12 May 2025, Rabat, Morocco – World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Hanan Balkhy concluded her first official visit to Morocco, from 5 to 7 May 2025. The visit represents a major step in strengthening collaboration between WHO and the Government of Morocco. Dr Balkhy’s meeting with Minister of Health…
Barcelona couldn’t get the player they wanted so they just had to settle for the best. At the end of another wild, joyous and exhausting afternoon, another clásico won their way, the captain called them all into the middle of Montjuïc. And where Raphael Dias Belloli calls, his teammates follow, all the way to the…
When it comes to this year’s hot potato topic of Donald Trump‘s tariffs on movie imports, Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux would like to table the discussion. For at least a year. Of Trump’s declarations over the last three months, Fremaux says: “He started off by saying one thing, then contradicts himself.” “I can’t…
A Kurdish militia group that has waged a bloody insurgency against the Turkish state for four decades said on Monday that it would lay down its arms and disband, a decision that could reshape Turkish politics and reverberate in neighboring countries. The announcement by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known by its Kurdish acronym, P.K.K., came…
OpenAI’s ambitious Stargate data center project is facing delays thanks to tariff-related economic uncertainty, reports Bloomberg. Growing market volatility and cheaper AI services have made banks, private equity investors, and asset managers wary of investing in Stargate, an OpenAI-led project that aims to raise up to $500 million for AI infrastructure in the U.S. and…
SportsLine’s computer model has revealed three free NBA prop picks for Monday’s games in the 2025 NBA playoffs after evaluating the latest NBA odds
You know how British royalists have been screaming “but South Park” for two years? In 2023, South Park satirized the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (mostly Harry) and British commentators insisted that South Park was the most culturally relevant show of all time and that the Sussex send-up was the most devastating cultural critique in…
European leaders stepped up pressure on Russia to accept an unconditional cease-fire in Ukraine, threatening to immediately impose a new round of punishing sanctions if the Kremlin did not change its stance by the end of Monday. “The clock is ticking — we still have 12 hours until the end of this day,” the German…
Sprinklings of life appear key to the recipe for rain. Lofted flecks of organic material like bacteria, pollen and fungal spores play a profound role in regulating rainfall patterns, a new study suggests. These bioparticles can make up a major portion of all the particles that can seed rain in the sky, and their levels…
In March 2025, foreign-branded smartphone shipments in China fell to 1.887 million units.
