The International Labour Organization (ILO) warned Thursday that informality continues to affect almost one out of every two workers in Latin America and the Caribbean, reporting a regional average of 47% in 2025.
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after a stronger quake in the same region.
The man tracking chimpanzee movements in a rainforest is required to follow the primates wherever they go—except up in the trees.
Localisation is the best bet car manufacturers can make to keep demand stable. South Korea, China, and the US already benefit from it. Is it time for Europe to do the same?
The Eurasian Economic Union, including Kazakhstan, is working on introducing a new Customs Code, which will largely benefit Russian marketplaces over platforms like Amazon or Temu.
The man, surnamed Zhang, had scattered toxic substances in a residential compound in Beijing.
This is the first time that officials have said how many foreign soldiers were deployed to help thwart the mutiny.
Members of Congress from both parties, as well as civil liberties and consumer rights groups, have pushed for more regulations on AI, saying there is not enough oversight for the powerful technology.
This week’s New Music Friday feels like Christmas come early thanks to a stocking’s full of musical gifts from some of rap’s finest, past and present. Leading the bill is Nas and DJ Premier‘s decades-in-the-making joint album Light-Years, which not only strengthens their legacy
The singer wrote on social media that the sonic booms have "really frightened my pregnant wife"
Iran's state broadcaster admitted falsely reporting that two Israeli F-35 jets were shot down during the 12-day conflict in June, saying it relied on unreliable information from a military official.
[ISS] Addressing the terrorist threat should not justify dismantling the governance architecture the AU has painstakingly built over two decades.
[UN News] As 2025 draws to a close, geopolitical divides are deepening - North and South, East and West. Against this backdrop, the UN Alliance of Civilizations marks two decades of bridging divides as its Riyadh Forum takes on intolerance, hate speech, and the fight for mutual
One question asked students to consider the nature of time and clocks.
About 90 workers at a Guinness canning factory in Belfast have walked out in protest over pay.
A snowboarder described how one of the animals chased him on the piste.
Reddit argues that the world-first law is unconstitutional because it infringes on Australia’s implied freedom of political communication.
A new art project in one of the Portuguese capital's best-known social housing districts is depicting people's life stories on walls. The initiative, inspired by the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, has breathed new life into the Lisbon neighbourhood
The Göteborg Film Festival, unspooling Jan. 23-Feb 1, has unveiled the first heavyweight names who will bring star power to the leading Nordic film festival and industry event. Following up on last year’s accolade to Thomas Vinterberg , versatile Swedish actor and producer
An independent committee is investigating malpractices that bedevil the city’s construction industry.
Environmentalists have blamed deforestation in some provinces for causing flood disasters.
The 1.2km-long bridge is part of major integrated development plans on Penang’s northern coast.
We didn’t have civilization until we had cities, and we didn’t have cities until we had agriculture. So, at least, goes a widely accepted narrative in “big history” — a narrative somewhat troubled by the discovery of ruins on Göbekli Tepe, or “Potbelly Hill,” in southeastern
Tapanulis are incredibly rare, with fewer than 800 left in the wild in part of Indonesia’s Sumatra.
Russia says seven people were injured when drone debris hit a Tver apartment block during a large overnight wave of attacks reported across several regions.
OpenAI said the agreement with Walt Disney was part of a push to ensure the rights of creators in the generative AI space - amid growing concerns over copyright, deepfakes and misinformation.
Bruce Straley left Naughty Dog in 2017 following the release of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End. Now, he's finally ready to explain why.
It doesn’t take long for Taylor Swift’s Disney+ docuseries “The End of an Era” to get emotional. The first of the series’ six episodes quickly opens a window on something that had stayed publicly unseen until now: just how the pop star reacted behind the scenes to the violence
Here are the highlights from the first two episodes of the pop superstar's new documentary series
The Kuomintang party’s new leader, Cheng Li-wun, is pushing much closer ties with China, reflecting growing fears Washington would not help in a war over Taiwan.
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
Controlling qubits with quantum superpositions allows them to dramatically violate a fundamental limit and encode information for about five times longer during quantum computations
The European Commission has published the 2025 edition of the NextGenerationEU (NGEU) Green Bonds Annual Allocation and Impact Report. This report, based on a cut-off date of 1 August 2025, shows that the EU has become one of the largest issuers of green bonds in the world,
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved the House of Representatives after getting approval from the King on Friday. The country is now set to hold elections early next year despite an ongoing armed conflict with neighbouring Cambodia.
[allAfrica] COP30 will be remembered less for what it achieved and more for what it avoided. The summit closed without a single new commitment to phase out fossil fuels, the very issue driving global heating. The BBC called it "one of the most divisive COPs in three decades,"
Although online searches for new spots have surged, the buzz has not translated into more traffic.
The musician said his antagonist character is "as charismatic as he is unpredictable"
Belgian-Rwandan filmmaker Jonas d’Adesky (“Twa Timoun”) brings his latest feature, “Kwibuka, Remember,” to the Red Sea Film Festival, a drama inspired by questions of identity and the long-term impact of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. The film follows Lia, a Belgian-Rwandan
Ameer Fakher Eldin's 'Yunan' won two awards, including best director and best actor and Shahad Ameen's 'Hijra' also took the jury prize and best Saudi film award.
The Commission has added ‘Istarski ovčji sir / Istrski ovčji sir' from Croatia and Slovenia to its list of Protected Geographical Indications (PGI). ‘Istarski ovčji sir/Istrski ovčji sir' is a hard, full-fat cheese obtained through the coagulation of raw or pasteurised sheep's
[New Times] Excitement builds up as Morocco welcomes the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) scheduled for December 21 to January 18, 2026.
Former Netflix star Matt Wright was found guilty of lying to police over a fatal chopper crash in 2022.
[Ghanaian Times] African governments must view health financing as an investment rather than an expense to drive the continent's development, the Country Lead for Africa Access Markets at Organon South Africa, Mokgadi Mashishi, has said. She emphasized the need for a
The impact of the JLR cyber-attack continued to affect output, while analysts say spending was hit by Budget uncertainty.
Cambodia’s Chong Kal camp is receiving rapid arrivals as border clashes drive displacement, with overcrowded conditions and growing humanitarian needs.