Image copyright CRIME SUPPRESSION DIVISION/ ROYAL THAI POLICE Image caption The two were arrested on the outskirts of Pattaya in Thailand Two Italians accused of posing as US actor George Clooney to promote a fashion business have been arrested in Thailand after years on the run. Francesco Galdelli, 58, and Vanja Goffi, 45 have been […]
The BBC has uncovered evidence that prescription drugs have been taken out of circulation by health workers and sold on illegally. Do you have a view about this post? Leave a comment on our Facebook page Credited Source link
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption CDU candidate Octavian Ursu won a run-off vote in Görlitz, a city that has attracted top Hollywood directors Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has failed to win its first mayoral seat, after it lost a key election in the country’s east. Octavian Ursu of the centre-right Christian […]
Image copyrightAFP In our series of letters from African journalists, Zeinab Mohammed Salih describes what life is like without the internet for Sudan’s revolutionaries. Many Sudanese are still in shock after the crackdown by security forces who brutally broke up the crowds at the sit-in outside the military headquarters on 3 June. The opposition says […]
Image copyrightGetty Images Image caption A rally by climate activists in Paris – it has become a global youth movementA few years after saving the euro is it now time for the EU to save the planet? Tackling climate change is among the key challenges for EU leaders, meeting on Thursday to set the bloc’s […]
It’s Monday, it’s a new week, and while we won’t pretend to know everything that’s going to happen over the next seven days, we have some sense of what’s coming up. Here’s your briefing on some of the most important and interesting stories happening in the week ahead. 1) Will Trump run again? (Yes) Image […]
Electricity is being restored to tens of millions of homes and businesses across South America after a massive power failure. Argentina, Uruguay and parts of Paraguay were left without power shortly after 07:00 (11:00 BST), causing trains to be halted and failures with traffic signalling, according to local media. Argentine President Mauricio Macri has promised […]
European settlement wiped out half of Australia’s indigenous languages, and about 100 more are in serious danger of being lost. Miriwoong is one of them. Spoken for tens of thousands of years in a part of Western Australia, the language is now spoken by only a handful of fluent speakers. But there is a huge […]
Cricket World Cup 2019: How India’s Kohli, Sharma & Rahul destroyed Pakistan ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, Old Trafford India 336-5 (50 overs): Rohit 140, Kohli 77, Amir 3-47 Pakistan 212-6 (40 overs): Fakhar 62, Babar 48, Shankar 2-22 India won by 89 runs (DLS method) Scorecard; Table; Schedule India continued their World Cup dominance […]
Protesters took part in a demonstration to state their dissatisfaction at Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s recent decision to suspend a controversial law which would allow extradition to mainland China. Ms Lam has since sent an apology to the people of Hong Kong. Mourning is also taking place after the death of a protester, who is […]
Image copyrightAFP Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has unveiled a new settlement in the occupied Golan Heights, named after US President Donald Trump. At a naming ceremony on Sunday, Mr Netanyahu said Trump Heights honoured Mr Trump for his decision to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the territory. Building work has yet to begin but a sign […]
Organisers say two million people have turned out for a demonstration in Hong Kong, the latest large protest against a controversial extradition bill. But what did the protests look like on the ground? We collated images taken within a short time of each other that show the extent of the crowds in Hong Kong on […]