Will Vernon BBC News in Ukraine BBC Children comfort each other as they share their experiences of the war The day Russia’s full-scale invasion began, Dima’s dad told him he might never see him again. “The building in our street got blown up. Dad said, ‘I’m going to do everything I can so that you…
Security cameras at Nebraska State Penitentiary captured footage of the moment the roof blew off the prison housing unit in a severe storm on 9 August. No one was injured and everyone impacted was safely relocated according to the State Penitentiary. “In corrections, we train for the unexpected,” Director Rob Jeffreys said, adding that “while…
A shooting at a nightclub in Ecuador killed eight people and injured three others, police have said. Authorities were called to the Santa Lucía property in the early hours of Sunday morning, where they found seven people already deceased after gunmen opened fire. An eighth person died in hospital. Police said the motive for the…
Sam Harris speaks with Anne Applebaum about the erosion of democracy at home and abroad. They discuss the Sudanese civil war and the outside forces involved, America’s retreat from global leadership, the impacts of USAID cuts, gerrymandering, the integrity of U.S. elections, the capitulation of Republican representatives to Trump, tariffs, what a post-Trump world could…
A British backpacker has pleaded guilty to killing a man in Australia after hitting him while riding an e-scooter with an alcohol level more than three times the legal limit. Alicia Kemp, 25, from Redditch, Worcestershire, had been drinking with a friend on a Saturday afternoon in May when she was kicked out of a…
U.S. team veteran Marie McCool was named the Most Valuable Player of the lacrosse competition at The World Games in Chengdu, China after leading the U.S. to a perfect 5-0 record, including a 16-8 win over Canada in the gold medal game. It was the second World Games gold medal for McCool, who was the…
The Philippines Coast Guard reported that two Chinese vessels collided while pursuing a Philippine patrol ship in the South China Sea. According to the Philippines Coast Guard, the Chinese vessels engaged in aggressive behaviour, including dangerous blocking manoeuvres, as they chased Philippines Coast Guard and fishing vessels near Scarborough Shoal. Both the Philippines and China…
Ridding the world of nuclear weapons is an urgent moral issue, said three U.S. archbishops participating in a Pilgrimage of Peace to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, that coincided with the 80th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of those cities. “We must assume the cause of global nuclear disarmament with the urgency that befits the seriousness…
