Nomsa MasekoBBC Africa, Lilongwe and Mangochi BBC The queue to get fuel rather than the queue to vote is what is on the mind of many Malawians as Tuesday’s general election approaches. Prolonged petrol shortages, along with regular power cuts, the rising cost of living, hunger, poverty, inequality and youth unemployment, add to the tangible…
Kayla EpsteinWashington, Utah Getty Images Forensic agents are seen at the apartment complex where Tyler Robinson is said to live in St George, Utah Washington, Utah, located just southwest of Zion National Park, is surrounded by cinematic, flat-topped mountains and has long been a hub for exploring the natural wonders of the American west. Yet…
Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter Getty Images Owen Cooper (left, with Stephen Graham), could become the youngest ever male winner of an acting Emmy Adolescence, The White Lotus, Severance and The Penguin are a few of the TV shows that will battle it out later at the Emmys, the television industry’s most prestigious awards ceremony. Owen Cooper,…
Gagandeep SinghReporting from Stockton, California Gagandeep Singh The trucks keep rolling on Highway 99 in California, the route bustling with freight traffic through the Central Valley. And behind the wheel is often a turbaned Sikh man, their cabs adorned with religious symbols, portraits of Sikh Gurus, or posters of Punjabi singers. Sikhs, a religious minority…
Nardine Saad and Max Matza Watch: Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika makes first public statement since deadly shooting Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika, has given a tearful address in which she thanked first responders for trying to save her husband’s life after he was fatally shot on a Utah university campus. In a livestream, standing beside her…
Dubai,India’s cricket team has responded to growing political calls for a boycott of their upcoming Asia Cup match against Pakistan, with batting coach Sitanshu Kotak stressing that the players remain focused solely on cricket. The high-stakes encounter, scheduled for Sunday, will mark the first meeting between the two rivals since border tensions escalated in May…
Nepal’s major political parties have demanded the country’s President Ram Chandra Poudel reinstates the parliament he dissolved following deadly anti-corruption protests. In a statement, eight parties – including the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and Maoist Centre – said the president acted unconstitutionally. Poudel dissolved the House of Representatives on Friday upon the recommendation of newly-appointed interim…
Accra, Ghana – Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, Executive Director of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), called on Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, the incumbent Chairperson of COMSATS, at the Jubilee House in Accra. Dr. Zakaria is leading a four-member delegation of the COMSATS Secretariat on his…
Chengdu, China – President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday met with Li Shulei, Member of the Political Bureau and Secretariat of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Minister of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, to discuss strengthening cooperation between Pakistan and China across political, economic, and cultural spheres. During…
Yolande KnellMiddle East correspondent, Tulkarm BBC Nasser Faratawi’s West Bank property was taken over by the IDF in March Nasser Faratawi holds up a blackened garland of silicone flowers and a singed Ramadan lantern as he picks through the charred ruins of what was his popular party shop in Tulkarm in the north of the…
