Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent, Yangon
AFP via Getty Images Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing has been nominated for the presidency as parliament convened on Monday, following a general election from which the biggest opposition parties were excluded.
Min Aung Hlaing is certain to be chosen, as he was nominated in parliament alongside two loyalists who are very unlikely contenders for president.
He has been sanctioned by many Western countries for leading a
Getty Images The partial US government shutdown has become the longest in American history, as lawmakers in Washington continue to fight over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
On Sunday, the shutdown reached 44 days, surpassing the previous longest funding lapse, which ended in November 2025.
The current impasse has led to chaos at airports, due to a shortage of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at
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Alison Francis , Senior science journalist
Getty Images In just a few days Nasa is planning to launch the Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts on their way to the Moon.
Their voyage around our nearest neighbour will pave the way for a lunar landing and, eventually, a Moon base.
Nasa's Artemis programme has taken years of work, involved thousands of people and is estimated to have cost $93bn to date.
But for some, there's a distinct feeling of
Sylvia Chang Business reporter, Hong Kong
Yunji In a hotel lobby on Hong Kong Island, a delivery robot pauses outside one of the lifts as the doors open, and a guest steps out. The robot waits, and then rolls neatly inside.
The move looks simple, but it isn't. To work in the busy hotel, owned by an international chain, the robot must navigate a building that won't slow down for it
Kali Hays Technology reporter
Reuters Sweeping job cuts at Big Tech companies have become an annual tradition. How executives explain those decisions, however, has changed.
Out are buzzwords like efficiency, over-hiring, and too many management layers.
Today, all explanations stem from artificial intelligence (AI).
In recent weeks, giants including Google, Amazon, Meta, as well as smaller firms such as Pinterest
Saurabh Mukherjea & Nandita Rajhansa
Getty Images In a darkened control room in Navi Mumbai, 100 operators oversee bots monitoring 30,000 ATMs across India.
Their cameras, sensors and bots do the work that 60,000 security guards once did.
That control room is a small window into something much larger.
Across India, the quiet machinery of automation has been reshaping - and in many cases, eliminating - the jobs
Getty Images An Italian authority is investigating beauty brands Benefit and Sephora after they appeared to adopt a "particularly insidious" marketing strategy of using young influencers to market skincare to children.
The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) said it had launched an investigation into the brands' owner, luxury goods giant LVMH, for possibly attempting to sell anti-aging treatments to kids younger than 10.
It said the company's actions may have helped fuel so-called "cosmeticorexia" - an unhealthy obsession with skincare in young people
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Facebook Verified pictures show a US command and control aircraft has been destroyed at an air base in Saudi Arabia.
The pictures appear to have been first shared by a Facebook page carrying US military news. They show the E-3 Sentry aircraft appears to have been split in two.
We've confirmed the photos were taken at the Prince Sultan air base about 100km (62 miles) south-east of the Saudi capital Riyadh. Features seen in the pictures
