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Crisis-hit Pakistan has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over $3bn (£2.4bn) of funding. The deal, which still needs to be approved by the global lender’s board, comes after an eight-month delay. The South Asian nation is facing its worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1947. To help secure […]
- Pakistan’s ex-president, Pervez Musharraf dies aged 79 (Category: Breaking News)
- JP Morgan to take over First Republic bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Nearly 40 pupils killed by militants in Uganda school attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Protesters among prisoners pardoned by Iran leader (Category: Breaking News)
Lewis Hamilton says Formula 1 should consider further restrictions on car development to stop teams building long periods of domination. He said teams with superior cars can start work on their next design earlier than rivals as they need to spend less resources on the current season. “If everyone had a time [to start on […]
- Lewis Hamilton expects Red Bull to bounce back (Category: Breaking News)
- Max Verstappen fastest on first day of testing (Category: Breaking News)
- Verstappen wins to equal Ayrton Senna victories total (Category: Breaking News)
- Lewis Hamilton still has ‘100% faith’ in Mercedes despite struggles (Category: Breaking News)
The muted, panicked voice came through the phone of a friend who croaked she was very confidentially warning Cassandra and advising her. Yours truly was immediately panic infected. With deep emphasis and concern the friend took her time to advise that Cass withdraws all money from banks. Cass was for once glad she was poor […]
- Authorities warn of fake Cass County Jail checks (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Authorities warn of fake Cass County Jail checks (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Authorities warn of fake Cass County Jail checks (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Authorities warn of fake Cass County Jail checks (Category: USA, North Dakota)
Human remains are believed to have been found within the wreckage of the Titan submersible, the US Coast Guard says. Pieces from the sub, which imploded on a deep dive to the Titanic, were unloaded in St John’s, Canada, on Wednesday. Officials say the sub’s landing frame and a rear cover were found among the […]
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Taliban and China firm agree Afghanistan oil extraction deal (Category: Breaking News)
At least 77 people have been arrested in France during a second night of unrest triggered by the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old driver by police. The teenager, named as Nahel M, was shot at point-blank range as he refused a traffic stop and drove away. Videos shared on social media showed cars being set […]
- Protesters among prisoners pardoned by Iran leader (Category: Breaking News)
- Cocaine haul sparks hunt for Australian trio rescued at sea (Category: Breaking News)
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
- Three dead, six injured after US school shooting (Category: Breaking News)
Human remains are believed to have been found within the wreckage of the Titan submersible, the US Coast Guard says. Pieces from the sub, which imploded on a deep dive to the Titanic, were unloaded in St John’s, Canada, on Wednesday. Officials say the sub’s landing frame and a rear cover were found among the […]
- Cocaine haul sparks hunt for Australian trio rescued at sea (Category: Breaking News)
- Human remains thought to be found in Titan sub debris (Category: Breaking News)
- Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan’s ex-president, Pervez Musharraf dies aged 79 (Category: Breaking News)
South Koreans have become a year or two younger as a new law aligns the nation’s two traditional age-counting methods with international standards. The law scraps one traditional system that deemed South Koreans one year old at birth, counting time in the womb. Another counted everyone as ageing by a year every first day of […]
- Death toll rises as Hurricane Ian strengthens (Category: Breaking News)
- Cocaine haul sparks hunt for Australian trio rescued at sea (Category: Breaking News)
- UN condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine ahead of anniversary (Category: Breaking News)
- Three dead, six injured after US school shooting (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that the leader of Russia’s 24-hour mutiny, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has arrived in Belarus, three days after his Wagner mercenary group’s rebellion came to an end 200km (125 miles) south of Moscow. “Yes, indeed, he’s in Belarus today,” leader Alexander Lukashenko announced, claiming credit for arranging his exile. Prigozhin’s whereabouts had been a myste...
- Prigozhin buried in private funeral – Wagner chief’s press service (Category: Breaking News)
- Putin breaks silence over Prigozhin’s reported death (Category: Breaking News)
- Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin claims control of major Russian city Rostov-on-Don (Category: Breaking News)
- Wagner chief presumed dead after Russia plane crash (Category: Breaking News)
Leaders of India’s governing party have criticised former US President Barack Obama for his recent remarks on Muslims in the country. Mr Obama said in an interview last week that India may “start pulling apart” if the rights of minorities weren’t protected. He was responding to a question on how President Joe Biden should engage […]
- BBC India offices searched by income tax officials (Category: Breaking News)
- BBC India offices searched by income tax officials (Category: Breaking News)
- Search of BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai ends after three days (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi US visit: Why Washington is rolling out the red carpet for Indian PM (Category: Breaking News)
More people are injecting illegal drugs than previously thought, says a United Nations report on worldwide drug use. In all, 13.2 million people injected drugs in 2021, 18% more than previously estimated, said the Vienna-based UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Synthetic substances such as fentanyl and methamphetamine now dominate the illegal drug markets, […]
- Cocaine haul sparks hunt for Australian trio rescued at sea (Category: Breaking News)
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
- US drug regulator approves world’s first RSV vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Deadly riots grip Mexican state after drug arrest (Category: Breaking News)
The boss of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, says he has seized “all military facilities” in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don. The announcement comes hours after he threatened to topple Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. President Vladimir Putin said this was “a stab in the back” and pledged to punish those who had “betrayed” Russia. [...
- UN condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine ahead of anniversary (Category: Breaking News)
- Prigozhin buried in private funeral – Wagner chief’s press service (Category: Breaking News)
- Biden tells Zelensky his country will never stand alone (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky wants Xi Jinping meeting following China’s peace plan (Category: Breaking News)
Police in France and Belgium say they have arrested 19 members of gangs who sent people fake court summonses that accused them of viewing images of children being sexually abused. People who received the messages were threatened with prosecution and tricked into paying thousands of dollars in supposed fines. Police say the scam had been […]
- Three people dead after torrential rain in New Zealand (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand braces for storm after record floods (Category: Breaking News)
- Male contraceptive pill prototype stops sperm swimming (Category: Breaking News)
- US imposes Covid testing for visitors from China -BBC (Category: Breaking News)
A Russian diplomat has been squatting near Australia’s parliament in a row over the site where Russia wants to build its new embassy. The lone protest follows Australia’s decision last week to tear up the lease – granted in 2008 – citing national security grounds. Russia says it will challenge the move in the High […]
- US and China pledge to stabilise tense relationship after talks (Category: Breaking News)
- US, UK and Australia agree on nuclear submarine project (Category: Breaking News)
- Blinken begins talks in Beijing during high-stakes visit to China (Category: Breaking News)
- Suspect held after five killed in attack at Colorado nightclub (Category: Breaking News)
More than 30 migrants may have drowned after their boat sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, two charities have said. Walking Borders and Alarm Phone said the boat was carrying around 60 people. Spanish authorities said rescue workers found the bodies of a minor and a man, and rescued 24 other people […]
- US imposes Covid testing for visitors from China -BBC (Category: Breaking News)
- Pope Benedict XVI: Lying in state at the Vatican begins (Category: Breaking News)
- More heavy rain ahead for New Zealand’s largest city (Category: Breaking News)
- New Turkey earthquake leaves three dead and people trapped under rubble in Hatay (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that a German woman who joined the Islamic State (IS) group has been jailed for nine years for crimes including keeping a Yazidi woman as a slave. The defendant was also found guilty of crimes against humanity and membership of a foreign terrorist organisation. A court in the western city of Koblenz said […]
- Protesters among prisoners pardoned by Iran leader (Category: Breaking News)
- US President Biden chooses Lisa Franchetti to head military branch (Category: Breaking News)
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
- Death toll rises as Hurricane Ian strengthens (Category: Breaking News)
Manchester City captain Ilkay Gundogan will join Barcelona on a free transfer when his contract expires at the end of this month. Gundogan, 32, was offered a new contact by City but is thought to have negotiated a more lucrative three-year deal with the Spanish champions. City boss Pep Guardiola was keen to keep Gundogan, […]
- Police fire tear gas on IUSF protest near Education Ministry (Category: Breaking News)
- Former State Minister Vijayakala Maheswaran sustains serious injuries (Category: Breaking News)
- Canada slammed by Sri Lanka for allowing Indira’s murder to be glorified (Category: Breaking News)
- President Wickremesinghe expresses deep sorrow over train collision in Odisha (Category: Breaking News)
Thirty-seven people have been injured, four of them seriously, after a large explosion in central Paris. The blast took place in a building that housed a design school and the Catholic education system headquarters in Rue Saint-Jacques, in the fifth arrondissement of the French capital. Emergency workers are searching through the wreckage of the building, […]
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 28 killed after explosion in Pakistan mosque (Category: Breaking News)
- Three dead, six injured after US school shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Eleven Palestinians killed during Israeli raid in Nablus (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that at least 41 people have been killed in a riot at a women’s prison in Honduras on Tuesday. It is understood that a fight broke out between rival gangs, after which one gang set a cell alight. Officials say the fire caused the majority of the deaths but some of the victims […]
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Taliban and China firm agree Afghanistan oil extraction deal (Category: Breaking News)
At least 41 people have been killed in a riot at a women’s prison in Honduras on Tuesday. It is understood that a fight broke out between rival gangs, after which one gang set a cell alight. Officials say the fire caused the majority of the deaths but some of the victims were shot. The […]
- Nearly 40 pupils killed by militants in Uganda school attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Blinken begins talks in Beijing during high-stakes visit to China (Category: Breaking News)
- Suspect held after five killed in attack at Colorado nightclub (Category: Breaking News)
- Mike Pence tears into Donald Trump at 2024 campaign launch (Category: Breaking News)
Australia somehow prevailed in one of the all-time great Ashes Tests to beat England by two wickets and take a 1-0 lead in the series. On an unbearably tense final day of another Edgbaston classic, ninth-wicket pair Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon added an unbroken 55 to defy the raucous crowd and get Australia to […]
- England beat Australia in Netball World Cup thriller (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia beat France on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup semi-finals (Category: Breaking News)
- Hamilton calls for car restrictions to end ‘periods of dominance’ by teams (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricket Australia makes neck protectors on helmets compulsory for batters (Category: Breaking News)
The US and China have pledged to stabilise their tense relationship following US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s two-day visit to Beijing. Mr Blinken met China’s President Xi Jinping for talks on Monday, restarting high-level communications between the rival superpowers. Mr Xi said they had made progress, while Mr Blinken indicated that both sides were […]
- Blinken begins talks in Beijing during high-stakes visit to China (Category: Breaking News)
- Top US diplomat says China balloon over US is ‘unacceptable’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Xi Jinping defends zero-Covid as party meeting opens (Category: Breaking News)
- China removes foreign minister after unexplained absence (Category: Breaking News)
The US and China have pledged to stabilise their tense relationship following US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s two-day visit to Beijing. Blinken met China’s President Xi Jinping for talks on Monday, restarting high-level communications between the rival superpowers. Xi said they had made progress, while Blinken indicated that both sides were open to further […]
- Blinken begins talks in Beijing during high-stakes visit to China (Category: Breaking News)
- Antony Blinken holds talks with Prime Minster Netanyahu in Israel (Category: Breaking News)
- US and China pledge to stabilise tense relationship after talks (Category: Breaking News)
- US moves warships closer to Israel after Hamas attack (Category: Breaking News)
A massive search and rescue operation is under way in the mid Atlantic after a tourist submarine went missing during a dive to Titanic’s wreck on Sunday. Contact with the small sub was lost about an hour and 45 minutes into its dive, the US Coast Guard said. Tour firm OceanGate said all options were […]
- Human remains thought to be found in Titan sub debris (Category: Breaking News)
- New Turkey earthquake leaves three dead and people trapped under rubble in Hatay (Category: Breaking News)
- Death toll rises as Hurricane Ian strengthens (Category: Breaking News)
- Pope condemns human ‘hunger for wealth and power’ at Christmas Eve Mass (Category: Breaking News)
Officials in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are investigating dozens of deaths that some have attributed to a heatwave. Between Thursday and Saturday, 54 deaths were reported in Ballia district, around 274km (170 miles) from state capital Lucknow. A district health official who said heat could be a cause was transferred, sparking a […]
- Deadly storm turns city of Buffalo into ‘war zone’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Death toll rises as Hurricane Ian strengthens (Category: Breaking News)
- Man dies in Australia after whale strikes boat (Category: Breaking News)
- Suspected gas leak leaves 16 dead in South Africa (Category: Breaking News)
Rory McIlroy’s nine-year wait for a fifth major win goes on after he was beaten by one shot by American Wyndham Clark at the US Open in Los Angeles. Clark, 29, carded a level-par 70 to claim his first major on 10 under and the $3.6m (£2.8m) winner’s cheque. (BBC Sports)
- Australia T20 captain retires from international cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- Harder stars as Denmark beat Haiti 2-0 (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan qualify for round of 16 after 2-0 win over Costa Rica (Category: Breaking News)
- Emma Raducanu loses in Cincinnati (Category: Breaking News)
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen equalled Ayrton Senna’s career total of 41 victories with a dominant win at the Canadian Grand Prix. The Dutchman’s sixth triumph in eight races this season gave him a 69-point lead in the championship and was the 100th victory for his Red Bull team. Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso passed Lewis Hamilton’s […]
- Verstappen wins as Red Bull take constructors’ title (Category: Breaking News)
- Max Verstappen beats Fernando Alonso to pole in Montreal (Category: Breaking News)
- Max Verstappen fastest on first day of testing (Category: Breaking News)
- Verstappen wins from ninth on grid to extend championship lead (Category: Breaking News)
An Ecuadorean woman has died days after mourners at her funeral were shocked to find her alive in her coffin. Bella Montoya, 76, was first declared dead by a doctor at a hospital in the city of Babahoyo last week. But when mourners attending her wake heard her knocking on her coffin, she was immediately […]
- ‘Dead’ woman found breathing in coffin at own funeral (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 41 people killed in Honduras women’s prison (Category: Breaking News)
- Suspect held after five killed in attack at Colorado nightclub (Category: Breaking News)
- Boat that sank off southern Greece had 100 children in hold (Category: Breaking News)
Nearly 40 pupils have been killed at a school in western Uganda by rebels linked to the Islamic State group (IS). Five militants attacked the Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe at around 23:30 (20:30 GMT) on Friday. They entered dormitories, setting fire and using machetes to kill and maim the pupils, officials said. The Allied […]
- Three dead, six injured after US school shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Angola to deploy troops to DR Congo after failed truce (Category: Breaking News)
- Six killed by 28-year-old shooter in Tennessee (Category: Breaking News)
- Soldier shoots dead politician he was guarding (Category: Breaking News)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing at the start of two days of talks with Chinese officials. The visit is the first by an American diplomat to China in almost five years. US officials say the main goal of the talks is to stabilise a relationship […]
- US and China pledge to stabilise tense relationship after talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Top US diplomat says China balloon over US is ‘unacceptable’ (Category: Breaking News)
- US shoots down Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky wants Xi Jinping meeting following China’s peace plan (Category: Breaking News)
Brazil played in an all-black kit for the first half of their win against Guinea in Spain as part of an anti-racism campaign. The South Americans abandoned their usual yellow colours for the 4-1 win at Espanyol’s stadium in Barcelona. It follows Brazil forward Vinicius Jr being the target of racist abuse multiple times in […]
- Ronaldo urges more big names to make Saudi move (Category: Breaking News)
- Hospital says Brazil great Pele’s cancer has advanced (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese GP cancelled because of country’s ‘ongoing difficulties’ with Covid (Category: Breaking News)
- Poland striker completes move from Bayern Munich to Barcelona (Category: Breaking News)
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