New technologies make jobs less labor-intensive and the labor market more global. Employers who benefit from it should be prepared to make concessions to their workers in return, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said. “It’s quite possible that the future belongs to the four-day week as the foundation of the social labor contract,” Medvedev…

Child spies as young as 15 are being put at risk of “extreme brutality” by terrorists and drug gangs, according to a kids charity that has forced a judicial review. They accuse the UK government of neglecting children’s safety. Just for Kids Law brought the case against the UK Home Office to the High Court…

Chinese authorities have invited the Indian government to join efforts to effectively offset the potential impact of “protectionist“ and “unilateral“ trade practices implemented by the US across the world over recent months. According to Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Hanhui, “trade frictions between China and the US and the specter of trade frictions between the…

As Western powers that once colonized Africa find themselves drawn back to the continent over its vast mineral riches, what can they do to divert attention? Why, blame Russia, of course! Enter the Guardian, flogging – but not actually showing – alleged documents purporting to show the Kremlin plotting and scheming in Africa, involving none…

Justin Bieber on Sunday called out Tom Cruise for a fight in the UFC octagon – endorsed by none other than Conor McGregor – to add perhaps the weirdest and least expected chapter to the combat sports world’s already odd landscape. Picture this: it’s the year 2025. Harry Styles has just posted an Instagram video…

A Conservative member brought leadership hopeful Esther McVey’s campaign launch to a chaotic end, rushing to the podium to deliver an angry diatribe in protest at British MPs’ failure to deliver Brexit. The protester directed his rage at the media who had gathered to hear McVey pitch her leadership credentials and outline why she was…

A refugee in the notorious Manus Island migrant detention camp has set himself on fire, becoming the latest in a rapidly growing list of inmates who have reportedly attempted suicide or self-harm. The Somalian man, aged about 30, set himself alight in the East Lorengau camp on Monday, according to SBS News, who cite Manus…

Finland’s Coast Guard sent a patrol boat to inspect a peculiar “three-headed sea monster” making its way thought the mist along the nation’s border. However, the mysterious object was not quite a deep-sea creature. The Coast Guard officers were in for a surprise when they noticed an unusual vessel traversing the foggy waters of the…

Former Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey, who is bidding to take Theresa May’s crown as Tory leader, was excruciatingly snubbed by her former TV colleague Lorraine Kelly during a live broadcast. Good Morning Britain co-presenter Susanna Reid, with McVey in vision via video link, asked Kelly in her studio: “Do you remember Esther McVey…

Number four seed Dominic Thiem battled past Serbian tennis superstar Novak Djokovic in a marathon rain-affected French Open semi-final at Roland Garros to book his place in Sunday’s final. Austria’s Thiem responded the better of the two when the pair returned to the court on Saturday to resume their semi-final clash and, after a second…