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On the Chinese internet, resurrecting a loved one is as easy as buying toilet paper or orange juice.

For just a few dollars, you can go on Taobao, the Chinese version of Amazon, upload a photo and commission a video of a deceased relative voicing the last words you never heard.

For a few hundred dollars more, advanced versions of these avatars can hold full-on conversations from beyond the grave.

Trump just eliminated taxes on tips, making good on one of his promises during the 2024 campaign. 

The law aims to provide relief for millions of service workers. But experts say that its effect will be limited — more than a third of service workers in the U.S. earned too little to pay taxes on their tips anyway, according to the Budget Lab at Yale University. 

Thousands of years from now, future civilisations visiting the Arctic island of Svalbard will stumble upon a treasure trove of data from our age: software from tech companies, documents from the Vatican Museum, famous works of art.

At least, that’s what the Arctic World Archive is counting on. The project, founded by data storage company Piql, says it has found a way to keep digital data safe for thousands of years, safe from everything from solar flares, to flooding, to nuclear bombs. The company says more than 60 institutions from 20 countries have deposited data in its vault, which was built inside the same coal mine as the famous Global Seed Vault.

Deep inside the mangrove forests of the Niger Delta, thousands of young men use makeshift equipment, risking arrest and accidents, to refine a valuable commodity: oil. 

They fill a pressing gap in Nigeria. Africa’s top petroleum producer can’t refine nearly enough oil to fulfil its citizens’ needs. As fuel prices have surged in the last year, demand is higher than ever for black market fuel. 

Fashion brands like Zara promised to be more sustainable. But their tactics tell a different story

With climate change and war making rice more costly, Indonesia hoped sorghum might boost food security. But would people eat it?

Globally, there are around 1,000 varieties of bananas but most of us will only ever come across one: the Cavendish. And the Cavendish is in trouble. 

Mangoes are the national fruit of India, but as many as half of the mangoes that are harvested in Krishnagiri district each year spoil before they even leave the farm. It’s part of a big problem that the world faces when it comes to its food supply.

Globally, more than half-a-trillion dollars’ worth of fresh fruit, vegetables and grains goes bad before it’s sold each year, according to consulting firm McKinsey.

Rice is a staple grain for half of humanity, but in places like Senegal farmers can’t grow enough of it.

When the global rice supply is hit by crisis - from climate change impacts and conflict to trade restrictions - Senegal feels the pain.

As climate change threatens coffee crops, Malaysian farmers hope a long-forgotten species could help coffee survive a warming world