MEXICO CITY — Andrea Paola Hernández has one sister in Ecuador and another in London. She has cousins in Colombia, Chile, Argentina and the United States. All fled poverty and political repression in Venezuela. Hernández, a human rights activist and outspoken critic of the country’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, eventually left, too. Since 2022 she has lived…
BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia said the Board of Control for Cricket in India has not received any communication from the International Cricket Council (ICC) on reports suggesting a change of venue for Bangladesh’s matches in the T20 World Cup. He said the issue is between the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the ICC.India and Sri…
Even if A.I. doesn’t greatly accelerate economic growth, there’s the issue of how it affects employment and wages. The key issue here is whether A.I. primarily complements or substitutes for human labor. If it enables office workers to carry out their tasks more quickly and effectively, for example, it could raise their wages, preserve many…
India’s retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 1.66 per cent in December 2025, from 0.71 per cent in November, according to the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Monday. The increase in headline inflation and food inflation during December 2025 is mainly attributed…
A version of this article originally appeared in Quartz’s AI & Tech newsletter. Sign up here to get the latest AI & tech news, analysis and insights straight to your inbox. The American gig economy is at a strange crossroads. More workers than ever are turning to apps like Uber, DoorDash, and Instacart to pay the…
When people die in India’s cleanest ranked city, Indore, because of dirty drinking water, shock and condemnation are justified. But this is not really about Indore, nor is it about water supply. It is about sewage—the excreta that we flush and forget every day. The problem is, we do not join the dots. Every city…
Developers of select non-coal mining projects no longer need to show proof or intent of land acquisition before obtaining environmental clearance, says India’s environment ministry. Highways, mineral mining, slurry pipeline, oil and gas projects are some of the categories exempt from obtaining consent for land acquisition, if they pass through eco-sensitive areas. The change…
Laptop power banks come in handy if you often travel or work away from your desk. These larger batteries have enough capacity to refill your computer to around 75 percent, giving you many more productive hours. Of course, they can also charge smaller devices like your phone, camera or tablet a few times over. Nearly…
In Minnesota, long-simmering tensions between federal and local power have spilled over. Last week’s fatal shooting of Renee Good by an immigration officer in Minneapolis turned the city into a symbol of national resistance to federal immigration enforcement. The tragedy also thrust deteriorating relations between state leaders and President Donald Trump into the spotlight. State…
Pluto takes 248 years to go around the Sun and it will complete its orbit in 2178. AI- generated Pluto sits far out in the Solar System, small and dim, moving at a pace that barely fits human timelines. It was found in 1930, at a time when astronomy still relied on patient observation and…