Around 800,000 people demonstrated across France, including 250,000 in Paris, according to the CGT. The march in Paris began at 2 pm from the Porte d’Italie and headed for the Porte de Vincennes after the route was changed by the Police Headquarters at the last minute. October 24, 2026. (Photo by Telmo Pinto/NurPhoto via Getty…
AI data center solutions at the SK Telecom Co. booth in the World IT Show in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images The artificial intelligence boom may be entering a more unforgiving phase, as investors increasingly question whether the billions poured into data centers will translate…
Ukraine is facing increasing uncertainty over its ability to sustain the war against Russia as a series of moves by U.S. President Donald Trump has raised fresh questions about Washington’s reliability as Kyiv’s most important military partner. Trump’s agreement with Putin to ease sanctions for Russia to provide global markets with diesel, as well as…
Geneva — Disruption to the Strait of Hormuz is driving up food prices and putting further strain on the livelihoods and household resources of millions of women and girls, according to a new UN Women analysis. An additional 11.7 million women and girls could face food insecurity by the end of 2026, as the escalation…
The World Cup officially kicked off this week – but alongside the football, there are questions around heat, cost, the environmental impact and travel restrictions. The BBC Analysis Editor Ros Atkins takes a look at the challenges facing this year’s tournament.
A new guide to the UN80 Initiative, released on Wednesday, provides an overview of the progress being made so far on this ambitious, wide-ranging reform effort. The details of the guide were presented at the latest General Assembly briefing on the UN80 proposals – the fourth such meeting so far this year – held at…
South African chief information security officers are operating in a perfect storm. Machine-driven attacks, chronically limited budgets and a critical lack of cybersecurity professionals are combining to create an environment where burnout is fast becoming the rule, not the exception. One of the most immediate stressors is the sheer volume of threats. Teams can spend…
Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images At some point in the 1980s and 90s, the free hot breakfast became a staple of the hospitality industry. At many a Holiday Inn or Hampton Inn, the lobby at 8 a.m. is a pinwheel of pajama-clad kids, frazzled parents, and solo business travelers jockeying for…
There are liberal reformers, such as human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi or former deputy interior minister Mostafa Tajzadeh. But all of these are either languishing in jails or under house arrest. The regime “has been very good at repressing dissent by jailing dissidents or…
Suranjana TewariAsia Business Correspondent, Tokyo BBC Scientists at Waseda University in Tokyo are developing caregiving robots Last year, more than 18,000 older people living with dementia left their homes and wandered off in Japan. Almost 500 were later found dead. Police say such cases have doubled since 2012. Elderly people aged 65 and over now…
