presently constituted is undemocratic, unrepresentative and underfunded, and reform is urgently needed. All countries, not least the United States which owes half the UN debt, must pay their dues, but other sources of funding such as a levy on currency trading...
This study is based on 42 semi-structured interviews conducted in June 2018 with women who gave birth in the previous year, across rural and urban clinic sites in Mansa district, Zambia. Findings show that health facility rules regulating women's behaviour during pregnancy and childbirth create ...
we've talked about how work and manufacturing will be impacted, both in space and here on earth. But who actually sets the rules, governing how those jobs or businesses can be set up?
While the U.S. side alleged that the targets of its so-called "sanctions" have "undermined the high degree of autonomy promised to the people in Hong Kong," the U.S. accusation was not consistent with the facts. The NPC has made decisions on safeguarding national security in Hong Kong a...
Forty years after Apollo 11, debate rages over who can control the moon. Meanwhile, the president of the "Galactic Government," a Nevada entrepreneur, continues to sell lunar real estate.
"The question is: Is that scary or exciting?" LeCun told the FT. "I think it's exciting because those machines will be doing our bidding. They will be under our control." We hope. Getting ordinary people to set rules for how AI chatbots work ...
or harboured such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations, or persons.” As Rosa Brooks, a former Pentagon official and now Georgetown law professor, crisply notes, five and thre...
Under the new rules, France maintains restrictions on public gatherings of over 10 people and keeps borders closed until further notice. Mask-wearing will be mandatory on public transport. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday announced a plan for the second phase of re-opening in th...
The British, or at least the English, are famous for their sense of fair play and playing by the rules – cheating is considered very bad form. Football (soccer) is the UK’s national sport and if we hadn’t taught all the other nations to play we might even be world champions. ...
The state of California initiated a cap-and-trade program in 2013. The rules apply to the state’s large electric power plants, industrial plants, and fuel distributors. The state claims that its program is the fourth largest in the world after those of the European Union, South Korea, and...