
COP 31: West Africa’s climate plans put a price on ruined roads and crops – how to add invisible losses
West Africa’s climate plans count physical damage but often overlook the cost of lost heritage and the community ties that disasters tear apart.
Independent Analysis and Reportage

West Africa’s climate plans count physical damage but often overlook the cost of lost heritage and the community ties that disasters tear apart.

We interviewed 22 educators, scholars and museum professionals who teach the Holocaust in Australia to find out what works – and what requires more guidance.

Developing pubic hair is tied to sexual maturity – and so are some of the theories about why we’ve retained it.

Globally significant collections of fossils, plants and rocks are held at separate institutions. Combined, they could support a dedicated natural history museum.

By Jale Moala Qiulae Wong may have failed to win her electorate seat in New Zealand’s general election on Saturday. Still, the Fiji-born political newcomer has achieved something that three previous leaders of her party could not — and she’s getting into Parliament anyway. She has taken the Opportunity Party across the five percent threshold

Ending paywalls for Canadian research is a public win. But until funders cap commercial publishing fees, taxpayer money will keep fuelling publisher profits.

Getting the SADC region back on track is going to take collective action and strong regional collaboration.

ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw “New Zealand has spoken,” Labour leader Chris Hipkins said to the party faithful on election night, before adding: “It may take us a little bit longer to figure out exactly what it is that you’ve said.” There hasn’t been an MMP election quite (or even anything) like the one that played

Pope Leo’s November 2026 trip to Latin America will bring him back to Peru, where he served as a priest and bishop for two decades.

Whether they went to college or not, young voters heavily favored Democrats.

Electricity is being priced by the time it is used, not just by how much, so timing really matters.

Over 100 screwworm cases have appeared in the US in 2026, including in elk, cattle, dogs, horses, sheep and goats. America’s 11.5 million hunters can help find these parasites to contain the spread.