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NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty ImagesAccording to the author of a recent book, Narcotraffic, Europe's poison, "France is at the heart of the geopolitics of drugs. With its two major ports of Marseille and Le Havre, it has an ideal...

A massive volley of Russian missiles and drones killed at least 25 people — including two children — across Ukraine overnight in one of the biggest aerial attacks since Moscow launched its full-scale war in...

Divers in Colombia discovered a big haul of cocaine underneath a ship that was preparing to set sail for Europe, the country's navy announced Tuesday.Navy crew members at a port on the Pacific coast conducted...

Larry Summers, a former Treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton and the former president of Harvard University, has resigned from the board of the tech company OpenAI, according to statements released Wednesday."Larry has decided to resign from the OpenAI...

Most corporate turnarounds fail before they start — not because of market conditions or flawed tactics, but because senior leadership fails to initiate the turnaround in the first place. Overcoming the psychological barriers that prevent change is the first...

The Kenyan authorities paid a network of trolls to threaten and intimidate young protesters during recent anti-government demonstrations, Amnesty International has said.A new report by the human rights organisation said government agencies also employed surveillance and disinformation to target...

Faisal IslamEconomics editorBBCGoogle's ultra-private CEO Sundar Pichai is showing me around Googleplex, its California headquarters. A walkway runs along the length of it, passing by a giant dinosaur skeleton, a beach volleyball pitch and dozens of Googlers lunching under...

Former US treasury secretary Larry Summers is stepping down from the board at OpenAI, a week after a tranche of emails between him and late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released. Summers said in a statement to the...

A South Korean passenger ferry carrying 246 passengers and 21 crew has run aground on rocks off the country's south-east coast.The Queen Jenuvia 2 is stuck on a reef and unable to move, but there is currently no risk...

London — Britain warned Russia on Wednesday that it was ready to deal with any incursions into its territory after the spy ship Yantar was...