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French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez offered his resignation over the weekend's rioting and looting in major cities, but President Emmanuel Macron asked him to stay
Albania's capital saw protests Sunday for a sixth day in a row as Prime Minister Edi Rama ruled out resigning, the main demand of the protesters. Violent demonstrations have rocked Tirana since Tuesday, with thousands of protesters calling for Rama to step down as they rally against poor university conditions, high tuition fees and corruption.
An Australian federal independent lawmaker has been critically injured when a car hit her in an apparent deliberate attack, according to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday that he would give every child in the United States a share in his SpaceX rocket company. “Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America,” Musk, the richest man in the world, said on X. “This will be the first of many,” he said, without providing details about how the scheme would work. There are around 73 million children under th...
A Monday article published by the Communist Party’s mouthpiece argued that a key lesson from the Long March was the need for the party to have a strong core leadership and for its members to uphold that core’s authority. “History shows us that only with a core can the party unite as one, and only with authority can its orders be effectively carried out … The most important thing is to establish an...
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After Chinese tennis player Zheng Qinwen won the China Open in early October, a series of photos showing her in a white dress and studded high heels, holding the trophy on the Great Wall, unexpectedly drew criticism from female internet users who accused the athlete of trying to please men and of not looking like an independent woman. Chinese social media celebrated Zheng’s victory, which made her...
After Chinese tennis player Zheng Qinwen won the China Open in early October, a series of photos showing her in a white dress and studded high heels, holding the trophy on the Great Wall, unexpectedly drew criticism from female internet users who accused the athlete of trying to please men and of not looking like an independent woman. Chinese social media celebrated Zheng’s victory, which made her...
Exclusive: Using test accounts acting as 13-year-olds, Tech Transparency Project downloaded 135 apps with features to generate nonconsensual nude imageryIn December 2025, Morgan Dorfman received distressing news: a student at her daughter’s Pennsylvania high school was making AI-generated pornographic material using the daughter’s image.He was using an artificial intelligence image-editing app cal...
A dispute over a metre-wide strip of land between a Russian Orthodox priest and his neighbour in West Yorkshire has escalated into police complaints, CCTV surveillance and criminal proceedings. The priest was also filmed sprinkling holy water near the disputed fence, which his wife described as an attempt to restore peace. With both households claiming ownership, the matter may now reach a civil c...
Russia's top diplomat is visiting Tehran for the first time since the U.S. launched its war with Iran, aiming, he says, to avert a return to major hostilities.
Protests across France have sparked widespread looting and violence, leaving shopfronts demolished and thousands of euros’ worth of stock stolen. On Sunday, President Macron held an emergency meeting with senior government officials, warning that "those who looted will have to pay for the damage".
Two-thirds of population face crisis levels of food insecurity and 200,000 people are in danger of famineThis winter is likely to deepen hunger for Palestinians in Gaza, after sweeping aid cuts forced the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) to end support for more than half a million people each month, the agency’s director for Palestine said.More than a year after a Trump-brokered ceasefire came into...
More than 2,000 shops were hit and the damage is put at hundreds of millions of euros, leaving the government to answer for its failure to see the violence coming.
Incumbent Republican senator is facing strong challenge from Democrat Adam Hamilton in state that has been red for almost a centuryUkraine did not receive a warning from the US about an impending Russian missile attack on Sunday evening, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, reviving concerns that Washington is withholding intelligence in order to bully Kyiv into capitulating to Moscow.Yuri Ihnat, a spoke...
Israeli police arrested 10 suspects after a series of violent incidents involving Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. The U.S. urged a crackdown on settler violence after attacks on a Washington Post photojournalist as well as diplomats from France, Belgium and Poland.
The 43-year-old male driver was detained by civilians, Mason said, and then arrested by police, who found a knife in his car.
Now in its 33rd year, the World Travel Awards has named the best destinations, hotels and airlines on the continent for 2026.
The blaze that killed four men and injured dozens of others spread with alarming speed, accounts suggest.
Musk's announcement comes after Anthropic pledged to create a public benefit fund ahead of its blockbuster stock market listing.
Gilets jaunes movement calls for further demonstrations in France as Giorgia Meloni schedules crisis talks after looting in Italian citiesMacron criticises ‘unbridled violence’ after 2,400 arrests across Francein RomeItalian prime minister Giorgia Meloni will hold a crisis meeting with top security officials on Monday after two days of ransacking and looting in Milan allegedly perpetrated by gangs...
The Philippines’ telco industry wants the country to become a regional digital hub anchored by stable underwater cables, but analysts warn that slow approvals for repairs, limited monitoring and fragmented official oversight could undermine the ambition. At a forum on archipelagic governance for subsea cables, PLDT, the Philippines’ largest telecommunications company, called for greater cooperatio...
Australia has unveiled three previously secret payloads for its Ghost Shark autonomous submarine drone: sea mines, logistical caches and Altius aerial drones capable of surveillance and strikes.
Sex discrimination commissioner says too often ‘it’s the woman who has the burden of bringing a complaint’ in parental discrimination casesGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastWomen are being forced out of employment through “sham redundancies”, losing shifts and facing hostile work environments after having a baby, according to a report by the Australian Human Rights Commiss...
Third-quarter GDP up by 4.5% compared with last year as industrial output is buoyed by electronics demandBusiness live – latest updatesRoaring exports lifted China’s economic growth in the third quarter of this year, with factory output growing much faster than consumer spending.China’s GDP grew by 4.5% year-on-year between July and September, the National Bureau of Statistics of China reported on...
A Malaysian reform party led by two former cabinet ministers faces a new test ahead of a crucial state election after one of its founders was sidelined over an alleged religious morality offence, threatening its appeal to voters disillusioned with the country’s political establishment. The controversy surrounding former environment minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad could undercut Bersama’s promise of d...
In 1850, a seven-year-old African girl named Aina was presented to Queen Victoria as a diplomatic 'gift' after losing her family and spending two years in captivity. Renamed Sarah Forbes Bonetta, she grew up under royal protection but faced restrictions on her freedom. Now, 176 years later, a new biography is examining her life, while her great-great-grandson, Bayo Randle, reflects on her struggle...
