October 2019
Trump-Ukraine inquiry: Democrats demand documents from White House
US Democratic lawmakers have demanded documents from the White House as part of their impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The documents relate to a call between Mr Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on [...]
North Korea and US begin fresh talks on nukes and sanctions
US and North Korean officials have arrived in Sweden to restart nuclear talks in the hope of breaking a stalemate between the two countries.The last summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un [...]
Hong Kong: Transport paralysed in clampdown on rioters
Media playback is unsupported on your device Most of Hong Kong's metro system remains shut after a day which saw stations and businesses attacked in violent anti-government protests.Only the Airport Express remained open as protesters [...]
Pop star Sia reveals battle with chronic pain disorder
Australian pop star Sia has revealed that she suffers from a disease that gives her chronic pain.In a tweet, the singer-songwriter said she had Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a rare condition that can cause joint pain [...]
China and Taiwan clash over Wikipedia edits
Ask Google or Siri: "What is Taiwan?""A state", they will answer, "in East Asia". But earlier in September, it would have been a "province in the People's Republic of China". For questions of fact, many [...]
India's onion crisis: Why rising prices make politicians cry
Onion prices have yet again dominated the headlines in India over the past week. BBC Marathi's Janhavee Moole explains what makes this sweet and pungent vegetable so political.The onion - ubiquitous in Indian cooking - [...]
Methanol poisoning: Death by ignorance and taboo
Every few months, reports circulate of large numbers of people falling ill after a wedding or other gathering. The illnesses - often deaths too - are blamed on bad alcohol; cheaply made homebrew which contain [...]
Pagers, faxes and cheques: Things that might seem obsolete, but aren't
The roughly one thousand people who still used pagers in Japan might have shed a tear this week when they were finally discontinued. Wait, you may say... pagers are still a thing? Even though you [...]
India shelves crackdown on single-use plastic
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called on the nation to work towards ending the use of plastic. It comes after India shelved a blanket ban on single-use plastics saying it was too disruptive during [...]
Whale calf rescued from netting in Australia
A young humpback whale has been freed after becoming entangled in shark netting off the coast of Sydney's northern beaches in New South Wales.The rescue operation was carried out by a team from the New [...]
Mind-controlled exoskeleton allows paralysed man to walk
A paralysed man has been able to move his four limbs by using a mind-controlled exoskeleton suit in France. Thibault, who does not want his surname revealed, was an optician before he fell 15m in [...]
Vintage photos offer glimpse of Upper Amazon 150 years ago
A set of pictures by the German photographer Albert Frisch have sold at auction in Sotheby's in New York. The pictures were taken more than 150 years ago during an expedition to Brazil's Upper Amazon [...]
Falling felines: Keeping cats in high-rise flats safe
Singaporean cat owners are grappling with high-rise syndrome - the phenomenon of cats falling from a height and sustaining severe injuries. It’s a growing problem in fast urbanising Asia as more people live in flats [...]
Footage emerges of black man tied to horse in Texas arrest
Officials in Texas have released body camera footage of police on horseback arresting a black man with a rope. A photograph of the incident sparked outrage in August.The Galveston Police Department is deciding if the [...]