SYDNEY( Reuters)-Whichever party takes the reins of power at Australia's election on Saturday faces an economic road pitted with pot holes, from runaway inflation to rising interest rates, ballooning debt and an over-heated housing market. Much of this is beyond the control of any government, but the winners will still be under pressure to ease the cost-of-living crisis without stimulating yet more inflation. They will also take the blame should rates have to rise so fast that they tip the econo

Seen on the screen of a device in Sausalito, Calif., Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces the company's new name, Meta, during a virtual event on Oct.... But it's just as easy to imagine dystopian downsides.... Or ends up with the same big tech companies that have tried to control the current internet serving as gatekeepers to its virtual-reality edition?...

Suppose the metaverse also enables a vastly larger, yet more personal version of the harassment and hate that Facebook has been slow to deal with on today’s internet?... Or foregoes any attempt to curtail user freedom, allowing scammers, human traffickers and cybergangs to commit crimes with impunity?... Part of that could rely on systems that help someone build a good reputation and network of trusted acquaintances they can carry across different worlds, he said....

the United States Customs and Border Protection – due to allegations of forced and bonded labour

Robin Harper, who was first elected in 1999, spoke to ITVand warned his Green colleagues about working with the SNPwhich could ultimately harm their future.... He explained the Green Party was at its strongest currently but feared disagreements with the SNP or backing policies unpopular with their voters due to their new Holyrood power-sharing deal could spell disaster.... The ongoing issue with Cambo Oil, which has put the SNP and Greens at odds with one another, could threaten the legitimacy

on workers’ rights, a Labour source said the party “ has transformed its relationship with business

ISLAMABAD: Building on the success of the first phase, the International Labour Organisation( ILO

Labour minister was accused of being “ more right wing than Michael Gove ” in a brutal attack over

Angela Rayner's workers rights bill was given a red-rated rating by the watchdog( Image: Getty) A

Labour’s employment rights revamp will pave the way for a ￡5.5 billion wage rise for carers, an