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US to pause immigrant visa processing for nationals of 75 countries

Move is part of an effort to limit entries from foreigners who rely on government welfare...

6dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

Can a leaderless revolution really succeed? Some examples from other countries

Leaderless revolutions are, at times, a reaction to historical distrust of charismatic leaders who, after victory, themselves become the source of absolutist and oppressive power....

Jan 13EuronewsPoliticsImpact

Islamic State claims attack on Kabul restaurant that killed seven, including Chinese national

The IS claim included a threat against Chinese nationals in Afghanistan, linking the attack to China's alleged mistreatment of Uyghur Muslims in the western province of Xinjiang....

15hEuronewsworld_newsImpact

Hundreds of farmers protest outside French parliament

French farmers on Tuesday drove hundreds of tractors to stage a protest outside the National Assembly. Farmer anger in France and other European countries has escalated over a rash of challenges. The ...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

Live: UN rights chief 'horrified' by Iranian crackdown amid reports of hundreds killed

UN ​human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday he was "horrified" by the violence in Iran as a government crackdown continued. The Human Rights Activists News Agency estimated the death toll at 646 w...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

Musk’s Grok barred from undressing AI images after global backlash

Elon Musk’s platform X on Wednesday announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualised photos of women...

6dSouth China Morning PostTechnologyImpact

UK launches investigation into Musk's Grok amidst global backlash

Grok - the AI chatbot developed my Elon Musk's company - is facing growing international backlash for being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images. Malaysia and Indonesia have ...

Jan 13France 24TechnologyImpact

China’s big people shortage just got bigger, and the risks are growing too

Adek Berry/Getty Images China's population declined for the fourth year in a row, reaching 1.405 billion. Falling birth rates and an aging population threaten China's economy and the global economy. G...

1dBusiness Insiderworld_newsImpact

Hackers target Iran state TV's satellite transmission to broadcast exiled crown prince

Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country's exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not “point your weapons at the people,”...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Sadio Mane takes Senegal past Egypt into AFCON final

In tonight's edition, Sadio Mane thrashed home a dramatic ⁠winner to send Senegal into the Africa Cup of Nations final after they edged Egypt 1-0. And the shutdown of the internet in Uganda ahead of t...

6dFrance 24SportsImpact

Iran: Death toll soars in protests after brutal crackdown

The nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy appeared increasingly smothered Thursday, a week on from authorities shutting the country off from the world and escalating a bloody crackdown that...

5dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

'Most Iranians realise that any US military action puts a further target on their backs'

Iran's top judge hinted at fast trials and executions for those who were detained in nationwide protests against the country's theocracy, Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi welcomes Scott Lucas, Professor of A...

6dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Syria: The man behind the mission to heal decade-old wounds in the Sunni majority

Since Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December 2024, one of the huge challenges the new government has faced is that of division. Syrian society is made up of different sectarian and ethnic groups -- t...

5dFrance 24Politics

China ‘dead or alive’ app allows solo users check in daily, alerts contacts if they miss it

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...

Jan 13South China Morning PostTechnology

Map shows how the rich and powerful are descending on Davos by private jet

Private jets from dozens of different countries arrived near Davos on Monday. Pete Syme/Business Insider Business Insider tracked private jets landing near Davos on the first day of the WEF annual mee...

12hBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

The author of 'Sapiens' says AI is about to create 2 crises for every country

Yuval Noah Harari was a speaker at the 2026 World Economic Forum Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images The author of "Sapiens" Yuval Noah Harari said AI is going to cause two crises for every c...

9hBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Martin Luther King Jr. was talking about a universal basic income before it was cool

Martin Luther King Jr. fought for both racial and economic equality. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Martin Luther King Jr. fought for both racial and economic equality during his life. He argued f...

1dBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

America's largest labor movement joins the fight against ICE

ICE officers have made over 2,500 arrests in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge. Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images The AFL-CIO has endorsed a Minnesota economic blackout on January 23 in response t...

3dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

One thing that might get workers to embrace AI? The 4-day workweek.

Working fewer days might help create buy-in among workers for adopting AI, authors of a book on the four-day workweek suggest. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Adopting a four-day workweek could boost employ...

6dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

I quit my job at Microsoft to be a more present mother. I'm not worried about finding a new job — I have a plan.

Kruthika Jayatheertha Kruthika Jayatheertha Kruthika Jayatheertha left her Microsoft job to take an extended career break after maternity leave. She believes being present during her child's early yea...

3dBusiness InsiderlifestyleImpact
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