The end of oil? As fuel shocks cascade, 53 nations gather to plan a fossil fuel phaseout

US President Donald Trump is a longtime climate denier and oil industry ally, who sums up his own energy policy as “drill, baby, drill”....

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Earlier this year, in February, somewhere along a dusty stretch of road to Varanasi, India, Jay Maurya brought his cycle to a halt and...

Healthocide? Why the attack on the Pasteur Institute of Iran is more than a war crime

On 2 April, the United States and Israel bombed the 106-year-old Pasteur Institute, targeting one of Iran’s oldest and most critical public health institutions. Established in 1920, the institute has long been central to vaccine production, infectious disease surveillance, and epidemiological research in the Middle East and beyond.

3 reasons the war between the US, Israel and Iran is headed for a frozen conflict

With a shaky ceasefire in place between the US, Israel and Iran – and little progress on talks to resolve the complex issues at...

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On 2 April, the United States and Israel bombed the 106-year-old Pasteur Institute, targeting one of Iran’s oldest and most critical public health institutions. Established in 1920, the institute has long been central to vaccine production, infectious disease surveillance, and epidemiological research in the Middle East and beyond.

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The return of sex testing in sport risks harming women athletes rather than protecting them

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced a new policy on the protection of the women’s category that will force thousands of elite women athletes from around the world to undergo genetic sex testing in order to compete.

Laws that limit women’s employment in India

In India, women continue to face discrimination as job seekers because of their gender. This discrimination is reinforced by the more than 150 laws that prohibit or limit women’s employment in certain industries—the generation of petroleum, the manufacturing of products such as oils and rechargeable batteries, and in establishments selling or serving liquor—especially during night-time. In 2022, Prosperiti analysed more than 200 regulations to understand which kinds of work women are excluded from. We also reviewed 26 judicial rulings to study how such discrimination is handled by courts of law.

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