BBC: The fireball that lit up the sky over Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre last night has put a big question mark over whether Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin can deliver on a string of commitments to Nasa in its efforts to send astronauts to the lunar surface and build a Moon base. Blue Origin’s New Glenn […]
(Reuters) GENEVA, May 29 – An average of 11 children have been killed or injured every 24 hours in Lebanon in the last week, as Israel expanded strikes across the country in spite of a ceasefire being in place. Heavy Israeli strikes hit towns and villages in southern Lebanon overnight on Wednesday and into Thursday, […]
(Reuters) GENEVA, May 29- The World Health Organization said on Friday that there were 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including 223 suspected deaths that were being investigated. An outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola is ongoing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with cases also reported in […]
BBC: Eight students alleged to have been involved in a suspected arson attack at a Kenyan girls’ school that killed 16 pupils have been arrested, police say. The fire in the early hours of Thursday morning at the Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, about 120km (77 miles) north-west of capital city Nairobi, tore through the […]
BBC: A Russian drone hit an apartment block in Romania causing a fire and wounding two people, officials say, prompting a strong response from Nato and EU officials. The incident happened on Friday in the eastern town of Galati – close to Romania’s eastern border with Ukraine and Moldova. European Commission President Ursula von der […]
India Today: Fearing being detained at holding centres amid a crackdown, hundreds of Bangladeshi illegal immigrants are now flocking to border points and transit terminals in West Bengal. While unsure about crossing over, Bangladeshi aliens who have lived in India for decades, and in some cases their entire lives, are now speaking about how they […]
BBC: The US and Iran still need to work out several sticking points before an agreement on the war can be reached, Vice-President JD Vance has said. Asked by the BBC if President Donald Trump was close to signing a deal, Vance said it was too early to say “when or if” the two sides […]
BBC: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he directed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to increase control of Gaza to 70%. Speaking at a conference on Thursday, he said, “We are currently squeezing Hamas; we now control 60 percent of the territory of the Strip – you know this. We were at 50, we […]
BBC: On a scorching afternoon in one of Delhi’s busiest markets, two different worlds exist side by side. One is inside brightly-lit, air-conditioned showrooms, where customers move slowly between racks of clothes, escaping the worst of the summer heat. The other is outside, under a blazing sun – where street vendors, fruit sellers, cycle-rickshaw drivers […]
BBC: US President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to print a new $250 bill that could feature a portrait of him, if lawmakers allow the move. Federal law bars printing US money with the image of a living person, but Trump allies in Congress have introduced legislation that would make an exception. A Treasury Department […]
