The author left San Francisco over a decade ago. Courtesy of the author I crave going home to the Bay Area, but long visits remind me why Spain feels right. The Bay Area feels car-bound, expensive, ru...
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday he was "horrified" by the violence in Iran as a government crackdown continued. The Human Rights Activists News Agency estimated the death toll at 646 w...
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French farmers on Tuesday drove hundreds of tractors to stage a protest outside the National Assembly. Farmer anger in France and other European countries has escalated over a rash of challenges. The ...
With the last stage of Jimmy Lai's national security trial drawing to a close, Hong Kong's High Court is set to decide on the sentence for the pro-democracy tycoon. Will Lai get life in prison?...
US sanctions have damaged Iran's economy, which was the reason the protests broke out in the first place....
Protesters are putting their lives on the line in Iran as the state mounts a coordinated and brutal response to the unrest. As death toll grows, hopes of outside help seem faint....
It's been 25 years since the launch of Wikipedia on January 15th, 2001, and it's come a long way from housing just 100 pages to becoming a behemoth of online knowledge with more than 65 million articl...
The death toll over 16 days of mass anti-government protests in Iran reached 646 as of Monday, according to data published by the the U.S.-based HRANA....
In tonight's edition, Sadio Mane thrashed home a dramatic winner to send Senegal into the Africa Cup of Nations final after they edged Egypt 1-0. And the shutdown of the internet in Uganda ahead of t...
A Chinese phone application called “dead or alive” that helps users check in daily has become a top-ranked app, reflecting the trend of solo living among the country’s young people. The Sileme app, or...
captionTK Jordyn Bradley I moved in with my long-distance partner's family to be closer to a job and save some money. A lot of 26-year-olds might not see the appeal of this situation, but I was gratef...
Amnesty International Iran Researcher Raha Bahreini paints a harrowing portrait of a nation under siege by its own government. Amid an internet blackout, reports of systemic, indiscriminate violence h...
Tyler Butterworth (left) and John Howell (right) have built a following on social media as military influencers. Jake Gabbard / Business Insider Army soldiers Tyler Butterworth and John Howell use soc...
Marc Benioff said that Section 230 needs to be reformed and tech companies should be held responsible for online harm. Halil Sagirkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images Marc Benioff said that AI-related suicid...
Iran's top judge hinted at fast trials and executions for those who were detained in nationwide protests against the country's theocracy, Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi welcomes Scott Lucas, Professor of A...
Authorities said Grok was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual AI images....
In tonight's edition, a report highlights how Russia lures young Africans to fight in Ukraine. Also, widespread delays in Uganda's presidential election. And the official draw for the Women’s African ...
America’s national security strategy projects internal fears abroad...
Move comes despite Trump’s threat to ‘take very strong action’ if Tehran executes demonstrators...