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I escaped a cult and was homeless and desperate. Chris Martin gave me a piano, and I became a successful musician.

Jean-Philippe Riopy at his piano Courtesy of Greg Williams At 18, Jean-Philippe Rio-Py escaped a brutal cult that wrecked his childhood. He suffered hardship in his 20s and early 30s, but was determin...

20hBusiness InsiderEntertainmentImpact

How Iran’s regime retook the streets

Details emerge of unprecedented crackdown, raising questions over future of protest movement...

1dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

Musk’s Grok barred from undressing AI images after global backlash

Elon Musk’s platform X on Wednesday announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualised photos of women...

2dSouth China Morning PostTechnologyImpact

Amid Iran’s blackout, videos show lethal violence across the country

A Washington Post review of videos from Iran posted online of recent protests illustrates how widely violence has spread....

2dWashington PostPoliticsImpact

Gaza’s forcibly disappeared must not be forgotten

My brother is one of many Palestinians Israel continues to illegally detain. Their release must be part of talks....

4dAl JazeeraPolitics

Iran enters uneasy calm after deadly anti-regime protests

A tense calm hangs over Iran after a wave of protests drew a bloody crackdown that reportedly left thousands of people dead....

8hDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Sadio Mane takes Senegal past Egypt into AFCON final

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...

2dFrance 24SportsImpact

Can a leaderless revolution really succeed? Some examples from other countries

Leaderless revolutions are, at times, a reaction to historical distrust of charismatic leaders who, after victory, themselves become the source of absolutist and oppressive power....

3dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

Ashley St. Clair sues Elon Musk's xAI over alleged explicit Grok deepfake images

Ashley St. Clair sues xAI over Grok chatbot allegedly generating explicit deepfake images of her, using images from when she was 14 years old. Maja Smiejkowska/REUTERS Ashley St. Clair sued xAI, alleg...

1dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Deaths outnumber births in France

Despite an increase in the number of women of childbearing age in France, the number giving birth is at a low. In 2025 there were more deaths than births which has some towns concerned that they are l...

2dFrance 24world_news

Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump. Can it be regifted?

President Trump described the move as a “wonderful gesture of mutual respect.” The Nobel Committee said the medal can change hands, but “the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot.”...

1dWashington PostPoliticsImpact

Trump tells Iranian protesters 'help is on its way'

Iranians can call the outside world again after over four days of a communications blackout and a brutal security crackdown that has killed hundreds of people. Follow DW for the latest....

4dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Renee Good's family mourns her death amid push for 'transparency' after ICE shooting

The family of Renee Maklin Good, the 37-year-old mother of three who was fatally shot by an ICE agent, is mourning her death after announcing a civil probe into her case....

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Iran: Donald Trump says killings have halted after anti-government protests

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s been told "on good authority" that plans for executions in Iran have stopped. Tehran, on its end, has signaled fast trials and executions ahead in it...

2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

One thing that might get workers to embrace AI? The 4-day workweek.

Working fewer days might help create buy-in among workers for adopting AI, authors of a book on the four-day workweek suggest. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Adopting a four-day workweek could boost employ...

3dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Germany’s Merz says Iran’s leadership may be in ‘final days’

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Iran’s current leadership may be nearing its end amid mass protests across the country. “If a regime can only stay in power through the use of violence, then it i...

4dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Grok stops users from making sexualized AI images after global backlash

Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images Grok will no longer be allowed to create AI photos of real people in sexualized or revealing clothing, after widespread global backlash. "We have implem...

2dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Kurdish granted national language status in Syria

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree on Friday declaring Kurdish a "national language", in an apparent gesture of good will towards the minority following clashes in recent days. The decre...

2hFrance 24Politics

As many as 15,000 feared dead in Iran as regime hunts Starlink devices, activist tells Euronews

Euronews spoke to Ilya Hashemi, a popular online activist whose Telegram channel is a source of reliable news from within Iran, who has been among the few during the ongoing protests to cover and rela...

3dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

IMF presses governments to step up support for workers displaced by AI

Analysis finds evidence of the technology hitting wages and employment in certain areas...

3dFinancial TimeseconomicsImpact
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