2 hours ago By Nikki Fox & Laura Devlin, BBC News, Bedfordshire Family handout Amelia Butlin took her own life in her first year at university The family and friends of a student who took her own life have called on the next government to prioritise mental health support for young people in schools, colleges and universities. […]
Undefeated Turkish MMA star Shamil Erdogan is set to go head to head with former ONE two-division world champion Aung La N Sang in a middleweight contest at the organization’s next US event, ONE 168: Denver, which takes place in the morning hours on September 7. The Turkish, whose arsenal includes world-class grappling, takedowns and […]
A flight hit by “strong turbulence” has made an emergency landing in Brazil, with 30 people reported injured. The Air Europa Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner was flying from Madrid to Montevideo when the mid-air incident happened, the airline said. Flight UX045 was diverted to the airport of Natal in north-eastern Brazil on its way to the […]
President Biden gives remarks on the Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity at the White House on July 1. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/Getty Images North America President Biden called the Supreme Court’s decision to grant his predecessor, Republican Donald Trump, broad immunity from prosecution “a dangerous […]
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corporation is entering the UK’s highly competitive free, ad-supported video streaming market. Tubi will compete with the likes of Netflix, Disney+, ITVX, Channel 4’s streaming platform as well as the BBC iPlayer. The platform has been quickly gaining market share in the US where, according to Fox, it has almost 80 million […]
European Union regulators say Meta violated the bloc’s new competition law in requiring Instagram and Facebook users to pay if they don’t want their personal data used to generate targeted ads. “We want to empower citizens to be able to take control over their own data and choose a less personalised ads experience,” Margrethe Vestager, […]
Britain’s next government is poised to benefit from easing pressure on household finances after a slowdown in inflation in stores and a fall in fuel prices, but costs remain “too expensive” for many families. Figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) show that annual UK shop price inflation cooled last month to 0.2%, down from […]
Reuters Outbreaks in DR Congo have affected children as well as adults How common is mpox? Mpox disease is caused by the monkeypox virus, a member of the same family of viruses as smallpox, although it is much less severe. The virus was originally transmitted from animals to humans, and is more common in countries […]
3 hours ago By Umang Poddar, BBC Hindi, Delhi • Saradha V, BBC Tamil, Chennai Getty Images Student groups across India have held protests since the NEET exam results were declared When India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan took oath in the new session of parliament, many opposition MPs chanted “NEET” and “shame”. The MPs were protesting against a recent controversy […]
BREAKINGBREAKING, Court rules that former presidents are shielded from prosecution for actions they take within their constitutional authority, as opposed to a private capacity. The United States’ Supreme Court has for the first time recognised that ex-presidents have immunity from prosecution for certain actions taken in office, as it threw out a judicial decision rejecting […]