Opinion

Artificial intelligence used for real-world, hands-on tasks -- so-called physical AI -- was in focus this year in Hanover at the world's biggest industrial technology fair, which brings together more than 3,000 exhibitors.

The tragedy in Emmarentia, which saw a road collision spiral into a fatal shooting, has once again brought concerns about road rage into sharp focus.

Vast tracts of Indonesian rainforest home to endangered orangutans have been cleared for plantations supplying a maker of "carbon-neutral" packaging, an investigation by AFP and The Gecko Project has found.

In March, a group of 20- and 30-somethings in the US capital swapped their smartphones for basic flip phones and embarked on a one-month digital detox, part of an emerging movement of young Americans seeking to break free from the harmful effects of social media.

Tens of thousands of people went missing in the gang wars that throttled El Salvador for decades until President Nayib Bukele began his crackdown four years ago.