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Ukraine is "ready for elections", President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, after US President Donald Trump repeated claims Kyiv was "using war" to avoid holding them. Zelensky's five-year term as president was due to end in May 2024, but elections...

Coupang chief executive officer Park Dae-jun resigned over his failure to prevent South Korea’s largest-ever data breach, which set off a regulatory and political backlash against the country’s dominant online retailer.The company said in a statement on Wednesday that...

Millions of Australian teens will no longer be allowed to use social media. Who wins and who loses out? Source link

James GallagherHealth and science correspondentShutterstockDr Edwige Kasper, a cancer geneticist at Rouen University Hospital, in France, who presented the initial data, told the investigation: "We have many children that have already developed a cancer."We have some children that have...

Teenagers affected by Australia's under 16 social media showed the BBC what happened when they tried to access their accounts. Source link

Indianapolis ZooThe Prince of Wales has paid tribute to pioneering elephant conservationist Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who died aged 83 at his home in Nairobi on Monday.Douglas-Hamilton spent his life studying and campaigning to protect African elephants, becoming a world-leading expert...

Brazil's parliament descended into chaos on Tuesday as conservative lawmakers continued to push a law which would reduce the prison sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro. One left-wing lawmaker was forcibly removed by police after trying to disrupt proceedings,...

Danielle Kaye,Business reporterandNatalie Sherman,Business reporterBut many Americans remain downbeat on the economy.Alaina Hunt, 37, who lost her job as a designer at a construction company in Oklahoma City, told the BBC her position was in part a casualty...

2 students shot at Kentucky State University, suspect arrested, officials say; Ricki Lake reunited with family photos found at flea market after wildfire Source link

In Australia, millions of kids' social media profiles are going dark, as the country's new social media ban takes effect for anyone under 16. Jo Ling Kent reports. Source link