Cities across south and south-east Asia are becoming places where informal workers can no longer recover from the heat By the time Jalaj Jha begins getting ready for work each morning, he already feels drained. Awakening in a cramped room in Delhi, with no ventilation except a rattling fan pushing ...
Month: May 2026
Fancy a European art break with fewer crowds? Try one of these five citiesFancy a European art break with fewer crowds? Try one of these five cities
Forget queuing at the Louvre or the Uffizi. You’ll find a fresh perspective on everything from medieval to modern art in places like Lille, Verona and Zurich Zurich may be known as a financial centre, but it has a creative side, too. The Kunsthaus Zürich became the biggest art gallery ...
Thousands of journalists’ data exposed to dark webThousands of journalists’ data exposed to dark web
Swiss privacy and security company Proton and Constella Intelligence found more than 116,000 instances where employees at The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post had their data exposed to the dark web. Across all three organizations, the company behind Proton Mail found exposure to the ...
Google’s Nick Fox on remaking its search engineGoogle’s Nick Fox on remaking its search engine
The News Three things surprised Nick Fox about ChatGPT’s breakout success in November 2022: how slow it was, how inaccurate it was, and how consumers embraced it anyway. “It was surprising to see there was appetite there,” he said. I asked him if, in retrospect, Google should have released its ...
California influencer disclosures offer a glimpse at how secret money distorts American politicsCalifornia influencer disclosures offer a glimpse at how secret money distorts American politics
The News On May 15, the Instagram gossip hub The Shade Room shared a lengthy post to its 28 million followers on Instagram promoting California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer’s criticism of Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. “Roommates, with a Trump ally already controlling that much of what we watch, ...
Middle East crisis live: US attacks Iran missile sites as Tehran negotiators hold talks in QatarMiddle East crisis live: US attacks Iran missile sites as Tehran negotiators hold talks in Qatar
US Central Command claims targets also included boats trying to lay mines, rattling ceasefire, while Iranians meet with Qatari prime minister in Doha Israel escalates strikes in Lebanon as Netanyahu vows to ‘crush’ Hezbollah Returning to the Abraham Accords, Donald Trump’s call for certain other Middle Eastern countries to join ...
US launches new strikes on Iran, targeting missile sites and boatsUS launches new strikes on Iran, targeting missile sites and boats
US Central Command says the strikes were taken in “self-defense”. It comes as senior Iranian negotiators arrive in Qatar for talks to end the war. ...
Gisèle Pelicot ‘deeply shocked’ by decision not to jail boys in rape caseGisèle Pelicot ‘deeply shocked’ by decision not to jail boys in rape case
The French rape survivor praises the bravery of a young girl for coming forward following the incidents in Fordingbridge. ...
US military says it has launched new strikes on southern IranUS military says it has launched new strikes on southern Iran
The strikes on Iranian missile launch sites and boats were taken in “self-defence”, US Central Command says. ...
Hottest May day on record in UK as temperatures pass 34CHottest May day on record in UK as temperatures pass 34C
It comes after the UK recorded its warmest May night on Sunday when temperatures reached 19.4C. ...