Month: January 2026

UK technology secretary also announced plans to train up to 10 million Britons in AI skills to help workforce adapt Increasing deployment of artificial intelligence will cause job losses, the UK technology secretary has warned, saying: “I want to level with the public. Some jobs will go.”In a speech on government plans to handle the impact of AI on the British economy, Liz Kendall declined to say how many redundancies […]

Starmer’s team is wary of spies but such fears are not new – with Theresa May once warned to get dressed under duvetWhen prime ministers travel to China, heightened security arrangements are a given – as is the quiet game of cat and mouse that takes place behind the scenes as each country tests out each other’s tradecraft and capabilities.Keir Starmer’s team has been issued with burner phones and fresh […]

Readers respond to the news that the development charity is rethinking such schemes as they carry racialised, paternalistic undertonesI welcome the news that ActionAid is moving away from child sponsorship schemes, following other global NGOs in recent years (ActionAid to rethink child sponsorship as part of plan to ‘decolonise’ its work, 22 January). These schemes are colonial-like from a global analytical perspective, and local residents have long subverted and refuted […]

Iranian foreign minister says armed forces have 'fingers on the trigger' to counter possible attack by Washington.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

To find Ran Gvili, Israel desecrated hundreds of Palestinian graves and the world did not care. Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

A young Tunisian man goes on a personal journey to find his biological mother and understand where he comes from.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

The Trump administration does not "intend or expect" to again take military action in Venezuela, Marco Rubio said.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article