The South African government has dismissed accusations by the US that it harassed and intimidated American officials during a raid on a centre processing applications by white South Africans for refugee status in the US. Tuesday’s raid saw seven Kenyans expelled from South Africa for working in the country illegally. The US accused South Africa…
2 hours ago Anbarasan Ethirajan,Global Affairs Correspondent, Toaha Faroque,BBC Bangla, Dhakaand Kelly Ng Watch: Large crowd burns rubble after death of Bangladesh youth protest leader Staff at two leading Bangladeshi newspapers say they were “gasping for air” as protesters, roused by the death of a prominent activist, set their offices alight on Thursday. Sharif Osman…
President Donald Trump has suspended the US green card lottery scheme in the wake of a mass shooting at Brown University last week in which two people were killed. The suspect, a Portuguese man who was found dead on Thursday, entered the country through the diversity lottery immigrant visa programme (DV1) in 2017 and was…
5 hours ago Peter Hoskins,Business reporterand Lily Jamali,North America technology correspondent Watch: What does TikTok’s deal mean for America’s users? TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance has signed binding agreements with US and global investors to operate its business in America, TikTok’s boss told employees on Thursday. Half of the joint venture will be owned by a…
5 hours ago Vishnukant Tiwari,Bhopaland Abhishek Dey,Delhi Getty Images In India, HIV still carries strong social stigma, often leading to discrimination Parents of children with thalassemia in India say they are devastated after life-saving blood transfusions left their children HIV-positive, confronting them with illness, social stigma, and uncertainty. Thalassemia is a genetic blood disorder that…
European Union leaders have struck a deal to give Ukraine a €90bn (£79bn; $105bn) loan after failing to agree on using frozen Russian assets. The agreement, which leaders said would meet Ukraine’s military and economic needs for the next two years, came after more than a day of talks at a summit in Brussels. “We…
The Australian government has announced a gun buyback scheme in the wake of the Bondi Beach attack – its deadliest mass shooting in decades. The scheme is the largest since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, which left 35 people dead and prompted Australia to introduce world-leading gun control measures. Fifteen people were killed and…
A former Nascar driver and his family were among the seven people killed in a plane crash at a regional airport in North Carolina, the car-racing organisation has said. A highway patrol spokesman said people on the ground confirmed that Greg Biffle was among those who boarded the plane. The Cessna C550 crashed while landing…
Pope Leo has named Bishop Aldon Ronald Hicks who, like the pope, is from the Chicago area and served in Latin America, as the next archbishop of New York. Bishop Hicks, 58, will lead one of the Roman Catholic Church’s most populous and important postings in the US. He replaces retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan, 75,…
16 hours ago Grace Eliza Goodwin House Oversight Committee Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released a batch of around 70 photos from the estate of late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It was the third such release from a tranche of over 95,000 photos the committee has acquired from Epstein’s estate. It includes…