Every wave of technology brings fear of lost jobs, and the new work it creates is harder to picture. In 1982 a London branch of the Musicians' Union called for a ban on synthesisers; instead they gave rise to a whole era of electronic music and new jobs for producers and programmers. Economist David Autor and colleagues estimated that more than 60 per cent of US jobs in 2018 were in specialties that did not exist in 1940. For AI, new work is already visible in a middle layer of people who deploy and govern the technology inside organisations. A Federal Reserve survey found 81 per cent of workers using generative AI said it saved them time, and UK job adverts for AI skills carried a 23 per cent wage premium.

Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka handed his resignation to parliament after questions were raised about his eligibility for office and his academic credentials. Gibran is the son of former president Joko Widodo, and his resignation came as Widodo publicly backed the president, Prabowo Subianto. Gibran had been elected vice president in 2024 as Prabowo's running mate. His candidacy was made possible by a 2023 Constitutional Court ruling on the minimum age for candidates, which was itself controversial. Parliament will now consider the resignation.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.