The winter morning was cloaked in thick fog. Our car swerved past horse-drawn carriages, a mode of transport still popular in the rural reaches of the eastern Indian state of Bihar, the trotting horses and turbaned coachmen looking like shadowy apparitions in the pearly-white mist. After spending a night in the town of Bodhgaya, the […]

BBC reported that at least 650 girls have been poisoned by toxic gas in Iran since November, in what many believe is a deliberate attempt to force their schools to shut. No girls have died, but dozens have suffered respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue. “It became evident that some people wanted all schools, especially […]

BBC reported that police in Ecuador have found almost 8.8 tonnes of cocaine in a shipment of bananas bound for Belgium. Police commander Fausto Salinas said the drugs would have been worth an estimated $330m (£275m) had they reached their destination. Ecuador has become one of the main transit countries for cocaine produced in neighbouring […]

BBC reported that the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority have announced a joint commitment to take immediate steps to end a surge in violence. The move has emerged from rare talks in Jordan, also attended by US and Egyptian officials. The meeting agreed to support confidence-building steps and “to work towards a just and […]

BBC reported that at least 58 migrants, including a baby, have died and dozens more have survived after their overloaded boat sank in rough seas off southern Italy. The vessel reportedly broke apart while trying to land with about 150 people aboard near the coastal town of Crotone in the Calabria region. Many bodies have […]

BBC reported that vote counting is under way in Nigeria’s tightest presidential election since military rule ended in 1999. Turnout appeared to be high, with many young, first-time voters arriving before dawn to cast their ballots. Saturday’s voting was marred by long delays at polling stations, as well as scattered reports of ballot box snatching […]

BBC reported that finance ministers of the world’s largest economies have failed to agree on a closing statement following a summit in India, after China refused to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Beijing declined to accept parts of a G20 statement that deplored Russia’s aggression “in the strongest terms”. Moscow said “anti-Russian” Western countrie...

Four people have been arrested after the dismembered body of a model and influencer was found at a house in a Hong Kong village. Abby Choi was first reported missing on Wednesday and grisly details about her death have now been released by police. Her 28-year-old ex-husband was arrested over the murder on Saturday while […]

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Freelance journalist Mir Ali Koçer was 200 miles from the epicentre when Turkey was struck by a deadly earthquake on 6 February. Grabbing his camera and microphone, he drove down to the affected region to interview survivors. He shared stories of survivors and rescuers on Twitter and is now under investigation on suspicion of spreading […]

BBC reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he plans to meet China’s leader Xi Jinping to discuss Beijing’s proposals on ending the war in Ukraine. Speaking on the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, he said the proposal signalled that China was involved in the search for peace. “I really want to believe […]

BBC reported that a Nigerian politician has been arrested for alleged money laundering after being caught with $498,100 (£414,000) in cash a day before general elections. The piles of US dollars were found by police inside Chinyere Igwe’s car. Igwe, an opposition PDP member of the House of Representatives, was also caught with a list […]

BBC reported that parts of usually balmy southern California are under their first blizzard warning since 1989. The winter storm that started rolling into the Golden State on Thursday started to intensify on Friday. A massive storm has already brought major blizzards and temperatures far below freezing to much of the northern US. The cold […]

BBC reported that United States President Joe Biden has named Indian-American businessman Ajay Banga as the US pick to lead the World Bank. The move comes as the US increases pressure on the bank to put more emphasis on tackling climate change. Ajay Banga led credit card giant Mastercard for more than a decade and […]

BBC reported that the UN General Assembly in New York has overwhelmingly backed a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly a year ago. It called for the withdrawal of troops from Ukraine and a halt to fighting. The motion was backed by 141 nations with 32 abstaining and seven – including Russia – voting […]

Japanese motor industry giants Toyota and Honda say they have agreed to give their workers in the country the biggest pay rises in decades. They are the latest firms in the world’s third largest economy to increase wages as prices jump. Official figures published last month showed Japan’s rate of inflation was at its highest […]

BBC reported that rescuers have found the bodies of all four people on board a small plane which crashed into an active Philippines volcano last week. Authorities on Thursday confirmed the deaths of the two Filipino pilots and two Australian passengers. Search teams had scoured the slopes of the Mayan volcano since Sunday, when the […]

BBC reported that a TV reporter and a nine-year-old girl have been fatally shot outside Orlando, Florida, near the scene of a murder that took place hours earlier. A second reporter and the girl’s mother were also shot and injured by the same gunman, who police say is suspected of the homicide earlier on Wednesday. […]

BBC reported that a high school student has reportedly stabbed a Spanish teacher to death in a school in the French town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Local prosecutor Jerome Bourrier has confirmed the attack to news agency AFP, with local media saying the incident took place in a class on Wednesday (22) morning. Authorities have confirmed that […]

US President Joe Biden’s administration has unveiled a plan that would make it harder for migrants to claim asylum once Covid border controls lift in May. It would require adult asylum seekers to use an app to book a meeting with US officials or first claim asylum in another country before reaching the US. Failure […]

At least one person has died after a tropical cyclone battered Madagascar’s east coast, with heavy rain and powerful winds tearing roofs off houses and triggering a storm surge. Cyclone Freddy made landfall on Tuesday, weeks after another tropical storm killed 33 and left thousands without shelter. Schools have been shut and traffic has been […]