Ebola in DR Congo: One month on, scaled up response remains insufficient
One month after the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, case numbers continue to rise.
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WIPO Alert Pay Aims to Cut Off Piracy Profits with Help from Payment Providers
For years, WIPO has tried to starve pirate sites of advertising money. Now it wants to cut off their payments too. A new system called…
Pluralistic: The Big Con (19 Jun 2026)
Today’s links The Big Con: Making the pile of shit bigger won’t increase the number of ponies underneath it. Hey look at this: Delights to…
Iron Fist or Fragile Peace: Colombians Head to Polls in Stark Choice of Candidates
Millions of voters, deeply traumatized by a legacy of violence and political corruption, will head to the polls on Sunday to decide Colombia’s razor-thin presidential…
A Trillion Dollars Isn’t Worth It If You Have to Be Elon Musk
“What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”
— some homeless Palestinian
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Minimum age of 11 set for UK puberty blocker trial
Gender-questioning children will have to be at least 11 years old to take part in a clinical trial of puberty-blocking drugs.
The Data Center Backlash Uniting America
The passage of New York’s moratorium marks the speed at which a wave of organized fury against data centers is growing — and winning —…
EU Citizen’s Company Sent Sanctioned Equipment to Russian Defense Firms
Despite denials from its European co-owner, trade data shows a Turkish company shipped banned E.U. equipment worth millions to Russian companies lined with the arms…
Gaza: Sneeze and you might get shot, warns UNICEF in alert on child killings
After another deadly night of clashes in Lebanon, aid agencies issued a new alert for Gaza, where 265 Palestinian children have been killed since a…
DR Congo: Efforts ramp up as Ebola outbreak accelerates beyond borders
The spread of Ebola is accelerating in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid continued armed violence, posing a grave and growing risk…