By AFP/Jordane BERTRANDIt took a steep hike in mobile internet tariffs to unleash a rebellion among Cuban students on a scale unseen since the 1959 revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power.The new pricing structure, which came into effect on May...

By AFPThe official website of a Hong Kong-based group that tracked worker unrest in China was unavailable to access on Friday, a day after it abruptly announced it would cease operations due to financial issues.Founded by veteran pro-democracy protes...

By AFPSwedish pension fund AP7 said Friday it had blacklisted Tesla over the US company's lack of respect for labour rights in the US, and had sold off its $1.4 billion stake in the US carmaker.The fund said in a statement that it had decided "to bla...

By AFPEntertainment giants Disney and Universal filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Wednesday against AI company Midjourney, calling the image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism."The lawsuit is the first major legal battle between Hollywood...

By AFP/Johannes LEDELThe spectacular fall of battery maker Northvolt led to fears over several Swedish green industry projects, but startup steelmaker Stegra believes it can confound the doubters.Just outside the town of Boden in Sweden's far north a...

By AFP/Beiyi SEOWUS President Donald Trump touted "excellent" ties with China on Wednesday, saying the superpowers reached a deal after two days of talks aimed at preserving a truce in their damaging trade war.Trump said on his Truth Social platform...

By AFP/Lucie LEQUIERThe first EU-wide cryptocurrency regulation was meant to impose some harmony, but disparities in implementation by member countries has allowed companies to exploit a flaw in the system.Launched in December, Markets in Crypto-Asse...

By AFPRussian pensioner Roman Paltievich stared at the prices for apricots, tomatoes and watermelons stacked high on stalls at a Moscow market -- foods that he now struggles to fit into his budget."The prices are crazy," lamented the 84-year-old, who...

By AFP/Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOISNearly 138 million children were still working in the world's fields and factories in 2024, the United Nations said Wednesday, warning that given the slow pace of progress, eliminating child labor could be delayed by "h...

By AFPFrench artificial intelligence startup Mistral on Tuesday announced a so-called "reasoning" model it said was capable of working through complex problems, following in the footsteps of top US developers.Available immediately on the company's pl...

By AFP/Antoine MAIGNANThe French Senate on Tuesday adopted a bill to regulate the fast fashion industry by sanctioning companies and banning advertisements.The bill is targeted at Chinese-founded e-commerce giant Shein, which has a reputation for sel...

By AFP/Glenn CHAPMANTechnology veteran IBM on Tuesday laid out a plan to have a "practical" quantum computer tackling big problems before the end of this decade.Current quantum computers are still experimental and face significant challenges, includi...