The world’s largest trial of a four-day working week has been taking place in the UK since last June with mostly positive results: Of the… Read More »Work less, produce more? UK companies embrace four-day week
Rohingya families in cyclone-hit Myanmar buried loved ones outside shattered villages and searched the seashore for the missing, expecting little help from a government that… Read More »Rohingya community particularly affected as Cyclone Mocha’s death toll rises in Myanmar
Three people died during clashes between Senegalese police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, the authorities said on Tuesday, amid flaring tensions triggered by… Read More »Several dead in Senegal clashes as opposition leader Sonko’s rape trial adjourned
The Russia-Islamic World Forum will begin in Kazan, southwest Russia, on Thursday. The two-day event was first held in 2009 and aims to strengthen economic… Read More »Turning away from the West, Russia seeks to strengthen economic ties with the Muslim world
Fed up with gang violence, Haitians are hunting down people they suspect of being connected to these infamous armed groups, not hesitating to kill them.… Read More »Fed up with gang violence, Haitians are taking the law into their own hands
Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad received an invitation to attend the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this year, even as the yearslong war… Read More »Out of the cold? After Arab League summit, UAE invites Syria’s president to COP28
Last year saw an increase in gay and trans people reporting physical attacks in France, an activist group said on Tuesday, warning that anti-LGBTQ sentiment… Read More »Homophobic attacks in France rose almost 30 percent last year, LGBTQ group says
Recorded executions worldwide reached 883 last year, the highest level since 2017, according to an Amnesty International report published on Tuesday that decried the Middle… Read More »Global executions surge, with China, Iran leading the way, Amnesty says
Russian drones and ballistic missiles attacked Ukraine’s capital early Tuesday in what the defence forces called an exceptionally complex strike, a day after President Volodymyr… Read More »🔴 Live: Overnight attack on Kyiv ‘exceptional in density,’ local officials say
The Cannes Film Festival is poised to launch a blockbuster 76th edition on Tuesday stacked with celebrated auteurs and Hollywood star power, confident that it… Read More »Indy, Scorsese and an African revival: What to expect from Cannes 2023
