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UN experts have condemned police crackdowns, warning they deter demonstrators from exercising their rights.
UN experts have condemned police crackdowns, warning they deter demonstrators from exercising their rights.
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<p>Software giant reports $36.6bn in profit, beating Wall Street expectations, as Azure cloud computing division grows 48%</p><p>Microsoft gained billions of dollars in stock market value Wednesday afternoon after it reported better than expected revenue and profit, just days after it offered voluntary buyouts to some 60,000 employees.</p><p>The office software giant’s growth was fueled by its Azure cloud computing division, which grew by 48% in the September quarter.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/28/microsoft-earnings">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Lawmakers, activists and union leaders across the US remember the co-founder of United Farm Workers union</p><p>Following the news that Dolores Huerta – the civil rights icon who popularized the rallying cry “Sí, se puede! – had died at the age of 96 on Wednesday, activists, lawmakers and civil rights leaders paid tribute to Hureta’s long and lasting legacy.</p><p>In California – where Huerta helped found the United Farm Workers (UFW) union – her death was deeply felt. It was in California’s central valley that she laid the foundations for the United Farm Workers, and helped organize the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/workers-united-the-delano-grape-strike-and-boycott.htm">1965 Delano grape strike</a> – a national boycott of table grapes that resulted in better wages and working conditions for grape pickers. Several schools in California bear her name, and murals across the state depict her likeness. And in 2018, California declared 10 April – her birthday – Dolores Huerta Day.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/dolores-huerta-tributes">Continue reading...</a>
<p>CBS News editor-in-chief sidesteps viewership concerns and says flagship show doing ‘tremendously well’</p><p>CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has spoken publicly for the first time about the ratings challenges the network has experienced under her year-long tenure, sidestepping concerns about diminished viewership at the Sunday show 60 Minutes by saying it was not her top priority.</p><p>“I could never build anything if I were focused on the precise number of people that happen to tune in to the second feature on 60 Minutes on a given Sunday,” <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/cbs-bari-weiss-tells-critics-judge-journalism">she said at an industry conference</a> on Wednesday organized by the tech publication the Information. The news organization did not offer press credentials.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/28/bari-weiss-cbs-news-60-minutes">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Information released by Distributed Denial of Secrets is the third such government data disclosure in the last month</p><p>The leak website Distributed Denial of Secrets said on Wednesday it has released data on more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees, including details about officials working in sensitive fields such as surveillance and human intelligence.</p><p>DHS did not immediately return a message seeking comment.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/homeland-security-data-leak">Continue reading...</a>