The BBC’s Stephen McDonell explains what to look out for at China’s annual National People’s Congress (NPC), which began on Wednesday. The week-long meeting is attended by nearly 3,000 delegates from provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and the armed forces. They usher through decisions that have already been made behind closed doors by party leaders. Still, … Read more
20 mins agoWatch: Congressman Al Green ejected from chamber after disrupting Trump speechThe disturbance occurred during the first few minutes of the president’s address to US Congress.20 mins agoUS & Canada
Representative Al Green was ejected from the House chamber for heckling President Donald Trump during his joint address to Congress on Tuesday night. Green, a Democratic lawmaker from Houston in Texas, stood up and shouted ‘Mr President, you don’t have a mandate!’ just minutes into Trump’s address, referring to Medicaid cuts. He was immediately drowned … Read more
Thirty officers have been charged in connection with ‘gladiator fights’ they sometimes ‘encouraged’ inside a California youth detention centre, the state’s attorney general said. Charges against them include child endangerment and abuse, conspiracy, and battery, attorney general Rob Bonta’s office announced in a press release on Monday. Officials tallied 69 fights at Los Padrinos Juvenile … Read more
US President Donald Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on products entering the US from Canada and Mexico and has increased a levy on goods coming from China. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced retaliatory tariffs on US exports and warned that a trade war would be costly for both countries. “This is a time to … Read more
PARSA/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Over the weekend, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hosted what he called a ‘coalition of the willing’ “It’s certainly one way of focusing our minds — and wallets! Donald Trump is doing us a favour, if we choose to think about it that way. And we may as well look on the bright … Read more
Nomsa Maseko BBC News, Rugombo BBC Jordan Bita says he kept away from main roads, trekking through bush, to avoid the advancing rebels Jordan Bita preferred to risk his life swimming across a roaring river than stay at home and be conscripted by rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The 25-year-old clung on to … Read more
A second Sydney nurse who allegedly appeared in a video that made threats towards Israeli patients has been charged by police. Ahmad Rashad Nadir, 27, and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 26, were both suspended from their duties at Bankstown Hospital in February after the video was released online. It was filmed on an anonymous online platform … Read more
US President Donald Trump said he would cut funding for universities that allow what he called “illegal” protests and prosecute and deport foreign students who participate. On his Truth Social social media platform, Trump said that “all federal funding will STOP” for schools that permit students to protest illegally. Trump’s announcement comes less than a … Read more
Mike Wendling Reporting fromMilwaukee, Wisconsin Reuters US Vice-President JD Vance is no stranger to transformation. Vance grew up in poverty, but went on to Yale Law School and rubbed shoulders with Silicon Valley elites before turning his life story into a politically tinged memoir which championed conservative values. He is a former US Marine who … Read more