Actors including Matt Lucas, Hugh Bonneville and Nicola Coughlan have written to the UK government demanding greater protection against their voices being used by AI.The performers are asking Prime Minister…
Episode detailsWorld Service,28 Aug 2026,23 minsAvailable for over a year“It's a distortion of real pressures. When I'm analysing trends around men…they are wanting to lean into what being a man…
Episode detailsWorld Service,27 Aug 2026,26 minsAvailable for over a yearThere have been a lot of sanctions programmes against Iran. But this week US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Operation Economic…
Episode detailsWorld Service,27 Aug 2026,23 minsPower players: Evergrande and the unraveling of China’s property boomBusiness DailyAvailable for over a yearFor years, China’s property boom helped drive the country’s extraordinary economic…
US President Donald Trump announced an unprecedented US push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela's vast oil reserves, betting that American companies can revive the OPEC nation's battered…
The Italian arm of food delivery platform Deliveroo said today it would hike the pay for its workers by 40%, months after Milan prosecutors placed it under court administration for…
Canada's economy rebounded sharply in the second quarter after six months of virtually no growth, aided by a strong jump in exports and solid domestic demand, data showed today. The…
CBRE Hotels has confirmed that the Fitzwilliam Hotel Belfast is up for sale, with a guide price of over £32m. Opened in 2009, The Fitzwilliam Hotel has 146 bedrooms and…
The Department of Foreign Affairs spent almost €17,000 on accommodation for the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland and nearly €15,000 on flights for a diplomat and family members posted…
A veteran Bus Éireann employee blocked from seeking medical retirement because he was taking a personal injuries case, claiming he was injured by decades of using power tools on the…
There will be a "period of uncertainty" as artificial intelligence penetrates the Irish economy and expands across companies, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Peter Burke has said. Peter Burke…
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has launched a new online resource highlighting scam ads and texts that are becoming increasingly sophisticated and more costly. The ASA's 'Scam Ads Info Hub'…