Mary McCool BBC Scotland News Trump waves at the cameras while playing golf at Turnberry A major security operation has ramped up as Donald Trump played golf on the first day of his private visit to Scotland. The US president teed off at his luxury resort Trump Turnberry in South Ayrshire at about 10:00, having […]
Taiwanese people go to vote at a polling station in Taipei, Taiwan, on Saturday to determine whether to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers, all from the opposition Nationalist Party, in elections. ChiangYing-ying/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption ChiangYing-ying/AP/AP Taiwanese voters rejected a bid to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers, all from the opposition Nationalist […]
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wouldn’t take away Americans’ vaccines. Many medical experts say his changes are already chipping away at access. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wouldn’t take […]
Nawal Al-Maghafi and Jasmin Dyer BBC World Service, reporting from Port-au-Prince BBC/ Phil Pendlebury Helene says the gang told her to have an abortion but she wanted to keep her baby and managed to escape Warning: This story contains accounts of rape and other violence that readers may find distressing. Helene was 17 years old […]
Here are the key events on day 1,248 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is how things stand on Saturday, July 26: Fighting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces were facing fierce fighting around the city of Pokrovsk in the country’s east, a logistics hub near where Russia’s military has been announcing the near-daily […]
A new provision in President Trump’s signature domestic policy legislation is causing uproar among professional poker players, who will face higher tax payments when they lose. Getty Images/Photo illustration by Emily Bogle/Newsportu hide caption toggle caption Getty Images/Photo illustration by Emily Bogle/Newsportu President Trump signed his One Big Beautiful Bill into law in early July, […]
Erika Benke BBC News, Rovaniemi BBC/Erika Benke “Make sure the reindeer have plenty of water – and don’t forget to drink a glass every hour too,” Santa reminds a team of elves as Lapland swelters in a record heatwave. It’s not every day that Father Christmas finds himself briefing about the hazards of sunstroke at […]
Nick Triggle Health correspondent PA Media Health Secretary Wes Streeting is promising to keep NHS services running as a five-day walkout by resident doctors gets underway in England. He said the disruption would be kept to a minimum after NHS England ordered hospitals to only cancel treatments in exceptional circumstances. In previous strikes, the focus […]
Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party is in a moment of crisis as nearly two-thirds of its legislators risk losing their posts through a mass referendum. Starting this weekend, voters across 31 districts in Taiwan will weigh in on whether they want to keep or remove their members of parliament. The “Great Recall”, as it has […]
Under Executive Chairwoman Shari Redstone, Paramount Global has taken steps to assuage concerns in the Trump administration over news coverage at CBS. On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of Paramount to Skydance. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images/Getty Images North America On Wednesday, Trey Parker […]