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When Western firms pull production out of China or buy fewer parts from there in order to be less dependent on the country, this is called decoupling or de-risking. And you would think that China can’t stop the rest of the world from decoupling, right? Tell that to Beijing. Chinese authorities blocked Meta’s $2 billion (€1.7 billion) takeover of

On paper, Arcelia looks like a poor-but-average Mexican town. It sits in Guerrero, Mexico's second-poorest state.  Official data gives it a score of 0.714 — firmly in the "high development" band on the United Nations' Human Development Index (HDI).    Then a satellite looks at Arcelia. Using artificial intelligence to analyze what it sees, it returns a lower

Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Fewer cars will accompany Indian Prime Minister Modi on his domestic travels, reports say Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has also ordered a reduction in convoy size Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister Vijay has won a key confidence vote on the floor of the state

Mike Smith had been a US fighter pilot for more than a decade when he took what he describes as a 'hard turn' out of the navy. He decided to trade a life of deployment, fighter jets and cruise missile operations for one of planting trees and sustainability. Though he didn't realize it at the

The tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru will hold a referendum over a government decision to change its official name. The Nauruan parliament on Tuesday passed a constitutional amendment to rename the country "Naoero," New Zealand broadcaster RNZ reported, as the government looks to shed what it sees as a relic from the tiny nation's colonial

Massive crowds of protesters marched in cities across Argentina, including the capital Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Mendoza and Tucuman, on Tuesday. The protesters called for the government of libertarian President Javier Milei to implement a university funding law at the center of a lengthy political standoff. In Buenos Aires, the march culminated at the Plaza de

OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman has taken the witness stand in a high-stakes trial pitting some of the world's richest technology tycoons against each other. Testifying on Tuesday, Altman rejected Elon Musk's claim that he betrayed the company's founding mission to serve the public good. Altman said it was rather Musk, the world's richest person

The European Commission has invited representatives of the Taliban to Brussels for talks on deporting Afghan nationals who have been refused permission to stay in the European Union.  The invitation follows a preliminary meeting for "technical talks" that took place this January in Afghanistan, European Commission spokesman Markus Lammert said on Tuesday, classifying the planned

The world could see a "particularly severe year" of wildfires fueled by climate change and a potentially strong El Nino weather phenomenon after a record-breaking first few months of 2026, researchers warned Tuesday. "This year the global fire season has got off to a very fast start," said Theodore Keeping, an extreme weather researcher at

It seems Büsra Sayed has truly taken the saying "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" to heart. After all, she managed to turn a situation that one could only be described as insulting or sad — certainly discriminatory — into a victory, both financially and, above all, for the human spirit.   What happened after