BBC The blocks came down in plumes of dust Two well-known Glasgow tower blocks have been blown up in a planned demolition. Numbers 305 and 341 Caledonia Road in the Gorbals were brought down to make way for new housing. Owners New Gorbals Housing Association (NGHA) will replace the high-rise flats with more than 100 […]
Out of 77 people arrested, 38 remain in custody, most of whom are now facing criminal charges. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said many more antigovernment protesters will be arrested, as clashes with police at a massive night-time rally demanding early parliamentary elections marked a crescendo of months-long public dissent. At a news conference on […]
Sophie van Brugen BBC News BBC Pupils at Platt Primary school in Maidstone learn about sun protection Children as young as five are being taught how to check UV levels and apply sunscreen, as part of a new pilot aimed at reducing future skin cancer cases. The initiative, currently being trialled in primary schools across […]
Getty Images Food businesses must make it easier for customers to buy healthy food, under new government plans announced on Sunday. Supermarkets and food manufacturers in England will partner with the government to tackle obesity rates by encouraging people to make their weekly shop healthier. Ministers say it will be up to food retailers to […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup that made waves earlier this year with its low-cost model, is now staring at a bleak future in Europe after Germany’s data protection commissioner, Meike Kamp, […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., (R) says he hopes to pass the Senate’s massive tax and spending bill this week. If he succeeds, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., (L), will have to sell the bill to holdouts in his own party if he hopes to meet President Trump’s goal of signing the bill on […]
Venezuela’s former head of military intelligence, Hugo Carvajal – also known as “El Pollo”, or The Chicken – has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and narco-terrorism charges in the US. US officials accused the 65-year-old of forming part of a drug-smuggling organisation made up of high-ranking members of the Venezuelan military. The guilty plea is […]
The United States Supreme Court has ended its latest term with a host of blockbuster decisions, touching on everything from healthcare coverage to school reading lists. On Friday, the court issued the final decisions of the 2024 term before it takes several months of recess. The nine justices on its bench will reconvene in October. […]
Rayhan Demytrie & Paul Kirby In Tbilisi & London Reuters Nika Melia, who was jailed on Friday, was also accused of splashing the judge with water Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia has become the latest opposition figure to be sent to jail this week in a crackdown described by observers as an unprecedented attack on […]
Getty Images Tuvalu is the world’s second lowest-lying country More than a third of Tuvalu citizens have entered the ballot for a world-first climate visa which would allow them to permanently migrate to Australia. Opening for the first intake on 16 June, the influx of registrations could indicate that programme will be hugely oversubscribed, with […]