Qantas will outsource 850 local corporate jobs to consulting giant Accenture with most roles moving to India as the airline fast-tracks AI investment. In an internal email to staff on Tuesday, the Australian company's CEO Vanessa Hudson said "this is hard news for some and I'm sorry for th...
A round-the-world cruise that left passengers stranded in Cambodia after its US-based operator ran out of money has been seized in Singapore. The Odyssey, which set off from Belfast in October 2024 and was meant to take guests on a years-long voyage around the world, is now anchored in Sin...
'If I tell you to run, run': BBC joins a Ukrainian drone unit as it protects a front-line city. Video, 00:01:36 Subsection Europe Published 2 days ago...
The US is locked in a fierce race with China to develop the best AI models. "Whoever wins AI, wins," as US President Donald Trump puts it. He thinks that the country with the more dominant AI technology will benefit the most from it and, ultimately, will be the most powerful in the world. ...
Hundreds of billions of dollars have been wiped off the value of Nvidia after the US chipmaker announced an independent investigation would be carried out into its chief executive's affair with an alleged Chinese spy. The tech firm saw its shares fall by about 4% by close of trade on Monda...
You’ve finally got an evening to yourself. You open Netflix, scroll through the latest releases, read a few descriptions and watch a couple of trailers. Half an hour later, you still haven’t chosen anything. So you pick up your phone for a minute. Two hours later, you’re watching a man att...
Who will form New Zealand's next government remains uncertain after the country's national election on Saturday, with final results not due for another couple of weeks. It's the tightest vote that the country has seen in years, with the incumbent National Party and opposition Labour Party ...
South Africa's ANC has recorded its worst-ever showing in local elections since Nelson Mandela led the country out of apartheid and into democracy more than 30 years ago, a result the party has called "catastrophic". While it won the most votes of all parties in the country, the African Na...
A train collision has killed at least seven people and injured dozens in northern Egypt. Footage showed multiple overturned carriages and dozens of people surrounding them. One train was travelling from Giza to the Fayoum oasis, south west of Cairo, while the other was heading from Cairo t...
Back in August, when Mohamed Salah landed in Istanbul after flying in from his holiday in Mykonos, he wore Trabzonspor's burgundy and blue home strip as he stepped out of the plane to be greeted by thousands of fans. That kit sold out almost instantly. Later that day, as Salah headed to Tr...
As the sun rises over the Indian Ocean, waves lap onto the golden sands while palm fronds rustle in the cool sea breeze. Welcome to... Mogadishu. This is the image that one young Somali woman wants the world to have of her home city - in contrast to the one of suicide attacks and young...
Rukayat Taiwo Suleimon only took up sambo this year, but the Nigerian has already secured her place in the history of the martial art. The sport shares strong roots with judo and wrestling, combining techniques such as hip and leg throws to take opponents to the mat, where they can be pinn...