TechnologyHong Kong graduates are struggling to land even internship interviews as companies shrink entry-level hiring, with some students blaming AI for absorbing the roles that used to welcome fresh talent.
PoliticsIrish Minister Darragh O'Brien warns the EU is facing a 'second big wake-up call' on energy security, as the Middle East crisis drives up costs and exposes Europe's continued vulnerability to external shocks.
PoliticsThe U.S. State Department has launched a recruitment campaign for new diplomats - right after mass layoffs and the rollback of DEI policies. The optics are something else.
PoliticsTens of thousands of Israeli nationalists marched through Jerusalem's Old City for the annual Jerusalem Day flag parade, with BBC journalists on the ground capturing the charged and politically loaded procession through one of the world's most contested urban spaces.
PoliticsEuropean ministers are meeting in Moldova to discuss shipping rejected asylum seekers to offshore 'third-country hubs,' with the Council of Europe's secretary general confirming the talks to the Guardian.
ConflictSomali piracy, which peaked around 2010 and was largely suppressed by 2013, appears to be making an unwelcome return in 2026, according to new data highlighted by Al Jazeera.
PoliticsA Foreign Policy report suggests Xi Jinping views potential conflict over Taiwan as a tragedy to be avoided, not an opportunity to be seized - complicating the dominant narrative of inevitable Chinese military aggression.
