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A partial government shutdown has caused widespread disruption across airports in the United States, with nearly 500 airport security officers quitting their jobs, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Thursday. It all comes as President Donald Trump's administration has not reached a deal with the US Congress to fund the department. As a

The United Nations General Assembly this week adopted a landmark resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade "the gravest crime against humanity." It also calls on UN member nations to engage in talks "on reparatory justice, including a full and formal apology, measures of restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction, guarantees of non-repetition and changes to laws, programs

Last week, Thailand's parliament endorsed Anutin Charnvirakul as prime minister after his conservative Bhumjaithai party won a decisive victory in February's general election, making him the first Thai premier to be voted back into office in two decades. His coalition, which includes the populist Pheu Thai party, now controls 292 seats in the new parliament.

A report released by the European Commission on Thursday accused social media platform Snapchat as well as four online porn sites of endangering children's rights and wellbeing by allowing them to access adult content on their platforms. The Commission said underage users can gain access to the sites by clicking a button confirming that they

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte presented his annual report on the alliance's activities at its headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, lauding a one-fifth real-terms increase in defense spending in Europe and Canada in 2025.  "Between 2014 and 2025, NATO Europe and Canada have more than doubled their annual defense expenditure, with a real-term increase of

Young men who identify with the "manosphere" — an online movement promoting toxic masculinity and misogyny — are being promised a better life and a higher "sexual market value" by becoming more attractive through "looksmaxxing." The online trend comes with its own lingo, significant costs — and a good dose of pain. Looksmaxxing influencers are promising isolated young

Business associations from the construction and real estate sectors, as well as academics, are warning the German government of a worsening crisis in the housing market, as building costs spiral out of control. "Germany is building far too expensively," said Dietmar Walberg, head of the Kiel-based building research institute Arge , on Thursday in Berlin.

Like so many Brazilians, Thiago Pessao was captured by the World Cup as a child. By the time the tournament came to his homeland in 2014, it was a full-blown obsession. He attended 23 games in that tournament and 17 in Russia four years later. Only Brazil's early exit and an agreement with his wife

A group of sperm whales, including non-relatives, work to keep a newborn calf afloat in the hours after its birth. Project CETI hide caption toggle caption Project CETI The researchers knew something was off. It was July 2023, and they were on a boat, in the Caribbean Sea, tracking a sperm whale when they came

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) and France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot pose for a family photo during a G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting at the Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey in Cernay-la-Ville outside Paris, on March 27, 2026. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images Representatives of the world's