A man drowned while trying to cross a river in the republic of Buryatia on foot on Thursday, regional authorities said.

Pep Guardiola took over from Manuel Pellegrini in 2016. Here we chart the trophy-laden decade that followed …

It was confirmed on 1 February that Pep Guardiola would be heading to east Manchester to try his hand at English football. Behind the scenes, plenty went on to create a squad suited to him but, in truth, it was a season of transition as the new head coach investigated who could fit into his system and what needed to change. It was soon apparent how influential the era-defining Kevin De Bruyne would be for Guardiola, as his class in midfield shone. City showed promise but finished third in the Premier League and were knocked out by Monaco in the Champions League last 16 as the new head coach began without a trophy.

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What does a surge in ocean temperatures, compounded with El Niño, bode for the summer?

An enormous marine heatwave off the US west coast is ringing alarm bells among ocean and atmospheric scientists as new data shows its ecological and environmental effects are intensifying.

The unusual area of warm water has persisted since peaking in size during September 2025 and still stretches thousands of miles from the California coastline – more than halfway across the Pacific – affecting a vast triangle-shaped region of oceanic habitats from Hawaii to British Columbia and southward to Mexico.

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Authorities are cracking down on rights activists fighting for Indigenous people threatened by authoritarianism, extractivism and climate breakdown

The operation began at 9am Moscow time, but took place across all of Russia’s 11 time zones. Almost simultaneously, agents of the federal security service (FSB) raided the homes and workplaces of 17 Indigenous rights activists.

Officers carried out searches, confiscated laptops and phones, and arrested and interrogated activists about participation in international forums. Most were let go; many have since left the country. Others remain in Russia, but will no longer speak up.

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Make what you will of Elon Musk, his rocketry firm is a marvel of free markets.

Met een doorlopende dienst voorkomt kerkgemeente Open Hof al anderhalf jaar dat de familie Babayants wordt uitgezet naar Oezbekistan. Ondanks de vermoeidheid groeit de vastberadenheid, zegt predikant Kasper Jager. „Ik ben een activist van de zachte kracht”.

Workday is hoping to boost its revenue and margins by using AI agents instead of hiring people, according to its CEO. After announcing revenue growth, Aneel Bhusri – the company co-founder who was reinstated as CEO in February – said his aspiration is to keep headcount the same while sustaining growth and increasing margins by harnessing AI. "I'd love to see us continue the growth that we had in Q1, but keep headcount as close to flat for the year as possible because we are getting the benefits of using our own products and other AI tools. That's where I'm hopeful and believe that we're going to have additional margin expansion as we get those benefits. That's different than what my view was coming in three months ago." In its Q1 results ended April 30, Workday recorded net profit of $222 million versus $68 million in the prior year, when the bottom line was hit by restructuring expenses. Revenue generated for the three months was $2.54 billion, up 13.5 percent year-on-year. The results beat market expectations and Workday forecast higher margins for the rest of the year, sending its share price up 10 percent in after-hours trading. Bhusri's aspiration to keep headcount flat while increasing revenue and margins follows a roller-coaster ride of public statements on employment plans. In February 2025, Workday announced an 8.5 percent cut to its global workforce – 1,750 positions – as it "intended to prioritize its investments and continue advancing Workday’s ongoing focus on durable growth," an SEC filing said. In June 2025, CFO Zane Rowe told an investment conference that the SaaS biz planned to rehire the same number of people, although with different roles. "We will be hiring back. We wanted to make sure everyone understood that this is not us reducing," he said. Nonetheless, in September 2025, then CEO Carl Eschenbach seemingly reversed the plan, telling investors it was "consolidating and streamlining the organization model" and did not "need more headcount to drive the business forward." By February 2026, Eschenbach was out the door as Workday said it would lay off about 2 percent of its staff in a bid to align with its "highest priorities." Shareholders may be delighted that Workday can now expand without having to increase the size of its workforce. But for a company that relies on organizations hiring people to create demand for its HR software, it seems like a strange example to set. ®

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Ja en @azielzoeker is ook maar een username, meneer speelt klaarblijkelijk graag met taal, want hij is gewoon in Nederland geboren en dus een Nederlander, hoewel hij in zijn vlogs steeds nadrukkelijk het onderscheid maakt tussen Nederlanders (hunnie) en buitenlanders (wij). Afijn, geen idee of dit onder manosphere valt verder maar op school in Nieuw West heeft deze knakker in ieder geval niet veel meegekregen van de gelijkheid tussen man en vrouw, want hij doet hier zijn visie uit de doeken en lijkt oprecht verbaasd over wat buiten zijn biotoop klaarblijkelijk allemaal normaal is. Te weten: zelf werken (en mogelijk nog veel verdienen ook), koffiedrinken met de buurman, bikini's dragen. Lijkt ons een uitstekende verkooppitch voor de liefde zoals we 'm hier kennen, maar dat is natuurlijk een kwestie van perspectief.

Hoe dan ook, zin in een relatie met een Nederlandse vrouw nu.

De Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie WHO meldt een nieuw besmettingsgeval in de hantavirusuitbraak op cruiseschip Hondius. Het gaat om een bemanningslid dat in Tenerife van boord ging, naar Nederland werd gerepatrieerd en sindsdien in isolatie verblijft, meldt de NOS.