The Latest Breaking News from Global South

Beyond checking a box: how a social licence can help communities benefit from data reuse and AI

The original excitement about the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on developed countries is shifting toward how AI might influence developing nations. The Economist recently ran a cover story extolling the potential of AI to help lower-income countries in sectors such as education, healthcare and agriculture; however, various commentators have…

The Conversation · Dec 15, 2024

UN plastics treaty talks collapse as countries fail to agree targets on cutting production

Countries fail to agree on a target to cut plastic pollution and ban harmful chemicals as summit delayed to next year

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2024

Voices: If Trump pulls off his Ukraine deal with Putin, will they sign at Camp David or the Kremlin?

COMMENT: Donald Trump wants a quick end to the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. But his focus makes it easy to overlook America’s declining influence in the global South, Mark Almond writes

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2024

U.S. national debt is its Achilles’ heel, but China sees it as an opportunity

China is gradually establishing itself as a major player in what has recently been called the Global South, previously known as the Non-Aligned Movement. Over the last few decades, China has become the world’s biggest creditor of developing countries. That has prompted many to fear that it will subjugate partners…

The Conversation · Oct 21, 2024

There are major risks, but also solutions for AI in the Global South

While artificial intelligence (AI) promises immense benefits, it also imposes tremendous risks. Some of them - accelerating misinformation, sophisticated cyber attacks and soaring energy consumption - have already arrived. Others, including super intelligent machines that take decisions independently of human oversight, are likely still a few years away. Although awareness…

The Conversation · Oct 14, 2024

People don’t like a ‘white saviour’, but does it affect how they donate to charity?

Efforts to redress global inequality are facing an unexpected adversary: the white saviour. It’s the idea that people of colour, whether in the Global South or North, need “saving” by a white Western person or aid worker.

The Conversation · Oct 7, 2024

Eco-anxiety Q&A: how the IPCC’s vice-chair keeps her head cool on a warming planet

In the past months, the planet has experienced the hottest months of June and August, boreal summer and day on record, with a global average temperature of 17.16°C on 22 July. While many have been getting on with their lives as best as they can, there are many more who…

The Conversation · Sep 26, 2024

Forget the Digital Divide, a Google leader is warning of the forthcoming "AI Divide"

We already have a Digital Divide. There’s a real risk that it turns into an AI Divide. So how do you make sure that doesn’t happen?

Laptop · Sep 26, 2024

UN envoy calls Canada’s use of migrant workers ‘breeding ground for slavery’

Tomoya Obokata’s report finds power imbalances and discriminatory practice exploits workers from global south

The Guardian - US · Aug 13, 2024

China used ‘shocking’ bullying tactics ahead of Taiwan Ipac meeting, organiser says

Member countries from the global south were intimidated in an attempt to dissuade them from attending meeting, says executive director

The Guardian - AU · Jul 31, 2024