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Illustration of a hantavirus testing concept with laboratory tubes containing cotton swabs and HANTAVIRUS labels alongside rat silhouettes in the background evoking rodent-borne transmission, photographed in Paris, France, on 4 May 2026.

Past hantavirus outbreak shows how Andes virus spreads

The World Health Organization has emphasised that the public risk is low and believes that the Andes hantavirus is not like Covid-19, which was an entirely new virus when it emerged and started a pandemic.

08 May 2026

A person receives free medication in Sudan's capital. In Blue Nile to the south, displaced people have reported shortages of medicine and food

'No medicine for my son': Sudanese struggle to survive in new war zone

Sudan's army has been fighting there against the RSF and their allies from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), a rebel group that has long operated in parts of Blue Nile and South Kordofan.

08 May 2026

South Korea has hired hundreds of staff to track and counter manipulated content ahead of local elections

AI disinfo tests South Korean laws ahead of local elections

Experts warn that cheaper, more advanced artificial intelligence models are driving the global spread of online disinformation -- a major concern in South Korea, which has adopted AI particularly rapidly.

07 May 2026

A fireball erupts after Israeli strike over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 20, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

File: A fireball erupts after Israeli strike over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 20, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

We need a new social contract to be human again

There is a particular kind of numbness that settles in when you consume enough war coverage. The alerts, the maps, the missile trajectories as they arrive packaged with the kinetic drama of modern conflict.

07 May 2026

The Lobito Corridor is meant to move minerals vital to the energy transition

Lobito Corridor: Africa's mega-project facing delivery test

The Lobito Corridor mega-project linking three African countries is shifting from blueprint to proving ground in the global race for critical minerals.

07 May 2026

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