The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges says doctors should routinely check on screen time and social media use when seeing younger patients. ...
Next boss warns of ‘dramatic’ fall in entry-level jobsNext boss warns of ‘dramatic’ fall in entry-level jobs
Lord Wolfson tells the BBC Next now typically receives double the number of applicants for one role than it did two years ago. ...
Britain’s protected birds of prey still being shot, trapped and poisoned, says RSPBBritain’s protected birds of prey still being shot, trapped and poisoned, says RSPB
The charity says more than half of attacks happened on or near land managed for game shooting. ...
Waymo suspends services in six US cities after floodingWaymo suspends services in six US cities after flooding
Waymo suspended service in six US cities after its driverless cars drove on flooded roads during storms last week. Footage showed one of the vehicles stopped in water almost up to its headlights in Atlanta, which received several inches of rain. Waymo, owned by Google’s parent company, also said it ...
Russia blocks online access to criminal recordsRussia blocks online access to criminal records
The Kremlin blocked online access to 20 years of criminal records statistics, undermining efforts to track Moscow’s repression. The 15 million records showed an explosion in convictions for treason, espionage, and “cooperation with foreigners,” Meduza reported. It is part of a wider data blackout — in 2023 the prosecutor general ...
Indian, Chinese firms ramp up foreign acquisitionsIndian, Chinese firms ramp up foreign acquisitions
Indian and Chinese companies are ramping up overseas acquisitions amid mounting domestic economic and business headwinds. Chinese firms have been snapping up Western consumer goods brands; fast fashion giant Shein announced it was buying US clothing label Everlane, and Luckin Coffee purchased upscale American cafe chain Blue Bottle, the Financial ...
Pope calls for ‘disarming’ of AI in first encyclicalPope calls for ‘disarming’ of AI in first encyclical
Pope Leo XIV warned humanity against creating “new digital slaveries” in a 42,300-word encyclical about AI, the first major teaching document of his papacy. In , Leo “seeks to counterbalance alarm with hope but lands firmly on one side,” The Atlantic wrote: He condemned the use of AI in warfare, ...
China overhauls hukou systemChina overhauls hukou system
China’s overhaul of its social insurance program for migrant workers could narrow urban-rural divides in the country and unlock new streams of economic growth, analysts said. Beijing on Friday moved to ease residency restrictions on coverage, removing a hurdle that required people working in Chinese cities to claim benefits in ...
Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca beginsHajj pilgrimage to Mecca begins
On Monday, millions of pilgrims begin arriving in Mina, a small valley five kilometers east of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, where they will spend several nights in what becomes, briefly, the largest temporary city on earth. The tents they sleep in bear little resemblance to what earlier generations encountered: ...
Iranians attend Hajj despite warIranians attend Hajj despite war
The Iran war is reshaping who performs Hajj this year, and how they get there: Iran’s allocation was cut to 30,000 pilgrims, nearly two-thirds fewer than usual. Their travel plans had shifted to using overland convoys through Iraq, before the ceasefire restored air access and enabled Iranian pilgrims to fly ...