Legislation brokered by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to lift the $31.4 trillion US debt ceiling and achieve new federal spending cuts passed… Read More »Debt ceiling deal passes hurdle in the US House, teeing up Wednesday vote
Journalist Soraya Ali travels to Somalia to see if it really is how her mother remembers it.
Top artificial intelligence (AI) executives including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday joined experts and professors in raising the “risk of extinction from AI”, which they urged policymakers… Read More »Artificial Intelligence may lead humanity to extinction, industry leaders warn
North Korea had confirmed Tuesday that it planned to launch what it called “military reconnaissance satellite No. 1” before June 11, having already told Japan… Read More »North Korea says it launched a ‘military reconnaissance satellite’
Daniil Medvedev backed 172nd-ranked Thiago Seyboth Wild to break the top 30 by the end of the year after suffering a shock French Open first… Read More »Medvedev knocked out of French Open in surprise loss to 172nd-ranked Seyboth Wild
Burkina Faso’s prime minister on Tuesday ruled out negotiations with jihadist insurgents who control swathes of the country as officials reported that around 40 people… Read More »At least 40 killed in weekend terrorist attacks in western Burkina Faso
The second meeting on a possible international treaty on plastic pollution takes place this week at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Recycling is often touted as a solution to reducing plastic waste,… Read More »Tackling plastic pollution: ‘We can’t recycle our way out of this’
The former Cameroon and Arsenal defender urges Spanish authorities to do more to tackle racism in football, saying the current system “allows it to happen”.
Wildfires in Canada’s Atlantic coast province of Nova Scotia have caused thousands to evacuate.
Systemic problems in infrastructure and the worst drought seen since 1997 have combined to create a dire shortage of running water on the island of… Read More »Mayotte: Drought and water cuts bring misery to French island
