Millions of people around the world are missing from official population surveys, leaving governments uninformed about the countries they rule, according to a new study.

Israeli fire killed at least 44 Palestinians in Gaza on Friday, many who were seeking food aid, local officials said, while the United Nations' children's agency said the scarcity of drinking water was at a crisis point.

These days, empires rarely admit they are empires. They speak of civilisation, of security, of shared history & all while projecting power and extracting obedience. Most European empires disintegrated in the second half of the 20th century, and European nations quickly discarded much, if not quite all, of the imperialist mindset.

Pope Leo XIV has warned that artificial intelligence could affect the intellectual, neurological and spiritual development of young people as he pressed one of the priorities of his young pontificate.