Britain's Technology Secretary has today chaired international talks on the future of technological development.

In recent times free speech has been a controversial topic in Western civil society. This month the government passed new legislation which seeks to protect and promote free speech at British universities.

UK junior doctors plan to strike in June over pay concerns, highlighting the need for government action to address their demands for fair compensation.

After months of protests, an agreement has been made between the government and unions regarding the increase of NHS staff wages. Several NHS workers are rejecting the offer and will continue to strike until their demands are met.

Europe is racing to step up its production of batteries and electric vehicles as the European Union has set a 2035 deadline to phase out the sale of new fossil fuel cars.

The alarming statistics have triggered a wider discussion among healthcare professionals and policymakers.

Sexual assault protests led by Olympic medalists, in New Delhi continue.

According to a new study, children in England are better at reading than anywhere else in the Western world.

Canada's government struck a deal with 120,000 federal workers on Monday, effectively ending the country's largest public-sector strike ever that had crippled services from passport renewals to immigration for almost two weeks.

French police clashed with hundreds of black-clad anarchists in Paris and other cities during union-led protests against President Emmanuel Macron's increase in the retirement age, as workers staged Labour Day rallies across Europe.

When Macron attended a football match on Saturday, he was met with activists waving red cards.

Adding to the recent wave of strike action across the UK in recent months, traffic wardens are set to strike during the King's coronation unless a pay dispute can be settled in time.

Members of the union rejected a government pay offer on Friday and immediately announced an escalation in strike action.

Some 380,000 people took to the streets nationwide on Thursday in the latest day of union-led action against the bill since January.

Britain's economy stagnated in February as strikes by public workers hit output but a bounce in January was stronger than first thought, meaning a recession is a bit less likely to be brewing in early 2023, official data showed.

France's proposed pension program is similar in some ways to other countries. However, French citizens oppose this plan and demand a better solution.

If the law is approved, it remains to be seen if unions will call more strikes.

European aviation is gearing up for Easter travel disruptions marked by strikes and cancellations, in a major test of the industry's ability to prevent a repeat of last year's summer holiday season chaos.

Macron said that nationwide union-led protests and strikes against contentious pension reforms prevented France from hosting Charles in the manner it had hoped.

Britons already reeling from the biggest rise in food prices since 1977 may have to get used to shortages of fresh vegetables as soaring costs and unpredictable weather hit domestic production.

A state visit to France by Britain's King Charles III, which had been due to begin on Sunday, was postponed because of the unrest.

Opposition parties are hoping the Council will rule against the government over the reform because of the way it was forced through parliament without a vote.

Police fired tear gas and fought with violent black-clad anarchists in Paris and across France on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of protesters marched against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the pension age.

The strike call by the offshore oil and gas workers is set to hit several rigs from March 29 and until June 7 in a series of 24, 48 and 72-hour stoppages.

French President Emmanuel Macron drew an angry response from unions and opposition parties on Wednesday when he said he would press on with plans to raise the pension age, rejecting calls for a U-turn in response to growing public anger.

There is more transparency around gender pay gap reporting, which will help address the gap. However, pay differences persist in both the US and the UK.

A group of technicians at Nissan Motor Co's Smyrna, Tennessee, factory voted overwhelmingly against joining a union on Thursday, marking yet another defeat for organized labor in the U.S. South.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hailed the agreement as "affordable for the taxpayer" and allowing his government "to deliver on my promise to halve inflation".

From nurses to lawyers, staff hit by a cost-of-living crisis have been striking across the economy.

Britain on Wednesday unveils a new cost-of-living budget, including more help on soaring energy bills, but the government is set to stand firm on rising public sector pay demands as the country endures a fresh wave of strikes.