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1-MIN READ1-MIN ListenReutersPublished: 6:14am, 21 Jun 2026⁠Britain’s Observer newspaper said ⁠UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was expected to resign on Monday and set out a timetable for his departure, though a government source ‌said the leader remained focused on getting on with the job of governing.
The threat to Starmer’s position, which has been building for months, increased sharply on Friday when his rival Andy Burnham won a ⁠seat in parliament that would allow him to launch a ‌formal leadership challenge.
The Observer report said Starmer was discussing the matter with his wife ‌at his Chequers country residence before making a final ⁠decision, ⁠but that senior Labour figures expected a clear statement on his future ‌as early as ..

In late April, China’s top intelligence agency claimed that foreign forces were weaponising the concept of “lying flat” to dispel young people’s “belief in striving” and undermine social values.
Once a niche subculture, “lying flat” has evolved into a mainstream phenomenon over the past five years.
“Lying flat” became a buzzword on Chinese social media around 2021 during the coronavirus pandemic. At the time, the phrase was usually applied to people who had completely dropped out of the rat…

A major tech event named 'Buildathon' in Dallas failed, drawing flak for organizer Ravi Raj Reddy, who said someone disconnected the Wi-Fi. A major tech event in Dallas, touted to be a pathbreaking hackathon, is at the centre of a major controversy as participants took to social media claiming that there was no Wi-Fi at what was supposed to be a 32-hour AI execution event. They said the event was so mismanaged that it had to be stopped in the middle and the organizers said the event would continue from home. But eventually, the event got canceled and in the wake of major controversy as participants paid for executive tickets, the organizers said there would be a full refund, and it was not a scam.AI Buildathom was promised as an event bringing together 1000+ developers, engineers, founders, recruiters and AI companies to build protection-ready applications. Unlike a traditional hackathon, it said it would do away with resume collecting, pitch decks, demo etc.Ravi Raj Reddy, o..

Usha Vance and JD Vance US vice president JD Vance has shared a personal story about his family's first reaction to learning that his future wife, Usha Vance, was of Indian origin.Speaking on British entrepreneur Steven Bartlett's Diary of a CEO podcast, Vance recalled that his mother asked a surprising question after learning about Usha's Indian heritage: “Which tribe?”Vance said that it was just a mere cultural misunderstanding rather than ill intent.Usha Vance, born Usha Bala Chilukuri, is the daughter of Indian immigrants who moved to US from the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Her family has deep roots in the Telugu-speaking community and includes several academics and educators. She was born and raised in California and later graduated from Yale University and Yale Law School.It was at Yale Law School that she met JD Vance. The two married in 2014 in an interfaith ceremony that included both Christian and Hindu traditions. Today, they have three children a..

For much of the 20th century, many were accustomed to thinking of people as an ever-expanding resource. As the number of people grew, so did labour markets, consumer markets, scientific communities, production systems and armies. In 1950, the world’s population was about 2.5 billion. In 2026, it is reaching 8.3 billion. In just 75 years, the population has increased more than 3.3 times.
In this sense, the current human population may turn out not to be a permanent norm, but a historical anomaly…