insert_link Local MTN Ghana partners Thrive & Shine to accelerate AI literacy and empower Ghanaian youth MTN Ghana has partnered with youth led non-profit, Thrive & Shine after signing an MOU to expand digital opportunities for young people in Ghana. The partnership marks a major step in AI literacy, STEM empowerment and Ghana’s future digital workforce, according to MTN. The collaboration aims to ensure Ghanaian youth are not left behind as […]Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article todayFebruary 5, 2026 1
insert_link Local Women, youth and communities shaping the future of Climate Action At a time when climate change is no longer a distant threat but a lived reality; seen in rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, choking waste, disappearing forests, and struggling livelihoods, true leadership must be measured not by speeches alone, but by action rooted in community, courage, and continuity.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article todayFebruary 5, 2026 1
insert_link Local A law at war with itself: How Ghana’s drug policy is failing its public health mission When Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission Act (Act 1019) was passed in 2020, it was celebrated as a landmark piece of legislation. It promised a revolution in drug policy—a shift from the handcuffs of the past to the healing hands of public health. Yet, approaching six years later, a fundamental paradox lies at its core. While the law speaks the language of rehabilitation, its heart still beats with the pulse of […] todayFebruary 5, 2026 1
International How We Know Iran Crushed Protests with Lethal Force The New York Times collected and analyzed hundreds of videos of a crackdown on anti-government protests that Iranians shared despite an internet blackout. Sanjana Varghese explains how the Visual Investigations team at The Times verified them.Source: rss.nytimes.comRead full article todayFebruary 5, 2026 2
International At a Bonobo’s ‘Tea Party,’ Scientists Find Hints of Imagination By playing pretend with an ape, scientists found a human hallmark in our closest living relative: the capacity for make-believe.Source: rss.nytimes.comRead full article todayFebruary 5, 2026 1
International Iran is betting that Trump does not have a plan for regime change Although weakened by airstrikes, sanctions and domestic unrest, Tehran is surprisingly bullish before talks with USWhen it comes to Iran and Donald Trump, there is so much bluff, backed by military hardware, that the truth rarely makes an incontrovertible appearance.Nevertheless, it appears that a bullish Iran is going into negotiations with the US on Friday adopting maximalist positions that do not seem greatly different to those it adopted in the […] todayFebruary 5, 2026 1
International In sticking by Trump, Republicans and rightwing evangelicals have made a devil’s pact Trump might not embody Christian values yet is the religious right’s chosen instrument to turn the tide against liberal, godless AmericaThey had come to say a prayer for the father, the son and the holy ghost.The father was Donald Trump who, despite sending federal militias to roam Minneapolis, threatening to invade Greenland and telling lies by the dozen, remains the lord and saviour of the religious right. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead […] todayFebruary 5, 2026 2
International ‘If someone had pulled the trigger’: MPs rue lack of challenger to oust Starmer PM clings to power after a day when Commons mutiny filled the air, as fallout over Mandelson appointment continuesThe most dangerous moment of Keir Starmer’s premiership came just after lunchtime on Wednesday, when mutiny was the talk of the Commons tea room.Anger is widespread across Labour – but it was at its most palpable among the party’s new MPs, as the Conservatives used a humble address to force the disclosure […] todayFebruary 5, 2026 2
International ‘Part of our biological toolkit’: newborn babies can anticipate rhythm in music, researchers find Brain activity suggests newborns can detect and predict patterns relating to rhythm, study saysNewborn babies can anticipate rhythm in pieces of music, researchers have discovered, offering insights into a fundamental human trait.Babies in the womb begin to respond to music by about eight or nine months, as shown by changes in their heart rate and body movements, said Dr Roberta Bianco, the first author of the research who is based […] todayFebruary 5, 2026 1
insert_link International Trump refuses to apologize for video with racist imagery of Obamas posted on his social media todayFebruary 7, 2026 6
