Apple announces racial equity, justice initiatives
Apple has announced initiatives totaling at least $60 million aimed at dismantling systemic barriers to opportunity and combating injustices faced by communities of color. Part
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First ‘On your phone’ arts festival to kick off in 2021
The My Body My Space: Public Arts festival (MBMS) will kick off the South African arts calendar in January 2021 with a menu of cutting
Bezos’s $10 billion tops 2020 list of biggest gifts
Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos’s $10 billion commitment to launch the Bezos Earth Fund tops the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual list of the largest
‘Biggest international challenge’ ever taken on by UN humanitarians
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the “biggest international challenge” since the Second World War, according to the United Nations and has been the focus of
Amidst multiple crises, a Syrian in Beirut uses new skills to make a living
As Lebanon sees a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases and deteriorating living conditions due to the ongoing political and economic crisis and the Beirut port
Greece opens world’s first underwater museum
Greece’s first underwater museum allows visitors to dive down in time to the era of the Peloponnesian War while viewing ancient shipwrecks and pristine coral
Gates Foundation pledges additional $250 million to accelerate development and equitable distribution of COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines to end the pandemic
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced it will commit an additional $250 million to support the research, development, and equitable delivery of lifesaving
Highlights from NEF-GG 2020: Day One
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is currently hosting the first-ever virtual edition of the Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering (NEF-GG), Africa’s largest scientific
Concert for refugees celebrates Human Rights Day
On a mission to raise awareness of the plight of refugees on United Nations Human Rights Day, some of South Africa’s artists performed at NPO
UCT doctoral candidates win L’Oréal-Unesco award
Doaa Ali and Tsaone Tamuhla, two University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD candidates, are recipients of the L’Oréal-Unesco for Women in Science sub-Saharan Africa regional