Of course, political satire has a long history in India – as do attempts to curb it. Cartoons have been a fixture of Indian journalism since independence, with RK Laxman‘s Common Man becoming one of its most recognisable characters. But cartoonists have also faced censorship. During the Emergency in the 1970s, when civil liberties were […]
Continue ReadingUntil a few years ago many of us may have been blissfully unaware of what a data centre was. These giant, warehouse-like buildings power virtually all our internet activity, from our web searches and emails to movie downloads and online banking. They are at the heart of the AI boom, housing the advanced computer chips […]
Continue ReadingIsraeli voters are preparing to head to the polls in an election some have described as the most consequential in the country’s history. It’s the first general election since the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023. Tuesday’s vote could see Benjamin Netanyahu’s almost two-decade-long period of right-wing rule replaced by a more left-leaning government. Emerging […]
Continue ReadingVenezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned home to a fraught political landscape after over 10 months in exile. “I am here. With you,” Machado wrote on X on Sunday. Her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, confirmed the news minutes later, writing: “I am thrilled to announce to you that our leader, […]
Continue ReadingFour bodies handed over to special forces on a mission to Haiti to recover Salvadoran hostages are “not our men”, El Salvador’s president has said. Nayib Bukele said a nongovernmental organisation delivered the human remains to one of Haiti’s airports claiming they were four El Salvadoran air technicians, but that one of the corpses was […]
Continue ReadingUkraine is in desperate need of a new satellite internet service, but a fast and reliable alternative to Elon Musk’s Starlink network simply doesn’t exist – yet. Last week’s sudden slowdown of the service in Ukraine, which affected Kyiv’s ability to defend itself from Russian attacks, has shown how vulnerable the country can be, and […]
Continue ReadingUnknown gunmen have raided a remote village in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Taraba, killing at least 10 people, looting shops and setting houses ablaze, police say. There are fears the actual death toll is much higher, with eyewitnesses speaking of 20 lives lost and a non-governmental organisation suggesting a toll of as many as […]
Continue ReadingMcLaughlin said the two bears were in extremely poor health when they were first rescued. Former circus bear Bu had spent years confined to a small indoor cage after being forced to perform. McLaughlin said Tyapa had lived in a cage measuring just 2.5m by 2.5m by 2m, which was too low for him to […]
Continue ReadingBrazilians will head to the polls on Sunday to vote for their next president. They are choosing between Brazil’s current left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro, the son of imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro, beat Lula in the first round of voting on 4 October by a […]
Continue ReadingEarlier, a peaceful protester in Paris who gave her name as Zelie told the BBC people had taken to the streets because they were “really frustrated” and had been “suffering a lot” since Macron came to office. “They keep us quiet. They take our money, they tax us a lot and we can’t say anything. […]
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