Tessa Wong BBC News, Singapore Getty Images The dam is situated in the Yarlung Tsangpo canyon, said to be the world’s largest and deepest canyon on land Chinese authorities have begun constructing what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibetan territory, in a project that has sparked concerns from India and Bangladesh. Chinese […]
Amrit Paul Amrit has been waiting over four years for a kidney transplant to save his life Amrit Paul was in the middle of his computer science exams when he was told by doctors he would need a kidney transplant. “It was a shock. I didn’t really know how to handle it and, in all […]
Basillioh Rukanga BBC News, Nairobi AFP/Getty Images Mrenda, being prepared here by a chef in Nairobi, has many more micronutrients than cabbage Once dismissed as wild weeds and a “poor man’s food”, indigenous leafy vegetables in Kenya are now becoming much more common – grown on farms, sold in markets and gracing the menus of […]
Getty Images Water companies spilled raw sewage for a record time of 3.61m hours into sea and rivers in England in 2024, according to data from the Environment Agency. Rules allow a limited discharge of sewage in periods of excess rain, but environmental groups remain concerned that the levels post a threat to wildlife and […]
Development financing to Southeast Asia is expected to fall by more than $2bn in 2026 due to recent cutbacks by Western governments, according to a major Australian think tank. The Sydney-based Lowy Institute predicted in a new report on Sunday that development assistance to Southeast Asia will drop to $26.5bn next year from $29bn in […]
If it feels like there is an influx of political ads right now, it’s because there are. We look at why the ads are everywhere and who is paying for them. ADRIAN MA, HOST: In recent days, you’ve probably heard ads like these. (SOUNDBITE OF MONTAGE) UNIDENTIFIED NARRATOR #1: You voted for it. You got […]
BBC Raquel Celina Rodriguez watches her step as she walks across the Vega de Tilopozo in Chile’s Atacama salt flats. It’s a wetland, known for its groundwater springs, but the plain is now dry and cracked with holes she explains were once pools. “Before, the Vega was all green,” she says. “You couldn’t see the […]
National Motor Museum, Beaulieu Blue Bird returned to Pendine Sands 10 years ago for the 90th anniversary of the land-speed record In 1925, on a beach in south-west Wales, the automotive world was changed forever. A car dealer named Malcolm Campbell and his 350-horsepower Sunbeam car named Blue Bird, hoped to use the seven miles […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, listens as President Donald Trump, right, speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP After intense public pressure and criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the political spectrum, President Trump has called for a federal judge to release grand jury […]
Paul Murphy: “The Munster champions are hot favourites, particularly after beating Limerick in the Munster final. “Cork have been very impressive at various stages of the year, bar a few blips on the radar, including Limerick beating them in the round robin stage. “Tipperary have improved a lot better than many people would have expected, […]