Canada Lytton: Wildfire forces hottest place in heatwave to evacuate
Residents of a Canadian village which recorded the country’s highest ever temperature, 49.6C (121.3F), have been forced to flee by…
Twitter India named in two more police cases
Indian police have filed two more cases against Twitter amid growing tensions between the social media platform and the federal…
Pinjra Tod: Freed India activists talk about hope and despair in jail
By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Delhi riots When student activists Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal walked out of…
HMS Defender: Russia’s Putin accuses UK and US of military provocation
Crimea crisis Russia’s Vladimir Putin has accused the UK and US military of staging a “complex provocation,” after British…
Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction overturned
Bill Cosby sexual assault case US comedian Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction has been overturned by Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court, paving…
Canada weather: Dozens dead as heatwave shatters records
Dozens of people have died in Canada amid an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed temperature records. Police in the Vancouver…
Mixing Covid vaccines gives good protection, study suggests
By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online Coronavirus pandemic A mix-and-match approach to Covid vaccines – using different…
India Covid: Covishield ‘not eligible’ for EU travel pass
India’s Covishield jab is not eligible for a European Union travel pass for vaccinated tourists, reports say. Covishield is the…
Hong Kong pro-democracy media buckles under China pressure
Hong Kong anti-government protests The continued targeting of pro-democracy journalists and publications is sending a chilling message to Hong…
Miami building collapse: Rescuers search air pockets
Rescue workers are pinning their hopes on finding a “miracle” survivor in voids underneath the rubble of a Florida apartment…