The Trump administration has opened thousands of acres of land in Nevada and New Mexico to oil and gas drilling, geothermal development and hard-rock mining, reversing protections that President Joseph R. Biden Jr. enacted during his final weeks in office. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the decision on Friday as part of a sweeping emergency … Read more
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faced-off with his election rival Peter Dutton in their first debate before the 3 May federal election vote. Cost of living issues dominated Tuesday night’s debate, organised by Sky News and The Daily Telegraph, and the two leaders were also asked about US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Opinion polls have … Read more
Vishnukant Tiwari BBC Hindi Narendra Ahirwar Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav is accused of performing heart surgeries that resulted in seven deaths Police in India have arrested a man, who is accused of impersonating a British doctor, for performing surgeries that allegedly led to the death of seven patients. Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav – also known as Dr … Read more
A make-up artist in Nigeria has been sentenced to six months in jail for abusing the currency, the naira, by flinging it while dancing at his wedding celebration last December. Abdullahi Musa Huseini, popularly known as “Amuscap” on social media, was sentenced by a high court in the northern city of Kano minutes after pleading … Read more
Watch: Is the US heading into a recession? Three warning signs to watch US President Donald Trump has urged Americans to trust in his sweeping tariffs, which have spooked markets and threaten to upend global trade, urging them: “Don’t be a PANICAN (A new party based on Weak and Stupid people!).” He did not clarify … Read more
The heads of six UN agencies have appealed to world leaders to act urgently to make sure food and supplies get to Palestinians in Gaza, where Israel has stopped letting in deliveries for more than a month. A joint statement said Palestinians were “trapped, bombed and starved again” with supplies “piling up” at crossing points. … Read more
9 mins agoBeijing calls Vance ‘ignorant’ over ‘Chinese peasants’ remarkThe sharp rhetoric comes as Donald Trump’s tariffs fuel trade tensions between the US and China.9 mins agoAsia
Yvette Tan, Annabelle Liang and Kelly Ng Getty Images Xi Jinping has shown no signs that he will blink first in the tariff standoff with the US The trade war between the world’s two biggest economies shows no signs of slowing down – Beijing has vowed to “fight to the end” hours after US President … Read more
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Reuters King Charles and Queen Camilla watched the flypast from the Quirinale Palace on Tuesday A flypast thundered over Rome in honour of King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s state visit to Italy. The display, involving both the UK’s Red Arrows and Italy’s Frecce Tricolori, trailed the colours of both nations’ … Read more
Jonah Fisher BBC environment correspondent Getty Images More than half of the growth of solar in 2024 was in China. More than 40 percent of the world’s electricity was generated without burning fossil fuels in 2024, according to a new report from think-tank Ember. But carbon dioxide emissions, which warm the planet, have risen to … Read more