Artificial intelligence is creating new employment opportunities, but women are taking a minority of them. A LinkedIn study covering 27 countries, including Spain, found that women account for between 13% and 29%
China successfully launched its first asteroid sample-return mission, Tianwen-2, in the early hours of May 29, marking a significant stride in the country’s quest to uncover the secrets of the solar system’s
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Just over a week ago, MIT Technology Review released Power Hungry, a revealing deep-dive into the staggering energy demands of artificial intelligence. While much of the spotlight has been on the sheer
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Just look at Yemen. Despite being one of the poorest nations in the world, the Houthi rebel group—under siege for more than a decade—has leveraged low-cost, low-tech drones to punch far above
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The world is now on track to surpass one of the most critical climate thresholds — 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures — by 2027, according to alarming new data released by
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Saudi Arabia will reassess its government spending and development priorities in response to a sharp drop in oil revenues, Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan told the Financial Times in an exclusive interview. Despite
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Two major financial misconduct cases sent ripples through international institutions this week, as former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner was sentenced in the U.S. for his role in the 1MDB scandal, while
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The CIA is confronting growing challenges in its efforts to recruit foreign informants, with current and former intelligence officials warning that the agency is in urgent need of more spies, according to
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The Western Cape High Court has handed down life sentences to the three individuals convicted in the kidnapping and human trafficking of six-year-old Joshlin Smith. While the verdict brings a degree of
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China has hailed the UK’s decision to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius as a “massive achievement” — directly contradicting Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s assertion that Beijing opposed the
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In a landmark development for international criminal justice, Sean McGovern, the right-hand man of notorious crime lord Daniel Kinahan, has been extradited from the United Arab Emirates to Ireland — a move
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Klaus Schwab, the 87-year-old founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), has filed a criminal complaint against unnamed whistleblowers whose allegations triggered his departure from the organisation he led for over five
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“The black will take no other hue.The devils will not heed scripture.Let justice not be a dream deferred.” On 27 May 2025, Bangladesh’s Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of the so-called
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Daiza Gordon watched her two younger brothers die from Hunter syndrome, a rare and incurable genetic disorder that mostly affects boys. It occurs when the body is missing a crucial enzyme. At
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When Bruce Levine and colleagues began developing engineered immune cells to fight cancer in the 1990s, their work was largely dismissed. “The wider community was very sceptical,” Levine, an immunologist at the
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Opera has announced a new browser called Opera Neon, built around artificial intelligence capabilities designed to go beyond traditional web browsing by performing tasks on behalf of users—including shopping, filling out forms,
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