Russia’s Putin, China’s Xi kick off talks in Beijing

Russia’s Putin, China’s Xi kick off talks in Beijing

Meta begins 8K global job cuts, starting in Singapore

Approximately 49,000 workers were laid off in 2026 as companies adopted a more AI-reliant business model.

GitHub investigates unauthorized access to internal repositories

GitHub said the activity involved the exfiltration of about 3,800 internal repositories, and it removed the ma...

Foreign fishing vessels empty Mauritanian waters

Who is benefiting from the fishing agreements between Mauritania's government and foreign vessels?

Taiwan’s president says future will not be decided by ‘external forces’

President Lai says Taiwan's future is up to its people as the island faces Chinese and US headwinds.

Nothing sums up the death of accountability like the prospect of Nigel Farage in No 10 | George Monbiot

You’d expect the public face of Brexit to be punished by voters. But history shows that leaders often profit f...

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed review – this totally bingeable thriller will glue you to your seat

Tatiana Maslany and Murray Bartlett are brilliant in this twisty drama about a woman being blackmailed by a ca...

Rainforests pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report says

Need for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis f...

Prosperous Armenia Party presents its vision for post-war development

Main developments in Middle East as of Wednesday morning

‘Cockroach Janta Party’: Top Indian judge’s comment sparks satire, protest

Controversial remark by Supreme Court chief justice triggers a political movement, with thousands of Gen Z sig...

UN cuts global growth forecast, blaming Middle East crisis

UN economists forecast global GDP to grow 2.5 percent in 2026 and 2.8 percent in 2027.