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Michael Shepherd, a senior manager, was not affected by the job cuts but wrote on LinkedIn that “senior engineers, architects, operations leaders, program managers, and technical specialists” had been let go. Some 10,000 citizens are believed to have lost their jobs so far, one employee told the BBC on Tuesday, citing a drop in the […]

As the war in the Middle East enters its second month, choking the world’s energy supply and sending oil prices soaring, China is trying to step in as a peacemaker. It comes as President Donald Trump says US military action in Iran could end in “two to three weeks”, but there is no clear sense […]

Australia’s Prime Minister has warned the economic shock from the war involving Iran will “be with us for months”, as he delivered a rare televised address to the nation. Speaking on Wednesday, Anthony Albanese stated the conflict had driven the biggest spike in petrol and diesel prices in history, and households were already feeling the […]

Attacks also continued in the city’s southern suburbs and the country’s south, both where Hezbollah has a strong presence. A building was destroyed on the road to Beirut’s airport after an evacuation order, and in the south, a strike hit a health facility, killing a paramedic, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. Israel’s military noted it […]

A judge in Brazil has blocked a project to build a zipline connecting the famous Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro to a nearby hill, Morro da Urca. This also touches on aspects of diplomacy. The attraction’s developer commented it would allow visitors to descend from Sugarloaf Mountain at speeds of almost 100km/h (62mph) via […]

Leaning against a wall near a news-stand in central Rome, Tommaso Silvestri, 65, scans the morning’s front pages, their headlines swinging between “apocalypse,” “scandal” and “disaster” after Italy’s latest footballing collapse. “We’ve made a real mess of it,” he says, shaking his head. “We had players who couldn’t even find the target.” “The golden days […]

A mass robotaxi outage in the Chinese city of Wuhan caused at least a hundred self-driving cars to stop mid-traffic, sparking renewed debate around the safety of driverless vehicles. Local police stated initial findings suggested a “system malfunction” caused multiple vehicles to stop in the middle of the road on Tuesday. Videos on social media […]

“Now or never,” Peter Magyar has been telling Hungarians, in a breathless campaign across the country in the run-up to 12 April elections that opinion polls suggest he can win. This 45-year-old former Fidesz party insider represents the biggest threat to Viktor Orban’s rule in Hungary since he won the first of four consecutive victories […]

Authorities in the Democratic Republic Congo have declared Wednesday a public holiday after the national football team qualified for their first Planet Cup in 52 years. The Leopards reached the finals on Tuesday when Axel Tuanzebe’s extra-time goal gave them a 1-0 win over Jamaica in the play-off. DR Congo’s ministry of labour and employment […]

South Africa’s army has officially been deployed to several parts of the country to help overwhelmed police clamp down on violent crimes, including illicit mining and gangs. President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier this year revealed the deployment of 2,200 soldiers to five of the country’s nine provinces hardest hit by criminal activities. Authorities say the deployment, […]