2 days ago By Rumeana Jahangir, BBC News @kate_rackham Kate Rackham shared updates about her treatment on social media Tributes have been paid after the death of a teacher who raised awareness of incurable secondary breast cancer. Kate Rackham was diagnosed with oestrogen-receptive breast cancer at the age of 39. The Manchester-based teacher, who shared updates on […]
The campaigner and former sub-postmaster, Alan Bates, was at the public inquiry into the Post Office scandal when he received the news that he was to be knighted in the King’s Birthday Honours. He had travelled from his home in Llandudno to hear former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells give evidence, breaking her near-decade long […]
During Apple’s showcase this week for new artificial intelligence and other software, one company employee after another strode into view and assumed the position: standing with legs spread and toes pointing out. This Apple Stance — as it was dubbed by a private group chat on X, according to one participant — looked awkward when […]
Fasano, Italy – This year’s G7 summit bore the hallmarks of a fragile club, yet one that still manages to put up a good fight when it comes to shielding Western interests. On Saturday, the leaders of what were once the wealthiest countries in the world concluded the three-day G7 summit in Borgo Egnazia, a […]
Jun 14, 2024, 12:45 PM ET Barcelona eliminated the Inter Miami CF under-12 academy in the LaLiga FC Futures tournament on Friday, after the Spanish side scored five goals in 24 minutes to qualify to the quarterfinals. Inter Miami, led by Lionel Messi’s son, Thiago Messi, and Luis Suárez’s son, Benjamín Suárez, entered the match […]
6 minutes ago By Victoria Gill, @vic_gill, Science correspondent A humpback whale shows its ‘acrobatic’ skill as it creates a bubble net to trap krill Footage of humpback whales captured by drones has revealed how the animals manoeuvre their whole bodies when they feed. As BBC News filmed with scientists in the Antarctic Peninsula, one whale used its […]
This summer promises to be one of the most exciting moments in European football with 22 thrilling matchdays, 24 passionate teams, 51 games, and an anticipated 5 billion fans watching worldwide. That’s 275,400 seconds – not including extra time – accurately timed by Hublot, ensuring that every second counts. Above and beyond the stats, Hublot’s […]
BARI, Italy — Pope Francis is an octogenarian who says he cannot use a computer, but on a February afternoon in 2019, a top diplomat of American Big Tech entered the papal residence seeking guidance on the ethics of a gestating technology: artificial intelligence. Microsoft President Brad Smith and the pope discussed the rapid development […]
If ever a saying fitted the claims made in an election cycle it must be the famous Mark Twain line about “lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics”. If you tuned into the Sky leaders’ event on Wednesday or the ITV head-to-head that preceded it you could be forgiven for thinking that the NHS waiting list […]
On a parabolic flight last year, where John experienced weightlessness for the first time, he found his day-to-day, hi-tech, microprocessor prosthetic leg would need recalibrating. In fact, John thinks he might need several prosthetic legs on the ISS. “There would be a prosthesis for running, a back up for the microprocessor prosthesis, and then there’s […]