Will Sunday's snap election gamble pay off for Japan's first female premier?Shaimaa KhalilTokyo correspondentEPAWill Sanae Takaichi's election gamble pay off?Japan heads to the polls again on Sunday for its second general election in as many years. The snap vote has caught the ruling party, the opposition and much of the electorate off guard.Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister,...

Bangladesh election: Can India reset ties with a BNP-led governmentAfter the landslide: Can India reset ties with a BNP-led Bangladesh?Soutik BiswasIndia correspondentNurPhoto via Getty ImagesTarique Rahman has signalled that Bangladesh will chart its course independent of both India and PakistanWhen the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) swept to a landslide in the general elections on Friday,...

We had sex in a Chinese hotel, then found we had been broadcast to thousandsWanqing ZhangBBC Global China Unit and Eye InvestigationsBBCOne night in 2023, Eric was scrolling on a social media channel he regularly browsed for porn. Seconds into a video, he froze.He realised the couple he was watching - entering the room, setting down their bags, and later, having sex - was himself and his...

Oura launches a proprietary AI model focused on women’s health Oura announced on Tuesday that it’s launching its first proprietary AI model to enable its AI chatbot, Oura Advisor, to deliver personalized insights around women’s health. The company says the model supports questions spanning the full reproductive health spectrum, from early menstrual cycles through menopause.  The...

Will the Pentagon’s Anthropic controversy scare startups away from defense work? In just over a week, negotiations over the Pentagon’s use of Anthropic’s Claude technology fell through, the Trump administration designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk, and the AI company said it would fight that designation in court. OpenAI, meanwhile, quickly announced a deal of its own, prompting backlash...