News in Numbers

The World Health Organization is urgently calling for $80 million to respond to the humanitarian needs in Palestine, particularly in Gaza, and to undertake contingency planning for Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan through the end of this year.

5G mobile subscriptions will number 5.5 billion by 2027, and the technology will enable autonomous and remote-controlled robots for carrying out surgery, a new GlobalData report indicates.

The UK government said it will meet its target to open 160 community diagnostic centres a year early. The community diagnostic centre (CDC) programme is the largest central cash investment in MRI and CT scanning capacity in the history of the NHS.

5G mobile subscriptions will number 5.5 billion by 2027, and the technology will enable autonomous and remote-controlled robots for carrying out surgery, a new GlobalData report indicates.

Ahead of this month’s United Nations Climate Change COP28 conference, over 100 CEOs and senior executives from the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, have signed an open letter calling for transformative policies that will enable business leaders to accelerate their decarbonization pathways in line with the Paris Agreement.