The long-running battle over whether to allow Pacific Ocean seabed mining took an unexpected turn Thursday when a company disclosed it had been confidentially negotiating a plan with the Trump administration to circumvent a United Nations treaty and perhaps obtain authorization from the United States to start mining in international waters. The proposal, which drew … Read more
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution, which operates more than 20 museums and research centres visited by millions yearly in Washington DC and New York City. The order directs the vice-president to “eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology” from the institute’s museums, centres and the National Zoo in … Read more
A former police officer has been spared a jail sentence over his fatal decision to Taser a 95-year-old woman with dementia symptoms at an Australia aged care home. Kristian White said he had used the weapon to prevent a “violent confrontation” after finding Clare Nowland disoriented and holding a small kitchen knife in May 2023. … Read more
Canada is set to hold a federal election on April 28 following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s call for a snap election amid escalating trade tensions with the United States. The BBC asked Canadian voters in Toronto how they would approach Donald Trump if they were Prime Minister, would it be through defiance or through diplomacy?
President Trump has repeated claims that taking control of Greenland is essential for US national security – as Vice-President JD Vance and his wife Usha visit a US space base there on Friday. The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at what the Trump administration wants from Greenland – and the controversy surrounding the trip. … Read more
Katy Watson Australia correspondent Getty Images Albanese’s term has been marked by an agenda on climate change, cost of living and Indigenous issues When Cyclone Alfred barrelled over Australia’s east coast earlier this month, it also blew the government’s election plans off course. Hoping to capitalise on some rare good news on interest rates, Prime … Read more
The BBC went to car dealerships outside of Washington DC to ask drivers how President Trump’s auto tariff will affect them. On Wednesday, the president announced a 25% tariff on all imports of cars and car parts manufactured outside the US. The latest tariff is set to come into effect on 2 April. The president … Read more
For Neha Bapna, nothing in the world is more important than her dog Muffin. Every time she takes a train to travel across India, the four-year-old Shih Tzu is right by her side – in first class. He only eats hypoallergenic food, which is often double the price of normal dog food and treats. “I … Read more
Steve Rosenberg Russia Editor Getty Images Speaking in the Russian Arctic on Thursday, Putin said competition in the region was intensifying In Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic circle, President Vladimir Putin vowed to “strengthen Russia’s global leadership in the Arctic”, while warning that “geopolitical competition in the region” was intensifying. The first … Read more
Earth is missing a lot of sea ice this year. Enough to cover the entire United States east of the Mississippi. That was announced by researchers at NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center on Thursday, who said the amount of sea ice on the planet had reached the lowest level ever recorded … Read more