Burkina Faso must 'forget' about democracy, military leader says
Capt Ibrahim Traoré, who seized power in 2023, says democratic rule would not work for his country.
Capt Ibrahim Traoré, who seized power in 2023, says democratic rule would not work for his country.
Luke Dicken, who previously spent a decade with Zynga, says his time with the company "has come to an end".
Silicon Valley futurist Roy Amara famously observed in the 1970s that we “tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.” That insight—later dubbed “Amara’s Law”—has since traveled far beyond the realm of
BEIJING, April 3 - China's cyberspace regulator issued draft regulations on Friday to oversee the development online of digital humans, requiring clear labelling and banning services that could mislead children or fuel addiction.
In Europe, Greece has been the most affected country so far, with at least 75 ships stranded in the region.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv was ready for a truce over the Easter holidays, but the Kremlin said it had not received any proposals.
By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS, April 3 (Reuters) - World food prices climbed in March to their highest level since September last year and could rise further if the Middle East conflict that pushed up energy prices continues, the United Nations Food and Agriculture
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If the United States economy is headed off a cliff, better that we receive no warning in advance. That may not be the stated goal of the Trump administration, but, to borrow a term from the late MIT economist Paul Samuelson, that’s its “ revealed preference .” The preference in
Highlighting excellent stories by Charles Bethea, Mahmoud Mushtaha, Geoffrey Gray, Luke Ottenhof, and Matthew Shaer.
The Supreme Court appears likely to strike down President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship. At Wednesday’s oral arguments, the justices showed little interest in letting the president arbitrarily deny citizenship to untold numbers of Americans. But
Films don’t come much more self-consciously provocative than Norwegian writer-director Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama . It’s a cautionary tale about the power of gossip, designed to pique the curiosity of a social mediasphere in thrall to its gorgeous A-list stars. The sheer
Discover how bhajan clubbing is transforming devotional music in India.
Since the launch of his political career more than a decade ago, President Donald Trump has always been sensitive to his approval ratings. His popularity in office has never topped 50 percent, a first for a modern president, but there has also consistently been a clear floor:
Quick commerce promises instant convenience, but it’s driven more by deep discounts and habit-building than real need.
Jewish groups are raising alarms over a judge's ruling this week that the University of Pennsylvania must turn over contact information for Jewish faculty and organizations on campus to the Trump administration. While the Trump administration says the information will assist
The law allows for the execution of Palestinians convicted on terror charges for deadly attacks.
Foreigners can expect a 300 baht (S$11.80) fee when flying into Thailand.
Indonesia's Foreign Ministry warned of “significant challenges” during the repatriation process.
Romania's foreign minister Oana Țoiu is among the EU ministers in Ukraine this week to mark the four year anniversary of the Bucha massacre.
Most of the fraudulent subsidies went to the island of Crete, where the family of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been politically influential for over a century.
As I prepared the March issue of the Gulf Economic Diplomacy Update for the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy in Abu Dhabi, I was reminded of a folk tale from my native Bulgaria, loosely translated as “The Hardship Lesson.” Two young brothers must step in for their father,
Tomahawk missiles are a centrepiece of Tokyo’s new strategy of equipping itself with long-range strike capabilities.
A portion of the ceiling fell onto the airport’s waiting chairs..
A vessel owned by France’s CMA CGM has become the first ship tied to Western Europe to cross the Strait of Hormuz since the outbreak of the Iran war in late February, according to ship tracking data.
Due to the extent of damage, the deceased have not been identified.
What started as routine fossil cleaning turned into a major scientific surprise when researchers uncovered a tiny claw in a 500-million-year-old specimen where no claw should exist. That detail revealed Megachelicerax cousteaui, the oldest known relative of spiders, pushing the
Companies in the EU, Japan, Korea and Switzerland face a lower, capped tariff rate under existing trade agreements with the US.
Every winter, storms wipe out swaths of the picturesque Spanish coast, undoing summer reconstruction work and threatening the foundations of the country's vital tourism industry.
KYIV, April 3 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the frontline situation for Ukraine was the best in 10 months, adding that Kyiv's troops had foiled a Russian offensive last month.
Southern regions have been in full bloom since late March.
Some Trump administration officials cloak the war on Iran in religious terms, but the Chicago-born pope said that God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.”
TINA! This is what Margaret Thatcher said about her draconian free market policies. It’s an easy thing to tell ourselves about compliance to any dominant system. But it’s incomplete. The complete sentence is, “There is no alternative unless we’re prepared to endure short-term
BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) - Negotiations between Afghanistan and Pakistan are advancing steadily, China said on Friday following reports that the South Asian neighbours were meeting there to try to end their worst conflict since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. China,
We are at a critical point in the climate emergency and already struggling to meet emissions reduction targets. The UK government must hold its nerve While the UK is only marginally involved in the war in the Middle East in military terms, the ramifications for this country are
Some of Europe’s leading companies gathered in Paris to mark CDP’s 25th anniversary, showing how sustainability disclosure is not just good for the planet - it can also boost the bottom line.
The president says Iran’s remaining leaders are more reasonable. But assassinations have left in place an emboldened government driving a hard bargain, officials say.
After hours spent in the thick pollution-choking parts of northern Thailand, Pon Doikam gets home and blows her burning nose to find blood clots spattered across the tissue.
During Donald Trump’s speech on Iran this week, he revealed too much. In a line that sounded partly ad-libbed, he declared that the Strait of Hormuz “ will open up naturally. It will just open up naturally.” This should be read as a straight-up admission that Trump has no idea
A new clinical trial suggests that what people eat could finally offer real relief for Crohn’s disease, a condition that has long lacked clear dietary guidance. Researchers found that a “fasting-mimicking diet” — involving just five days a month of very low-calorie, plant-based
TOKYO — As US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and military adventurism chip away at the dollar’s credibility, the privilege may be all China’s. The reference here is to the phrase coined by France’s finance minister in the 1960s, Valery Giscard d’Estaing, to criticize the
Local media reported Mr Kim as saying households rearing pets are increasing in the nation.
Hundreds of service stations had run out of diesel nationally and over a hundred were without unleaded petrol.
A new gene therapy is giving people born deaf the chance to hear, often within just weeks. In a small but groundbreaking study, researchers delivered a working copy of a key hearing gene directly into the inner ear using a single injection. All ten patients, ranging from young
A Trump-blessed plan would use the budget reconciliation process to deliver yearly agency funding without a bipartisan agreement.