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Trump’s growing impatience to end Ukraine war is a concern for Kyiv
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been careful not to criticise or reject this US draft peace deal - even though it appears to heavily reflect many of Moscow's demands. On Thursday, the White House pushed back on claims Ukraine...
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St Mary’s School in Niger state: Pupils abducted from Nigerian Catholic school
An unknown number of pupils have been abducted by armed men from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, marking the second school kidnapping in less than a week. The latest attack targeted St Mary's School in Papiri, Niger state,...
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South African women call purple protest at G20 over gender violence
Khanyisile Ngcobo, Nomsa Maseko,BBC Africa, Johannesburg and Danai Nesta KupembaAFP via Getty ImagesPrudence joined the group after she was raped in 2022. "I said: 'No'. I screamed, I cried but he didn't take no for an answer," she told...
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Bengaluru: Men posing as Reserve Bank of India officials pull off $800,000 heist
Armed men posing as officials from India's central bank have robbed a vehicle transporting 70m rupees ($800,000; £600,000) in the southern state of Karnataka, police say.A massive operation has been launched to find the men who robbed the van...
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Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev: Putin propagandist or key to peace with Ukraine?
Paul Kirby,Europe digital editor and BBC MonitoringBloomberg via Getty ImagesIt is claimed that Dmitriev has accumulated a real estate fortune with his wife, TV presenter Natalia Popova.Popova is a friend and colleague of Vladimir Putin's daughter, Katerina Tikhonova -...
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Miss Universe: Mexico’s Fatima Bosch, who walked out on organisers, wins pageant
Joel Guinto,in Singapore and Panisa Aemocha,in BangkokReutersBut while the controversies highlight the business side of Miss Universe, former queens continue to use their platform to promote their causes. The 2018 titleholder, Catriona Gray, urged her 13.8 million Instagram followers...
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Cuter and closer: Raccoons may be on their way to becoming America’s next pet
Raccoons may be inching closer to becoming America's next pet.Affectionately referred to as trash pandas, the masked mammals known for rummaging rubbish bins for easy food, are evolving based on their proximity to humans , even starting to look...
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Cannon, coins recovered from
A cannon, three coins and a porcelain cup were among the first objects Colombian scientists recovered from the depths of the Caribbean Sea where the mythical Spanish galleon San José sank in 1708 after being...
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Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for nearly $55 million, shattering record for female artists
A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for $54.7 million at a New York art auction, becoming the top sale price for a work by any female artist. The painting of Kahlo...
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Vietnam: At least 41 dead as relentless rains flood central region
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