52 h. ago The prestige tech job being decimated by AI as graduate, 21, expecting six figure starting salary says she could only get interview at Chipotle

College graduates who had big dreams of landing cushy tech jobs are struggling to stay afloat in a competitive job market overtaken by AI.

Economics

3 d. ago From dentist to artist: Sudanese exile turns to photography as an outlet for trauma

Hashim Nasr’s striking images are winning awards and gaining attention across the globe‘For me, red is always a representation of blood and losing people, so I tend to use this red fabric to represent our trauma.” The Sudanese photographer Hashim Nasr is talking about how the war in his homeland has influenced his work.Before the start of the conflict in 2023, the figures in his photographs were often covered in flowers or holding heart shapes, challenging stereotypes of masculinity. Now, flowing red fabric representing trauma, loss and bloodshed is a frequent motif. Continue reading...

Culture

3 d. ago Jobs market cools further over economic concerns and rising costs

Figures showed growth in starting salaries also slowed to its lowest level for more than four years as firms tightened their recruitment budgets.

Economics

6 d. ago Premier League ticket warning as thousands of fans conned out of £2.5million

Startling figures released by Lloyds and the Home Office reveal that fraud victims coughed up an average of £218 for tickets that did not exist last season

Events

3 w. ago How Labour is 'taxing the high street into bankruptcy': Family

Startling figures recorded by one council reveal an independent pub was stung by a 226 per cent hike in fees, costing them almost £17,000 for one year

Economics

3 w. ago Young, educated and knee deep in rubbish: the recyclers cleaning up in Cairo’s Garbage City

Piles of waste line the streets of Manshiyet Nasr, turning it into a no-go zone for many. But a new generation see themselves as agents of change in the fight against plastic pollutionWhen Mina Nedi graduated with a nursing degree last year, his friends and family expected him to start working in one of Egypt’s overstretched hospitals. Instead, the 25-year-old decided to join his father’s recycling business in Manshiyet Nasr, a neighbourhood on Cairo’s eastern outskirts known as Garbage City.Every day, he sorts through thousands of plastic bottles, collected by a team of men who roam the city at night to pick up rubbish, separating them by colour and compressing them into large bundles with the help of a machine, ready to be sold for recycling and reuse.Mina Nedi, 25, has been working as a plastic collector for five years and funded his university education with it Continue reading...

Politics