The United States and China should develop a common language for identifying and responding to artificial intelligence risks rather than trying to resolve their broader technology rivalry, a Chinese think tank affiliated
Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa has been reelected to serve a second term following the general elections held on August 23-24. The leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) secured 52.6
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Hundreds of thousands of people are being forcibly engaged by organised criminal gangs into online criminality in Southeast Asia – from romance-investment scams and crypto fraud to illegal gambling – a report issued today
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by Zam Yusa Thousands of Indonesians became IS sympathisers in a relatively short period of time with the advent of social media, a counterterrorism official reportedly said. Marthinus Hukom, the head of
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Miho Nakashima stood in a bathing suit in Tokyo on Sunday next to a 100-year-old gingko tree, her body painted head-to-toe in green leaves and brown branches. Her message was clear, and
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Israeli occupation forces have killed over 200 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank this year, surpassing the total number of deaths last year (167), said the UN’s Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland in
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On August 20, over 13 million Ecuadorians took part in the early general elections to elect the country’s next president, vice president, and 137 members of the National Assembly amid a wave of violence
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Former member of Pakistan’s parliament and Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Ali Wazir and human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir were remanded to three days in detention by the country’s Anti-Terrorism Court
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On August 8, one of the deadliest wildfires in the 21st century broke out on the island of Maui, Hawai?i. Aerial photos show the effects of the devastation, with the historic city
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by Marko Phiri Zimbabwe’s ballooning informal sector has, in recent years, spawned the over-exploitation of the country’s natural resources, with the fisheries taking some of the most felt battering. Amidst challenges brought
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by Orlando Milesi Women social activists recognize that gender equality is gaining ground in Chile, but maintain that there is still a long way to go to turn into reality the promises
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by Edgardo Ayala In his green cornfield, Salvadoran farmer Medardo Pérez set about filling the hand-held spray pump that hangs on his back, with the right mixture of water and paraquat, a
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by Abigail Van Neely A Rohingya woman tells a forum of peer counselors the story of her divorce. A survivor of domestic abuse, she has started a new life alone with her
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Financial risk has eased in several Asian countries. After announcing that it would suspend external debt repayments indefinitely in April 2022, Sri Lanka secured final approval from the IMF for a US$2.9bn
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Almost 700 workers employed at the Ekapa diamond mines in South Africa’s Northern Cape province began an indefinite strike on August 7. Organized by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
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Since July 12, thousands of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) have been on indefinite strike, demanding that the state government provide higher wages, government employee status, a pension as a part of
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