Kyiv targeted by massive Russian strikes killing several people
Russian bombardments killed at least nine people and wounded dozens in Ukraine‘s capital and its surrounding region overnight, authorities said on Thursday. The foes have ramped up long-range attacks in recent months, driving up the civilian death…
Russia unleashes ‘massive attack’ on Kyiv, killing at least eight
Kyiv has been battered in near nightly-attacks in recent weeks, with some strikes resulting in dozens of deaths and serious injuries. More than a dozen regions have been targeted across Ukraine over the past week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, with…
NASA satellite rescue mission fails, swift telescope set to fall to earth
A complicated mission to save a NASA satellite from burning up in the atmosphere has failed, the US space agency said Wednesday, as the rescue spacecraft could not be controlled. The Swift space telescope, which studies the most powerful explosions in…
Ex-Vice President of Liberia charged in drug trafficking probe
Liberia has charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering and a range of other offences, the country’s Justice Ministry announced. Howard-Taylor, who served as vice president for six years to 2024, was…
Angélique Kidjo makes Hollywood history as first Black African on Walk of Fame – Eye on Africa
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Missing teen hiker found dead in Australian bush after eight-day search
The body of a woman has been found in Australian bushland, following an eight-day search for a Sydney teenager reported missing last Wednesday. Police said that while the body was yet to be formally identified, it was believed to be that of 18-year-old…
US national debt exceeds $40 trillion for first time amid rising borrowing
The US gross national debt has surged past $40 trillion for the first time, government data showed Wednesday, outstripping earlier forecasts at a pace fuelled in part by President Donald Trump‘s invalidated tariffs. The uptick in borrowing comes as…
Giant whales move into Greenland waters as ice disappears
It is not clear from this study whether the change reflects an overall increase in the populations of these whale species, or just a redistribution from other areas. Other experts the BBC spoke to were concerned that the study suggested there was an…
Trump says he will meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un later this year
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would meet Kim Jong Un later this year, seeking to revive the bond he claims to have struck with the leader of nuclear-armed North Korea in his first term. Trump told reporters at the White House it was…
Trump threatens ‘tremendous economic consequences’ on any country helping Iran
President Donald Trump has announced the US will inflict «TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences» on any country that helps or does business with Iran. He wrote in all capital letters on Truth Social he was launching «the most crushing economic operation ever…