BBC News: Streaming giant Netflix says it will invest $2.5bn (£2bn) in South Korea over the next four years. The firm’s co-chief executive Ted Sarandos made the announcement after he met South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol in Washington. Mr Yoon is currently on a state visit to the US where he is expected to meet […]
BBC News: Former President Donald Trump is facing a civil trial over an allegation that he raped an advice columnist nearly three decades ago. Jury selection is due to begin on Tuesday in a New York federal court. Mr Trump has denied E Jean Carroll’s accusation that he attacked her in a Manhattan department store. […]
BBC News: At least 12 people have been killed in two explosions at a counter-terrorism office in north-west Pakistan, officials say. Police said that there is no evidence of an attack and that it could have been as a result of an electrical fault igniting ammunition in the centre. Most of the dead are police […]
BBC News: Ukrainian troops have set up positions on the east bank of the Dnipro River in southern Kherson region, reports say. The region is partially Russian-held and crossing the river could be significant in future offensives. The US-based Institute for the Study of War says Russian military bloggers have posted “enough geolocated footage and […]
BBC News: Melbourne has overtaken Sydney as Australia’s most populous city for the first time since the 19th Century gold rush, following a boundary change. Sydney has proudly held the title for more than 100 years. But with populations rapidly growing on Melbourne’s fringe, the city limits have been expanded to include the area of […]
BBC News: Eleven people have died from heatstroke while many others have been admitted to hospital after attending an awards ceremony in India’s Maharashtra state. The government-sponsored event took place in an open ground under a blazing sun and lasted for several hours. Thousands of people attended Sunday’s event, which was held to felicitate a […]
BBC News: Fierce clashes have been reported across Sudan as fighting between rival armed factions continues to spread. Violence between the army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued overnight into its third day. Nearly 100 people have been killed, a doctors’ union said, and one estimate put the number of […]
Reuters: KAMPALA, April 15 – Uganda’s assistant finance minister has been arrested and detained on accusations of diverting metal roofing sheets meant for a relief program in the restive northeastern Karamoja region, police said late on Friday. Amos Lugoloobi’s arrest is the second of a minister in recent weeks over the roofing sheets’ diversion. Police […]
BBC News: Gunfire and explosions have been heard in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, after days of tension between a notorious paramilitary force and the country’s army. The dispute centres around a proposed transition to civilian rule. Reuters is reporting that gunfire has been heard close to the headquarters of the army in the centre of […]
ABC News: HANOI — The United States and Vietnam pledged to boost relations as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Hanoi on Saturday as part of the Biden administration’s push to counter China’s increasing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific. Blinken and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Saturday vowed to bring ties to a […]