2023

French authorities on Friday started demolishing a seaside block of flats that has come to symbolise the country’s battle against climate change-linked coastal erosion.

User-friendly AI tool ChatGPT has attracted hundreds of millions of users since its launch in November and is set to disrupt industries around the world.… Read More »ChatGPT: Use of AI chatbot in Congress and court rooms raises ethical questions

The Philippines signed an agreement with the United States on Thursday that will allow American soldiers free access to four of its new military bases… Read More »US secures key military deal with the Philippines to counter Beijing’s growing regional influence

Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been released on bail after starting a hunger strike to protest against his almost seven-month detention, supporters said on… Read More »Iranian director Jafar Panahi released from jail after going on hunger strike

Pope Francis on Friday urged the leaders of South Sudan to make “a new start” for peace, warning that history would remember them for their… Read More »Pope Francis pleads for end to bloodshed on first visit to South Sudan

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday scrapped a long-planned Beijing trip aimed at easing escalating tensions between the two superpowers, after the Pentagon… Read More »Blinken scraps rare China trip over suspected spy balloon in US airspace

6 February marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). FGM affects 200 million women globally, with dire consequences ranging from… Read More »International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation: UN Women GWA Jaha Dukureh speaks

Pope Francis regularly mentions the war in South Sudan. The Catholic Church is highly present in the country, whose independence only dates back to 2011,… Read More »Pope Francis in South Sudan: Catholic Church plays key role in world’s youngest nation

Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer best known for his metallic ensembles and space age designs of the 1960s, has died at the age of 88.

New photos of Farhad Meysami, a pacifist Iranian political activist, after spending weeks on a hunger strike in prison, have enraged Iranians on social media.… Read More »Iranians liken photos of pacifist protester on hunger strike to ‘Auschwitz’ treatment