Tag Archives: BBC News

Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, White House US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that prevents transgender women from competing in female categories of sports. The order provides guidance, regulations and legal interpretations, and it will enlist the Department of Education to investigate high schools thought to be non-compliant. Republicans say it restores fairness to sports but LGBT ...

Doug Faulkner BBC News A 15-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed at a school in Sheffield has been described as a “lovely lad” and the “life of a party”. Floral tributes and messages have been left outside All Saints Catholic High School, where the boy, named locally as Harvey Willgoose, was injured. A boy, 15, has been arrested on suspicion ...

Joel Guinto and James FitzGerald BBC News No survivors are expected after a passenger plane collided in midair with a helicopter near Washington DC’s Ronald Reagan airport on Wednesday evening. The plane was carrying 64 passengers and crew when it crashed into the Potomac River after the collision. The helicopter had three people on board, who were labelled a “fairly ...

Basillioh Rukanga BBC News, Nairobi Kenya will allow citizens of nearly all African countries to visit without needing prior authorisation, according to a new directive by the cabinet. Last year, Kenya introduced a “visa-free” policy that required most visitors to apply online for authorisation before leaving their country. But the introduction of the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), which replaced the ...

By: Adrienne Murray Technology Reporter, Iceland In the shadow of Iceland’s largest geothermal power station, a large warehouse houses a hi-tech indoor farm of sorts that’s like nothing I’ve ever seen. Under a strange pink-purple glow, illuminated panels buzz and cylindrical columns of water bubble away, as a futuristic crop of microalgae grows. It’s here that Iceland’s Vaxa Technologies has ...

Mallory Moench BBC News “I need to invent a new word to describe it – when joy and worry meet,” says Efrat Machikawa. Her uncle, Gadi Moses, was taken hostage by Hamas fighters from his home in southern Israel on 7 October 2023. But there is now very real hope for his release, after Israel and Hamas agreed a Gaza ...

By:Laura Bicker China correspondent The hum of sewing machines is a constant in parts of Guangzhou, a thriving port on the Pearl River in southern China. It rattles through the open windows of factories from morning until late at night, as they finish the t-shirts, shorts, blouses, pants and swimwear that will be shipped to fill wardrobes in more than ...

Source: Anbarasan Ethirajan The body of an Indian journalist who had reported on alleged corruption in the country has been found in a septic tank in Chhattisgarh state. Mukesh Chandrakar, 32, went missing on New Year’s Day and his family registered a complaint with the police. His body was found on Friday in the compound of a road construction contractor ...

Police were called to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station in Brooklyn after a woman on a subway car was set on fire

Source: Abubakar Ibrahim, The Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Armed Forces have assured the public of their commitment to restoring peace and stability in Bawku, its surrounding areas, and along the Bolgatanga-Walewale-Tamale highway. In a press release issued on Sunday, the security agencies stated that joint Police and Military teams have been deployed across these areas to manage the ...