Dispatch from Tehran: the week Iranians revolted against the regime
Cut off from the outside world, Iran has been convulsed by some of the worst violence since the 1979 Islamic revolution...
Cut off from the outside world, Iran has been convulsed by some of the worst violence since the 1979 Islamic revolution...
Eryn Bostwick, 37, is delaying having kids because of her student loan debt. Courtesy of Eryn Bostwick Eryn Bostwick, 37, is postponing having kids due to her student-loan debt. As a first-generation ...
Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz announced that federal agents had carried out "another horrific shooting" as part of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown....
A cartoon by the French satirical weekly portraying the deadly fire in Crans-Montana as the "comedy of the year" provokes disgust....
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François Picard is pleased to welcome Kurdish humanitarian activist Arya Jemo amid the rapidly shifting sociopolitical and economic dynamics in Syria. Mr. Jemo shares themes of political betrayal, ter...
Under pressure from the US, Venezuela has been freeing hundreds of political prisoners in recent weeks since US forces kidnapped former leader Nicolas Maduro....
OpenAI now uses behavioral signals to identify accounts likely belonging to minors and automatically apply content limits, while experts warn of errors and bias....
Guterres also used his wide-ranging remarks to urge action against the abuse of artificial intelligence and to call for efforts to fight inequality....
The UK is weighing an Australia‑style ban on social media for under‑16s, as regulators ramp up enforcement of the Online Safety Act....
For the second time this month, a U.S. citizen was shot and killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis when 37-year-old Alex Pretti was killed during a federal immigration operation — sparking a candlel...
A Chinese phone application called “dead or alive” that helps users check in daily has become a top-ranked app, reflecting the trend of solo living among the country’s young people. The Sileme app, or...
Government offices, the stock market and many schools are closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but most businesses are open...
The social media platform X said it was further limiting Grok’s image generation tool after outrage over sexualized images and allegations of profiting from the problem....
French lawmakers are set to vote on a draft law that would ban social media for children under 15, a measure advocated by President Macron to protect kids from excessive screen time. The legislation a...
Diversity groups say the EU has weakened its newly-released policy to tackle discrimination. But was it due to fears of negative reactions from the Trump administration?...
US President Donald Trump threatens to deploy military forces to quell protests in Minnesota, as tensions run high over the role of ICE officers in the city....
Bavaria's AfD suggests a police unit similar to US immigration agency ICE for tracking asylum seekers and deportations, amid criticism of ICE's harsh tactics and recent deadly incidents....
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New York state judge orders the state must redraw its congressional map by early February because the current map’s 11th District dilutes the votes of Blacks and Latinos....