BBC News: Human action to save the ozone layer has worked as hoped, and it may recover in just decades, the UN says. An international agreement in 1987 to stop using the harmful chemicals that were damaging the layer has been successful, the major assessment says. The ozone layer is a thin part of the […]
BBC News: The US justice department is reviewing potentially classified documents found in President Joe Biden’s former office at a think tank, the White House says. About 10 of the files were discovered in a locked closet at the Penn Biden Center in Washington in November by Mr Biden’s legal team, said his lawyer. The […]
BBC News: About 1,500 people have been held in Brazil after supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court in the capital Brasília. The rioting came a week after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in. He condemned the “terrorist acts” and vowed to punish the perpetrators. […]
Reuters: Jan 9 – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised help to repair homes, replace property and rebuild infrastructure as he toured remote flood-ravaged communities across the northwest after “1-in-100-year” floods. The crisis in the Kimberley – a sparsely populated area in Western Australia state about the size of the U.S. state of California – […]
Reuters: BEIJING, Jan 9 – China’s military said it had carried out combat drills around Taiwan on Sunday, the second such exercises in less than a month, with the island’s defence ministry reporting it detected 57 Chinese aircraft. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory and has been ramping up military, political and economic […]
Reuters: LIMA, Jan 7 – Dozens of protesters attempted to take over an airport near Peru’s border with Bolivia Friday as part of anti-government protests, prompting police to use tear gas to disperse them. Protesters set fire to a police tank outside the Inca Manco Capac airport in Juliaca, in Peru’s Puno region, according to […]
Reuters: NEW DELHI, Jan 7- Air India has issued show cause notice and de-rostered one pilot and four cabin crew as it investigates the handling of an unruly passenger on a flight from New York to Delhi in November, the airline’s chief executive office said on Saturday. The Tata group-owned airline has faced criticism from […]
BBC News: Kevin McCarthy has been elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow Republicans come to blows. It took 15 rounds of voting for Mr McCarthy to win the job, despite his party having a majority in the chamber. It came after a dramatic pressure campaign played […]
BBC News: A six-year-old boy has been detained by police after shooting a teacher in the US state of Virginia, officers say. The shooting happened shortly after 14:00 local time (19:00 GMT) at Richneck Elementary School in the city of Newport News, Chief Steve Drew said. It is unclear how the child obtained the gun, […]
BBC News: Television did not come to Bhutan until 1999. For years, the country cut itself off, fearing that outside influences would undermine its monarchy and culture. Radio broadcasting began in 1973 and the internet arrived in 1999. Media freedom is restricted. The creation in 2018 of a media regulator whose members are appointed by […]
