April 24 - Australia in December became the world's first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's YouTube and Meta's Instagram and Facebook, amid mounting concerns over the impact of social media on children's
KATHMANDU, April 24 - Hundreds of mountaineers are stranded at the Himalayan base camp for Mount Everest as a crevasse strewn with chunks of ice, one towering block among them, delays the opening of the route to the world's tallest peak, officials and climbers said on Friday.
The woman fell 2m into the toilet pit when the rusty floor gave way beneath her.
The widely circulated image had prompted authorities to move their search operation.
The limit of what artificial intelligence can achieve, known as frontier AI, has crossed another threshold. AI can now plan and execute sophisticated cyber operations with minimal guidance at speeds far beyond human capability. That, at least, is the evidence from an
A long-standing mystery in southern Africa’s fossil record is beginning to unravel. After massive lava flows 182 million years ago seemed to erase evidence of dinosaurs in the region, scientists have now uncovered surprising new clues along the Western Cape coast. Dozens of
An expedition organiser said climbers would usually be doing acclimatisation climbs at this point.
BEIJING, April 24 (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry on Friday rejected an accusation by U.S. President Donald Trump that an Iranian-flagged cargo ship intercepted by U.S. forces was a "gift from China." The U.S. said it fired on and seized an Iranian cargo ship that tried to
Above and below, you can watch musicians perform “Songs of Consolation,” a 1,000-year-old song set “to the poetic portions of Roman philosopher Boethius’ magnum opus The Consolation of Philosophy,” an influential medieval text written during the 6th century. According to
Beijing-based sales company Rediance has taken on international sales of “Into the Jaws of the Ogre,” the debut feature documentary from Iranian-French director Mahsa Karampour, which is set to screen in the ACID sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival. The film centres on
Iran’s military said the ship had been travelling from China.
Two of the world's biggest tech companies are shrinking their headcounts — Meta through layoffs, Microsoft through buyouts — as the AI spending race heats up.
The woman got stuck waist-deep in a pit latrine in the Australian outback after it gave way.
In the global race to decarbonize, Indonesia sits at a crossroads. It is one of the world’s largest coal producers and consumers, and its economic geography tells a stark story: entire provinces — from West Java’s industrial corridors to East Kalimantan’s mining heartlands—are
Some sources estimate the United States spent between $28 billion and $35 billion during the war – almost $1 billion a day, weakening U.S. military readiness for other potential conflicts, the New York Times reported
At Canneseries, fiction and non-fiction projects hail from all corners of the globe. And, as Flanders features a strong TV drama industry, so it is the case with non-fiction and documentary series. For more than three decades, Luc Gommers has been at the heart of Flanders’
For the second time in less than five years, Europeans are paying the price of Europe's dependency on imported fossil fuels. AccelerateEU is the Commission's toolbox to bring immediate relief to European households and industries, especially the most vulnerable ones, while
Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence, commuted as part of an amnesty for prisoners, seen as positive step.
BANGKOK, April 24 - Thailand's Supreme Court said on Friday that 44 current and former opposition lawmakers will go on trial over an attempt to amend a law that protects the monarchy from criticism, in another blow to the country's progressive movement.
Ukraine said Russian forces struck the Black Sea port city of Odesa overnight on 23 to 24 April 2026, killing at least two people and injuring more than a dozen.
Slovenia joins Ireland and Spain in not broadcasting this year’s Eurovision Song Contest after a decision to boycott the live event over Israel’s participation.
It takes a very special kind of creative mind to bridge surrealist art and whodunit TV productions. But it’s also fitting that “This is Not a Murder Mystery,”, a surprising crime drama set in the flamboyant 1930s following a group of young Surrealist artists, including Dali and
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Saros recaptures the chaotic spectacle of Returnal, but it struggles to deliver a strong story or meaningful challenges to match it.
Housemarque’s spiritual successor to Returnal offers the same thorny, rewarding challenges
This joint high-level event on housing hosted by the European Parliament's Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the EU (HOUS) and the European Commission's Housing Task Force will mark the progress made since the publication of the European Affordable Housing Plan in
Nearly 100 million years ago, snakes weren’t the sleek, limbless creatures we know today—they still had hind legs and even a cheekbone that has almost vanished in modern species. A remarkably preserved fossil of Najash rionegrina from Argentina has reshaped how scientists think
Reality more often than not surpasses fiction: It is yet again the case with “The Deal with Iran”, a three-part Belgian docuseries by Lennart and Maarten Stuyck, shedding light on the little known Belgian-led investigation that thwarted a bomb plot against the People’s
Marcos' state visit would be the first by an incumbent Filipino leader since 2015.
Scandinavian major Nordisk Film Production and leading Nordic sales, financing and production outfit Reinvent Yellow have just inked a distribution deal on three high-end crime series. The series part of the pact includes “Snake Killer” (“Slangedræber”), Prime Video’s first
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The official announcement cites the need to “end armed terrorism” for the 90-day emergency period.
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Several writers have cut ties with the University of Queensland Press for cancelling the book.
William Ruto says Kenyans speak "some of the best English in the world" while it is hard to understand Nigerians.
Most of the Russian soldiers are "criminals" and should be kept out of the Schengen area for good, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal told Euronews. "Do you want these guys near your home? No, you don't."
Indonesia's walk back has exposed mixed signals and policy confusion, some say.
The fourth year of the annual campaign focuses on biodiversity and nature. The European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) today (22 April) launched the latest #ForOurPlanet campaign, and this year, it's all about nature restoration. Nature gives us
A sea of 20,000 teddy bears on the US National Mall highlights Ukrainian children abducted since 2021, urging action as the war’s toll on families grows.
In the second management shakeup in just over a year at Movistar Plus+ the biggest Spanish pay TV and SVOD operator, Daniel Domenjó is set to exit as CEO. Appointed in March 2025, Domenjó will be replaced by Alfonso Gómez Palacio, to date head of operations of Movistar Plus+
Products which use large amounts of fertiliser are expected to be worst affected, including wheat and oats.
DeepSeek shot to global attention with the release of its R1 deep-reasoning large language model.
Armenia marked the 111th anniversary of the 1915 massacres on 23 and 24 April 2026 with marches and ceremonies in Yerevan, drawing thousands of participants.