14 minutes ago Danai Nesta Kupemba,BBC News Chantelle Kuukua Eghan The young artist with some of his work The mother of the Ghanaian toddler officially recognised as the world’s youngest male painter has told the BBC of her pride in her son’s artistic ability, and hopes he can take the art world by storm. Ace-Liam...
A two-year-old child is among those receiving treatment in Bangkok after a Singapore Airlines flight from London hit severe turbulence, hospital authorities have said. Giving an update on the conditions of the injured, the director of Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital said 40 people remain in hospital, with half in intensive care, with the majority suffering spinal...
A man has been detained on suspicion of planning an attack on the Olympic torch relay in Bordeaux, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has said. He gave few details but praised police for ensuring security during Thursday’s relay. Prosecutors said the suspect had written a disturbing message that “could correspond to glorifying crime”. He also...
36 minutes ago Gloria Aradi,BBC News, Nairobi JAMES MUHIA Cheruiyot Kirui is the fourth person to die on Everest this week A Kenyan mountaineer who went missing near the summit of Mount Everest has been found dead. Forty-year-old Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui and his Nepali guide Nawang Sherpa, 44, disappeared on Wednesday while attempting to summit...
The Czech Constitutional Court has rejected an Indian man’s petition against his extradition to the US over an alleged plot to assassinate an American citizen in New York. Nikhil Gupta has been charged by the US government with trying to hire a hitman to assassinate US-based Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Mr Gupta is...
At least four people have been killed and 15 more injured after a stage collapsed at an election campaign rally in northern Mexico, the country’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said. The incident occurred as centre-left presidential candidate Jorge Alvarez Maynez was delivering a speech in the northern city of San Pedro Garza Garcia....
Reuters President Macron said restoring peace was the “absolute priority” President Emmanuel Macron has vowed that French police forces will remain for “as long as necessary” in New Caledonia, as he arrived in the riot-plagued French Pacific territory. Mr Macron said the 3,000-strong force deployed from France would stay put – even during the Paris...
China holds military drills around Taiwan as ‘punishment’ days after new president sworn in – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary China has started two days of military exercises around Taiwan as ‘strong punishment’ for the self-ruled island’s ‘separatist acts’ The drills come three days after the inauguration of President William Lai, who...
The US Justice Department (DOJ) is set to file a competition lawsuit against entertainment giant Live Nation as early as Thursday, multiple sources familiar with the matter confirmed to the BBC’s US partner, CBS News. Prosecutors are expected to challenge the Ticketmaster parent company’s business practices, the sources said. In many instances, when the DOJ...
China has started military drills around Taiwan just three days after William Lai was sworn in as the self-governed island’s new president. Li Xi, a spokesperson for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, has called the drills a “strong punishment” for “separatist acts”. The drills, which started early Thursday, are happening all around the main island,...