Google is releasing a new AI model designed to deliver strong performance with a focus on efficiency. The model, Gemini 2.5 Flash, will soon launch in Vertex AI, Google’s AI development platform.

1 If the current pace of progress of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) era continues, by 2030 the global maternal mortality ratio will be 2·5 times higher than the target of fewer than 70 ...

The findings, released by the UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Interagency Group, show that maternal mortality in Africa fell from 727 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2000 to 442 in 2023.