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Tuesday, 23 November 2021
Wisconsin officials will seek to charge a driver who ploughed into a Christmas parade on Sunday with five counts of intentional homicide.
Police said Darrell Edward Brooks Jr, 39, killed five...
Monday, 22 November 2021
Police have said there were "some fatalities" after a car ploughed into a parade in Wisconsin.
Footage posted online shows a red sports utility vehicle (SUV) driving through a Christmas parade...
Friday, 19 November 2021
A lawsuit against Alec Baldwin alleges that a film script did not require him to fire a gun when he fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Script supervisor Mamie Mitchell - who called...
Tuesday, 09 November 2021
Poland says it has repelled attempts by migrants to enter the country at its eastern border with Belarus, warning that thousands more were on the way.
Video footage showed hundreds of people near a barbed-wire...
Monday, 08 November 2021
There are more delegates at COP26 associated with the fossil fuel industry than from any single country, analysis shared with the BBC shows.
Campaigners led by Global Witness assessed the participant...
Thursday, 04 November 2021
Major coal users including Poland, Vietnam and Chile are committing to shift away from the fossil fuel, in pledges made at the COP26 climate summit, the UK government says.
Coal is the single biggest...
Thursday, 04 November 2021
A four-year-old girl missing for 18 days in a remote part of Western Australia has been found alive and well in a locked house, police have said.
Cleo Smith disappeared from her family's tent at a campsite...
Tuesday, 02 November 2021
More than 100 world leaders will promise to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, in the COP26 climate summit's first major deal.
Brazil - where stretches of the Amazon rainforest have been cut down...
Monday, 01 November 2021
Extreme weather events - including powerful heat waves and devastating floods - are now the new normal, says the World Meteorological Organisation.
The State of the Climate report for 2021 highlights...
Sunday, 31 October 2021
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has urged richer countries to share their vaccines with poorer ones, in an exclusive interview with the BBC.
Mr Widodo said it "shouldn't be just a few countries...
Wednesday, 27 October 2021
National plans to cut carbon fall far short of what's needed to avert dangerous climate change, according to the UN Environment Programme.
Their Emissions Gap report says country pledges will...
Tuesday, 26 October 2021
One of the world's most criticised polluters, Australia, has promised it will achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
PM Scott Morrison made the long-delayed pledge after bargaining with resistant...
Tuesday, 26 October 2021
Heightened tensions with Taiwan have focused attention on China, with many wondering where President Xi Jinping sees his country on the world stage. Perhaps the past can provide some clues, writes Rana...
Saturday, 23 October 2021
President Joe Biden said the US would defend Taiwan if China attacked, in an apparent departure from a long-held policy.
"Yes, we have a commitment to do that," he said when asked during a townhall if...
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
North Korea has successfully tested a new submarine-launched ballistic missile, state media say, confirming earlier reports by South Korea.
North Korea's KCNA news agency said the missile had "lots of...
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
At least 26 people have been killed in floods in southern India after heavy rains caused rivers to overflow, cutting off towns and villages.
Five children are among the dead. There are fears the death...
Monday, 18 October 2021
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledged on Sunday to criminalise prostitution in the country.
Speaking to supporters at the end of his Socialist Party's three-day congress in Valencia, Mr Sanchez...
Thursday, 14 October 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) says a new taskforce may be the last chance to find the origins of Covid-19.
It has nominated 26 experts to join the body, the Scientific Advisory Group on the Origins...
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
North Korea's leader has vowed to build an "invincible military" in the face of hostile policies from the United States, according to state media.
Kim Jong-un added that weapons development was for self-defence,...
Monday, 11 October 2021
The old habits of secrecy haven't left Kim Kuk-song.
It has taken weeks of discussions to get an interview with him, and he's still worried about who might be listening. He wears dark glasses for the...
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Marking one year since his acclaimed debut as Chanel’s artistic director, Matthieu Blazy delivered...
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The Victoria’s Secret Runway Show returned to Los Angeles on Sunday night with a high-stakes blend...
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The sixth annual Academy Museum Gala lit up Los Angeles as stars gathered in support of the Academy Museum...
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