Syria’s only woman minister Hind Kabawat on challenges of rebuildingSyria's only female minister pushes for change: 'I'm not here for window dressing'Lyse Doucet,chief international correspondentandLina Shaikhouni,BBC World Service, SyriaBBCHind Kabawat says she would not stay in the role if she was not free to set her own strategy"On the first day, I asked 'why are there no more women?'," says...

Somehow, Apple's Brand-New MacBook Is Cheaper Than Its Brand-New HeadphonesApple is full of surprises lately. Last week, the company released its cheapest laptop ever, the MacBook Neo, priced at $499 for students with Apple's education discount. (Non-education folk will pay $599 for the colorful budget machine.)But just five days after Neo arrived, Apple made an unexpected announcement:...

150 Years After the First Phone Call, We're Still Looking for 1-on-1 ConnectionsMy interview with William Caughlin, the head of AT&T Archives and History Center, started with an ironic twist. Our Microsoft Teams video call failed, so we ended up talking over the "regular" phone. Perhaps "regular" isn't entirely accurate, given the infrastructure. But it was fitting for the topic of our...

The Clicks Communicator Will Have Keyboard Layouts in Arabic, French, German, KoreanThe Clicks Communicator created a buzz after its CES reveal, with its focus on offering a communications-forward Android phone that looks like a BlackBerry, complete with a physical keyboard, prioritizing messaging and typing over everything else. It turns out the keyboard phone may have made a bigger...

UK does not 'agree with Trump on every issue' says CooperForeign Secretary Yvette Cooper has hit back at President Trump's criticism of the UK response to the conflict in Iran.Appearing on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Cooper said: "It won't surprise you that we don't agree with President Trump on every issue."It's the prime minister's job to "take decisions in the UK's national interest... not...