Indonesia’s shrinking middle class rattles businesses betting on a boom

People are falling behind as commodities giant fails to deliver well-paid jobs

Source: Financial Times

Understanding presidential power in the age of Trump

New York Times writer Charlie Savage discusses the scope of executive power as President Trump circumvents Congress, pushes legal boundaries and fires scores of federal workers, including at the FBI.

Source: NPR

Archaeologists push to restore Syria's war-ravaged heritage sites

Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving tourism, which they say could provide a much-needed boost to the country’s …

Source: France 24

US, Russia confirm high-level Ukraine talks without Kyiv

Ukraine’s president says he “knew nothing about” high-level talks between the US and Russia to end Moscow’s war.

Source: Al Jazeera

China says tweak to official U.S. fact sheet on Taiwan risks peace

China says the Trump administration has "gravely backpedaled" the U.S. position on Taiwan by removing a short clause in an online fact sheet.

Source: CBS News

'Mickey 17': Bong Joon-ho offers a black comedy for the Trump era

The Oscar-winning director of "Parasite" returns with an English-language sci-fi film starring Robert Pattinson, with Mark Ruffalo in the role of a narcissistic leader.

Source: Deutsche Welle

US ‘backstop’ vital to deter future Russian attacks on Ukraine, says Starmer

British prime minister says force would need protections such as air cover that only US can provide

Keir Starmer has urged Donald Trump to provide a US “backstop” to a …

Source: The Guardian

Say hello to the Magnificent 47

Europe’s 47 largest banks have returned over 100 per cent since the start of 2022

Source: Financial Times

Popular actor Kim Sae-ron, 24, found dead in her home

Kim Sae-ron, an award-winning actor whose career was derailed after a 2022 DUI accident, was found dead in her house, police said.

Source: CBS News

Sewage scandal: The dirty secret polluting England and Wales

Since Brexit, the UK is no longer subject to European water quality standards. In England and Wales, floods of untreated wastewater have been discharged into rivers and seas, harming the …

Source: France 24

Meta plans to link US and India with world’s longest undersea cable project

Project Waterworth, which involves cable longer than Earth’s circumference, to also reach South Africa and Brazil

Meta has announced plans to build the world’s longest underwater cable project, which aims …

Source: The Guardian

M23 fighters seize key city of Bukavu in DR Congo

Columns of M23 fighters allied with Rwandan troops on Sunday entered the centre of another key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the African Union highlighted growing fears …

Source: France 24