Six individual world champions will return to the venue of their global triumphs to compete at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial – a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting – in Budapest on Tuesday (12). The Gyulai Memorial – also known as the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix – has been held in Szekesfehervar since 2014, but…
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has joined a White House meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss plans for post-war Gaza, the BBC has confirmed. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has said the US is putting together a “very comprehensive” plan on “the next day” after the war. However, little else has been…
André Rhoden-Paul & Francesca Gillett BBC News Watch: “Please give me an invite” – Young Americans react to Taylor Swift’s engagement “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” With that one-line, five-picture Instagram post, signed off with a fire cracker emoji, Taylor Swift announced her engagement to American football player Travis Kelce,…
Paul KirbyEurope digital editor Russian ministry of defence Russia’s defence ministry released an image claiming to show Russian troops inside the village of Zaporizke, but Ukraine says it is still in control there Ukrainian forces have acknowledged that Russia’s military has crossed into the eastern industrial region of Dnipropetrovsk and is trying to establish a…
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to block a Mississippi law barring minors from using social media sites including Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat, YouTube and X without their parents’ consent. The court’s brief order was unsigned and gave no reasons, which is typical when the justices act on emergency applications. The order was not the…
SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. — The dogs strutted the red carpet and showed off their unconventional looks in hopes of walking away with $5,000 in cash, a Mug Root Beer merchandise deal and bragging rights from the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair on Friday. This year’s field was composed of cancer survivors, senior…
The first human case of a flesh-eating parasite infestation has been confirmed in the US, authorities say. New World screwworm (NWS) myiasis was found in a patient who returned to the US from El Salvador, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday. The case was confirmed on 4 August. NWS myiasis is…
Asher Hong (Tomball, Texas/Stanford University) dominated the senior all-around competition Saturday evening to conclude men’s action at the 2025 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships in New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (August 9, 2025) – Asher Hong (Tomball, Texas/Stanford University) dominated the senior all-around competition Saturday evening to conclude men’s action at the 2025 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics…
Archana Shukla, Roxy Gagdekar & Garikipati Umakanth BBC News Reporting fromTiruppur, Surat & Veeravasaram Vishnu Vardhan, BBC News Tiruppur, which contributes to a third of India’s exports of apparel to US brands, is gripped by anxiety about tariffs An eerie silence hangs over N Krishnamurthy’s garment manufacturing unit in Tiruppur, one of India’s largest textile…
