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Social media influencers face competition from virtual models

Lower costs and more creative control over content attract businesses towards virtual models. But influencers say they can co-exist with AI

Looking straight at the sun during the eclipse, even for a few seconds, can trigger long-lasting eye damage, say experts

The United States has approved the sale of tens of millions of dollars in military equipment to aid Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza

“You only need to look around the world to think that we need to be doing and spending more,” said a New Zealand diplomat

The latest row on social media blew up last week after the Scottish government passed a law criminalizing hate speech

The employment rate fell for the sixth month in a row due to a population boom and now stands at 61.4 percent

Researchers said the rise in cases is linked to increased life expectancy and changes in the age pyramid around the world

California, which has the fifth-largest economy in the world, has some of the strictest environmental standards in the US

Attacks on freedom of expression, interference at universities and the imprisonment of researchers are some ways academic freedom is declining

The White House warning comes after Israel killed seven aid workers unloading food in famine-threatened Gaza on Monday