The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted the former head of the Islamic police in Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Prosecutors say al-Hassan ag Abdoul Aziz ag Mohamed ag Mahmoud led a “reign of terror” in Timbuktu after it was overrun in 2012 by the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine […]
WikiLeaks swiftly declined after it slid into an undeclared but unprecedented alliance with Russia — a fall hastened by the prosecution and pursuit of founder Julian Assange. Even so, the anti-secrecy platform transformed how information reaches the public, twice. It launched an era in which documents from whistleblowers and hackers can draw a broad audience […]
7 hours ago By Philippa Roxby, Health reporter Reuters Mpox, formerly called monkeypox, is a viral infection and can be deadly A new strain of the mpox virus spreading quickly along the eastern border of Democratic Republic of Congo is “incredibly worrying”, say health officials monitoring its spread. The virus, which can cause lesions across the whole […]
It seems like every few weeks, we hear mutterings of a new book ban in the United States. Whether it’s Iowa’s school districts trying to remove more than 3,000 books from its schools, or the governor of Utah signing a bill making it easier to ban books like Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, it can […]
German car making giant Volkswagen (VW) says it will invest up to $5bn (£3.94bn) in Tesla rival Rivian. The deal creates a joint venture that will allow VW and the US-based electric vehicle (EV) maker to share technology. Rivian shares jumped by almost 50% after the announcement. The tie-up comes as competition intensifies between EV […]
The Euro 2024 knockout round bracket is starting to take shape, with four of the six groups complete. Group C finished play Tuesday with a pair of scoreless draws: England against Slovenia and Denmark against Serbia. As a result, England won the group and will next face a third-place team, and Denmark finished second. Slovenia […]
Patients face major disruption in England this week, NHS bosses are warning, as the latest junior doctor strike coincides with the hottest week of the year. British Medical Association (BMA) members will stage a five-day walkout from Thursday – the 11th in the long-running pay dispute. It comes with yellow heat-health alerts in many parts […]
Nasa Astronauts Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore were supposed to have stayed on the space station for eight days The two astronauts testing out Boeing’s new Starliner spacecraft were supposed to begin making their way back to Earth on Wednesday night but instead they will stay on the International Space Station (ISS). The vessel’s […]
7 hours ago By Michelle Roberts, Digital health editor, BBC News ©2024 Takeuchi et al. CC-BY-ND Taking inspiration from human skin ligaments, the prototype face can be made to smile Japanese scientists have found a way to attach living skin to robot faces, for more realistic smiles and other facial expressions. The breakthrough came from copying tissue […]
A man who had a terminal cancer diagnosis, and who described Labour as “the party of hope for a brighter future I won’t live to see” at the party’s manifesto launch, is now cancer-free. Nathaniel Dye, a 38-year-old music teacher, was diagnosed with stage four incurable bowel cancer in October 2022, and tumours were understood […]