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Protesters say the move will stifle media freedom, while the government insists broadcasters need to cut costs.
Workers are striking over demands for a minimum wage of 30,000 taka (£182) a month.
The temporary order is part of a months-long challenge to the US president's plans to upgrade East Potomac Golf Links into a championship course.
The Nvidia scandal has raised questions over whether advanced AI chips ended up in China, despite US restrictions.
It marks the second attack on the country in three days and comes as the US and Iran remain locked in a stand-off over the Strait of Hormuz.
Han Won-seok, 34, confessed to using a hidden camera and AI to get a near-perfect mark on the significant test.
The attack on funeral at a Greek Orthodox church killed nine and injured 34 others last month.
Fears for national college entrance exam next week as test taker admits sending photos of questions to AI tool The marks attained by the top scorer on South Korea’s national exam for aspiring tax accountants this year seemed too good to be true. On Sunday, sceptics were proven
Both Hamas and IDF officials confirm the death of Samir Abu Younis, commander of the Rafah Brigade.
The US government is trying to find out whether the chaos was caused by "incompetence" or faulty equipment.
Tussle for influence as trade, tech and regional security to take centre stage in China, Philippines and Cambodia meetings The global political centre of gravity will be firmly in Asia this week as world leaders fly in for back-to-back high-level summits against the backdrop of t
It is the latest development in a months-long challenge to the president's plans for East Potomac Golf Links.
Santa Cruz de Succhabamba is part of the Diocese of Chiclayo, where the pope served as bishop from 2015 to 2023.
The US has not confirmed the Ukrainian president's comments - a US official told the BBC "many ideas continue to be discussed".
SpaceX has performed the historic catch using mechanical arms nicknamed "chopsticks".
Around 130 people were rescued from a cruise ship after it was struck by a tanker while docked in New Orleans, Louisiana on Friday.
Filipino entry, pop and rap song Sobra-Sobra, takes 19-year-old to victory at grand final in Bangkok Carmelle Collado has won the first Eurovision song contest Asia, taking the Philippines’ entry, Sobra-Sobra , to victory in Bangkok on Saturday night, at the first regional editio
Trump will discuss the "reduction of nuclear weapons" during the unprecedented talks, a spokeswoman says.
The foreign ministry in Abuja says 6 Nigerians with underlying health problems have died this year while transiting through Addis Ababa.
People around the world have contended with unprecedented weather events and their fatal effects caused by the climate catastrophe After the world’s hottest summer since records began in 1850, the death toll from extreme weather in 2026 is already in the high tens of thousands. T
Prime Minister Péter Magyar promised a sweeping anti-corruption drive after ousting Orbán in April.
Passengers throughout the country were impacted over what the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) describes as “safety and communication issues”.
The 52-year-old general’s provocative posts and military threats have fuelled rumours of a dynastic succession.
US commerce secretary faces sack as questions emerge over senior Trump officials’ knowledge of alleged Chinese spy’s ties to Jensen Huang US politics – live updates The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, is facing growing pressure over his apparent lack of action over the Nvi
The ship was intentionally sunk off the coast of Florida in order to create the world's largest artificial ocean reef.
Heavy rain and strong winds have also caused disruption across British Columbia, Canada, over the last week Storm Charles has brought destructive weather to the Iberian peninsula this week, particularly in Portugal and the far south of Spain. Heavy rain and strong south-westerly
Pro-democracy activist Nathan Law and journalist Danny Vincent on the sentencing of the iconic Hong Kong campaigner Joshua Wong to another 10 years in prison. Send your comments and questions to tif.questions@theguardian.com He has been leading protests since he was 14. Joshua Wo
Decision disappoints experts hoping for world’s biggest emitter to take global lead on climate crisis China has ruled out hosting the Cop33 UN climate summit in 2028 after months of deliberations, leaving the field open for other Asian countries to hold it, the Guardian understan
After a month-long investigation it was concluded that Kundizeza’s story The Blue Fighter, which won the £10,000 Caine prize, was ‘human-written’ The Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza has been cleared of using AI to write a prize-winning short story, after the prestigious Ca
Remains believed to have belonged to Africans or Afro-Brazilians repatriated after being flown back by diplomats Two skulls, including that of a man believed to have taken part in Brazil’s greatest slave revolt but whose remains were taken to the United States and used in racist
Leonardo Bertulazzi, 74, awaiting extradition to Italy, reportedly used harness to flee custody A 74-year-old former member of Italy ’s radical Marxist group the Red Brigades has escaped from house arrest in Argentina , the country’s security ministry confirmed on Wednesday, afte
Lawyer says Britain wrong to believe in historic doctrine that crown has sovereignty over parts of oceans Britain should not be permitted to act as a 17th-century colonial power treating the waters around the Falkland Islands as a Dominium maris Britannici , Argentina has told an
Seven-time F1 world champion tours border area and logistics warehouses operated by Egyptian Red Crescent Lewis Hamilton has visited Egypt’s Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip to meet organisations sending humanitarian aid to the territory. The seven-time Formula One world
President orders prompt investigation after one train derails in collision in al-Ayyat about 50km from Cairo Seven people were killed and at least 125 injured when two trains collided on Sunday south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, officials said. The crash occurred in al-Ayyat d
See My World, an event highlighting the pan-African thought via film, poetry and dance, builds on momentum sparked by local activists and creatives African philosophies including exploring how lessons from the past can shape the present and near future have inspired a film festiv
Paul Mackenzie convicted over deaths of children and one adult after followers were ordered to starve themselves and their families The leader of a Kenyan doomsday sect has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s w
