Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected mayor of New York City, is notable in many ways. He will become the city’s youngest mayor since 1892, its first Muslim mayor and its first mayor born in Africa. That alone makes his victory…
Former US President George W Bush has led tributes to Dick Cheney, saying his death is “a loss to the nation and a sorrow to his friends”. Cheney died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease on Monday…
Four people have been detained after Portuguese authorities intercepted a narco-sub carrying more than 1.7 tonnes of cocaine in the mid-Atlantic. The semi-submersible vessel was bound for the Iberian Peninsula and was seized in recent days, according to officials. Footage…
At least 52 people have been killed while hundreds of thousands fled their homes as one of the strongest typhoons this year ripped through the central Philippines, authorities say. Typhoon Kalmaegi has flooded large areas, including entire towns on the…
Online retailers Shein, Temu, AliExpress and Wish are being investigated in France in relation to the offence of enabling minors to access pornographic content on their platforms, the Paris prosecutor said on Tuesday. The country’s consumer watchdog had reported the…
American rapper Nicki Minaj has expressed concern over the persecution of Christians globally, describing it as dangerous for the world to ignore ongoing acts of religious violence. This is even as the rapper commended US President Donald Trump and his…
Justin Baldoni’s $400m (£295m) lawsuit against his former co-star, Blake Lively, has been formally ended by a judge, who said the actor and director had failed to meet a deadline to continue his claim. The pair, who starred in the…
Ask ChatGPT whether AI will replace humans in the customer service industry, and it will offer a diplomatic answer, the summary of which is “they will work side by side”. Humans, though, are not so optimistic. Last year, the chief…
Not many people can say they’ve been given a private piano recital by Sir Anthony Hopkins. But that’s exactly what happened when our four-strong BBC team went to interview the double Oscar-winning actor in Los Angeles. We were in the…
Donald Trump has played down the possibility of a US war with Venezuela, but suggested Nicolás Maduro’s days as the country’s president were numbered. Asked if the US was going to war against Venezuela, the US president told CBS’ 60…