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Why $370bn tech group Palantir pays just 1.4 percent tax: Report 

06 August 2026

Palantir Technologies, the United States data analytics and artificial intelligence company which has contracts with the...

DR Congo Ebola health workers protest unpaid wages as deaths surpass 1,800 

06 August 2026

News|Ebola Dozens of Congolese health workers at the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak have gone on strike to demand paymen...

Iran tightens security grip at home as war conditions with US linger 

06 August 2026

As diplomatic efforts to end the United States-Israel war on Iran remain uncertain, Iranian authorities have tightened t...

Senate panel votes to hold former official Fauci in contempt of Congress 

06 August 2026

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, A United States Senate panel has voted to hold former health official Anthony Fauci, a...

Why is Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif visiting Saudi Arabia amid Gulf tensions? 

06 August 2026

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to arrive in Saudi Arabia for a two-day visit, wh...

What came into force with the EU’s AI Act this week 

06 August 2026

On August 2, the next phase of Europe’s Artificial Intelligence Act came into force as the European Union frames this ...

Who was Cesar Gastelum, Mexican TikToker shot dead mid-livestream? 

06 August 2026

A popular Mexican TikTok influencer has been shot dead by men on a motorbike near the northern city of Culiacan while he...

Hormuz deal ‘close’: What’s the latest on each side’s positions? 

06 August 2026

Iran says a deal with Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is “on the verge of being finalised” after both countries ...

Cambridge professor Jason Arday quits amid plagiarism allegations 

06 August 2026

Jason Arday has resigned from his post as professor of sociology at the University of Cambridge, following the announcem...

What to know about this week’s US primary elections in Tennessee and Hawaii 

06 August 2026

Voters in Tennessee and Hawaii are headed to the polls for another key round of midterm primaries, where they will choo...