John Campbell and Kevin Sharkey BBC News NI Reuters Trump said his tariff policy is aimed at protecting businesses and boosting manufacturing in the US Ireland is expected to be one of the most affected countries when President Trump announces a new round of tariffs later this week. EU goods are expected to face a … Read more
A small museum dedicated to the nation’s environmental history is now history, too. On Monday, Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said he had shuttered the museum, which was inside the agency’s headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. In a statement, Mr. Zeldin said the move would save taxpayers about $600,000 annually. … Read more
The military government in Myanmar has said at least 2,000 people were killed in the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit last Friday. “A death toll over 10,000 is a strong possibility,” according to the US Geological Survey. The Burmese army, which has previously downplayed civilian casualties after other large natural disasters, is not allowing foreign … Read more
Megha Mohan BBC World Service gender and identity correspondent Chithra Jeyaram/ BBC Srija, (L) who fought to have her marriage to Arun (C) legally recognised, says everything she’s achieved has been made possible by her mother, Valli (R) In 2019 Srija became the first transgender woman to legally marry in the Indian state of Tamil … Read more
Five Israeli men were acquitted of all charges on Monday at a Cyprus court over the alleged gang rape of a 20-year-old British woman. Famagusta criminal court cleared the five defendants of two counts of rape, one count of sexual abuse, one count of forced sexual intercourse, one count of sexual harassment, and one count … Read more
Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams describe what’s strange about being back on Earth after so long in orbit. The duo’s eight-day mission to the International Space Station became a nine-month space odyssey after their Boeing Starliner had technical problems. They finally returned to Earth on 19 March aboard the SpaceX Dragon, which splashed … Read more
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to eliminate “improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology” from the Smithsonian Institutions museums, centres and the National Zoo in Washington. The BBC went to the National Museum of American History and National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC to ask visitors what “anti-American” … Read more
The Israeli military has issued a sweeping new evacuation order for the southern Gaza Strip – the biggest since its offensive in the Palestinian territory resumed earlier this month. The military instructed residents of the city of Rafah and parts of neighbouring Khan Younis to leave immediately for the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, warning that its … Read more
Htet Naing Zaw BBC Burmese Reporting fromMandalay region BBC Brightly coloured children’s backpacks were strewn among the remains of the preschool About 15 children’s backpacks lie torn apart in the rubble – pink, blue and orange bags with books spilling out of them. Spiderman toys and letters of the alphabet are scattered among broken chairs, … Read more
When the environmental group Greenpeace lost a nearly $670 million verdict this month over its role in oil pipeline protests, a quarter-billion dollars of the damages were awarded not for the actual demonstrations, but for defaming the pipeline’s owner. The costly verdict has raised alarm among activist organizations as well as some First Amendment experts, … Read more