This week tens of thousands of young people have taken to the streets of Delhi, India’s capital, demanding changes to the electoral system and the resignation of the country’s electoral commissioner. Thousands have been detained by police in the process. They represent the ‘cockroach’ movement, a grassroots campaign group startedContinue Reading
The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Leo XIV had a ‘peaceful night’ in hospital after surgery to remove a lower lobe of his right lung on Tuesday. The pontiff is expected to remain in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for about a week before returning to work. The 71-year-old underwent a 90-minuteContinue Reading
Authorities in the US state of Tennessee have released dramatic phone calls that were made to the emergency services after the botched execution of Christa Pike. They show there was chaos and confusion as emergency responders tried to work out whether a request for help in the execution chamber wasContinue Reading
Singer Raye has hit back at ticket touts who she says “overwhelmed” the sign-up process for an upcoming live show by using AI bots to create “hundreds of thousands of fake registrations”. The Where Is My Husband! singer revealed there were 1.8 million sign-ups for her one-off 5,000-seat performanceContinue Reading
The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have continued to fire missiles towards Saudi Arabia, after a number of deadly attacks on Riyadh’s main international airport. Almost all flights to and from the airport have been suspended. The Houthis say their actions are in retaliation for “brutal Saudi aggression” against areas theyContinue Reading
One person has been killed and 11 injured in a second strike on the international airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh, officials have said. A Saudi military spokesman said a projectile had hit King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, causing a fire in a passenger hall. Saudi Arabia’s civil aviationContinue Reading
Do you know your family medical history? For hundreds of thousands of care-experienced people, the answer isn’t always straightforward. Missing medical and childhood information can affect access to healthcare, from identifying inherited conditions to getting an autism assessment. In some cases, the consequences can be life-threatening, with people unaware ofContinue Reading
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent has shot a man in his car in the Bronx in New York City while the man’s five-year-old son sat in the backseat. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which runs ICE, confirmed an officer discharged his weapon while attempting to arrestContinue Reading
