2 hours ago Vanessa Buschschlüter,BBC News Reuters Claudia Sheinbaum (left) and her rival Xóchitl Gálvez are battling it out to become Mexico’s first female president Mexicans are voting in an election which is almost certain to see the country’s first female president elected. Both the front runner, Claudia Sheinbaum, and her main rival, Xóchitl Gálvez, […]
Dr. David Morens, a former top adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, appears during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing on Capitol Hill. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/Andrew Harnik/Getty Images At the start of a hearing on COVID’s origins last month, Ohio Republican Brad Wenstrup said […]
Recently unearthed documents reveal that leaders of an online news site aimed at Americans have received money from both Russian and Iranian government media outlets, showing how widening geopolitical alliances are making it harder to identify and trace foreign influence operations. Hacked emails and other documents from the Iranian government-funded Press TV show payments of […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Marketnode, a Singapore-based digital market infrastructure firm, recently announced that it has completed its Series A funding round. This round was led by global banking giant HSBC and supported by its existing investor, […]
Tawanchai is a man on a mission When Tawanchai PK Saenchai met “Smokin” Jo Nattawut last October, in theory it should have been a relatively comfortable night for the featherweight Muay Thai champion. Nattawut was a late replacement for Superbon but produced the performance of a lifetime to push Tawanchai to his limits. That night […]
When Europeans vote in elections for the European Parliament this coming week, their choices will reflect the national mood in 27 different countries. Right and far-right parties are set to make gains, but the picture is widely different across the continent. Here is a snapshot of what to expect from BBC correspondents ahead of the […]
Cones of shame It has been tough for Rishi Sunak, so it’s nice that he still has some cheerleaders. A visibly tricky encounter with some cones during a football training session may have resulted in him being mocked mercilessly on TikTok, but one loyal newspaper described his troubling manoeuvre as a Cruyff turn, a move […]
2 days ago Jonathan Amos,Science correspondent, @BBCAmos NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Brant Robertson et al The distant galaxy (circled) sits next to, but far behind, another galaxy The James Webb Space Telescope has smashed its own record for detecting the most distant known galaxy. Called JADES-GS-z14-0, the collection of stars was spied as it was a mere 290 million […]
The proposed merger between Nationwide and Virgin Money is to be investigated by the UK’s competition watchdog. The country’s biggest building society announced the £2.9bn deal with its smaller rival in March. It is the largest banking merger since the 2008 financial crisis and create the UK’s second-largest provider of mortgages and savings. The Competition […]
Saliva tests carried out at home are better at identifying men who are at higher risk of prostate cancer than the standard blood test, new research suggests. The at-home test could identify genetic factors which make men more likely to develop the disease which claims around 12,000 lives a year in the UK. The study […]