GPs giving antidepressants to children against guidelines

Read More GPs are breaching medical guidelines by prescribing antidepressants for children as young as 11 who cannot get other help for their mental health problems, NHS-funded research reveals. Official guidance says that under-18s should only be given the drugs in conjunction with talking therapies and after being assessed by a psychiatrist. But family doctors […]

US, South Korea Vow to ‘End’ Kim Regime If North Korea Uses Nukes

Read More A TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea’s missile launch with file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 4, 2022. (Lee Jin-man/AP Photo) The United States and South Korea have vowed to mount an “overwhelming response” that […]

Tapping into Africa’s vast potential to become a leader in the global maritime market

Read More It has been over a decade since the AU signed the 2050 Africa’s Integrated Maritime strategy (2050 AIM) to strengthen the continent’s regional and international partnerships and advance individual countries’ economic well-being. Have the 2050 AIM objectives, such as promoting African vessel ownership, been achieved? The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) in […]

Ancient yew in Surrey ruins crowned UK tree of the year

Read More A gnarled yew whose twisted trunk has been growing for more than half a millennium has been crowned tree of the year. The roots of the yew snake around the ruins of Waverley Abbey in Surrey, which was the first monastery founded in Britain by the Cistercian religious order in 1128. The ancient […]

Obama, Clintons hit midterm campaign trail while Biden keeps light schedule

Post Content Vulnerable Democrats this cycle are increasingly relying on former President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail as President Joe Biden keeps a light schedule less than a week from the midterm election. Obama, who left office six years ago, is campaigning hard […]

Can courts choose between the law and its consequences?

Read More ‘Hard cases make bad law” is an old saying. Should courts consider the possible disastrous practical consequences of an order that results from thorough and proper constitutional and legal reasoning? Must a “safer” but legally imperfect route sometimes rather be followed?  Awaiting the supreme court of appeal judgment on former president Jacob Zuma’s […]