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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
US President Donald Trump has ordered the military to prepare for action in Nigeria to tackle Islamist militant groups, accusing the government of failing to protect Christians. Trump did not say which killings he was referring to, but claims of…
The Netherlands has said it will return a stolen 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt. It is “highly likely” the stone head, dating from the time of the pharaohs, was plundered during the Arab Spring in either 2011 or 2012, according to…