Azadeh Moshiri Pakistan correspondent BBC Arif Khan was one of many helping in rescue efforts As villagers carried out the bodies of two children, soaked in mud, the large crowd looked impassive. They had gathered in a small village in the Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after a flash flood washed away several houses, trapping…
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The Canadian Press via AP Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney joins Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, Olena Zelenska, as they lay wreaths at the memorial wall in Kyiv President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would continue to fight for its freedom “while its calls for peace are not heard,” in a defiant address to…
CBS News Live CBS News Pittsburgh Live A team from Pennsylvania won the Little League Softball World Series championship on Sunday for the first time in nearly 50 years. The West Suburban team from Johnstown, Pennsylvania won the championship game that was hosted in Greenville, North Carolina, defeating a team from Floyds Knobs, Indiana, in…
Nigeria’s military has killed 35 jihadists in a series of air strikes near its north-eastern border with Cameroon, it said in a statement. The strikes were carried out in four areas to thwart an attempt by the jihadists to attack ground troops, the military added. Nigeria has been battling jihadist groups for more than a…
In June 2025, the World Bank increased its extreme poverty estimates by 125 million people. This doesn’t mean the world has gotten poorer: it reflects a new, higher International Poverty Line of $3 a day, up from $2.15. To track progress towards ending extreme poverty by 2030, the United Nations relies on the World Bank…
EPA Pope Leo XIV met members of the Chagos Refugees Group in Vatican City Pope Leo XIV has said he is “delighted” the UK has agreed to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Speaking to a delegation of 15 refugees from Chagos, Pope Leo said that the move represented a “significant victory” in their long…
“We don’t want to celebritise referees, but we want to humanise them,” says Howard Webb, chief refereeing officer for Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), while sitting pitchside in Spain at a pre-season training camp for England’s elite officials. “One of our key performance characteristics is around physical ability and being able to comfortably meet…
OVER THE next decade, obesity and associated chronic diseases will have a profound impact on economies and global health. Yet for all the publicity around weight-loss treatments, it is clear that pharmaceuticals alone cannot solve a crisis that already affects over a billion people worldwide. The challenge lies not just in developing medicines and other…
Less than 24 hours after his release, US authorities have informed Kilmar Ábrego García that he may be deported to Uganda, following his refusal to accept a plea deal in a pending criminal trial, his lawyers say. Attorneys for Mr Ábrego García say he declined an offer to plead guilty to human smuggling charges in…
