Popular Indian comedian Kunal Kamra has refused to apologise after jokes he made during a stand-up show angered supporters of a top politician in Maharashtra state. Clips of the jokes – some of them were directed at the state’s Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde – had gone viral. Members of the Shiv Sena party, which … Read more
The steep trail near the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway was covered in inches of spongy fallen needles and peppered with ankle-twisting pine cones. It was also shady, which felt remarkable after the first seven miles of the grueling Cactus to Clouds hike offered little more than a brittlebush leaf’s worth of relief. … Read more
Just hours after opening its new program for American researchers called Safe Place For Science in reaction to Trump administration policies, Aix Marseille University received its first application. Since then, the university in the south of France known for its science programs, has received about a dozen applications per day from what the school considers … Read more
A court in Japan has ordered the disbandment of the controversial Unification Church, which came under scrutiny after the shock killing of former prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022. The alleged assassin had confessed that he held a grievance against Abe because of the ex-leader’s ties with the church, that he blamed for bankrupting his … Read more
Nomsa Maseko in Bujumbura & Natasha Booty in London BBC News BBC President Évariste Ndayishimiye made the comments in an exclusive interview with the BBC Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye tells the BBC he has seen “credible intelligence” that Rwanda plans to attack his country, and that Rwanda had tried to launch a coup a decade … Read more
Five years ago, on 24 March 2020, India announced its first Covid lockdown to try and control a pandemic that would go on to take millions of lives across the world. Here is a look back at how three BBC journalists – Salman Ravi, Yogita Limaye and Vikas Pandey – covered the first and second … Read more
China has released five staff members of US due diligence firm Mintz Group, two years after they were detained as part of a crackdown on consulting firms working with foreign businesses. Their detention in March 2023 came at a time of heightened suspicion of foreign espionage in China and kicked off a wave of raids … Read more
Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service BBC Engineers from Gridless create makeshift computer labs to maintain their bitcoin mines The roar of the Zambezi is deafening as millions of gallons of water crash over rocks and tumble down rapids. But there’s another sound cutting through the trees of the Zambian bush – the unmistakable … Read more
Mahjooba Nowrouzi BBC Afghan Service, Kabul BBC Girls being taught at the Shaikh Abdul Qadr Jilani madrassa Amina will never forget the moment her childhood changed. She was just 12 years old when she was told she could no longer go to school like boys. The new school year began on Saturday in Afghanistan but … Read more
South Korean carmaking giant Hyundai has unveiled $21bn (£16.3bn) of investment in the US. The plan includes a new $5.8bn steel plant in the southern state of Louisiana. Hyundai also said it will expand its American vehicle production and invest billions of dollars in new technology including autonomous driving and artificial intelligence (AI). The announcement … Read more