All The Beauty and the Bloodshed film explores Sackler scandal
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, directed by Laura Poitras, caused a stir earlier this year when it became only the second documentary to win...
Meta fined €390m over use of data for targeted ads
Meta has been fined €390m euros (£346m) for breaking EU data rules. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) says the way Meta asked permission to...
China Covid: WHO warns about under-representing Covid deaths
The World Health Organization has warned that China is under-representing the true impact of Covid in the country - in particular deaths. The removal of...
German New Year riots prompt calls for firework ban
A night of new year rioting and attacks on emergency services in Berlin and other cities has shocked Germans and prompted calls for a ban...
What is known about new Covid variant XBB.1.5?
A new Covid sub-variant is causing some concern in the US, where it is spreading rapidly. Some cases have been recorded in the UK, so...
William Singer: US college admissions architect will go to jail
The man known as the architect of the notorious US college admissions scandal has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison. William...
Sri Lanka crisis: Parents forced to pick which child can go to school
Ten-year-old Malki is too excited to stay in bed. She's up an hour before her two sisters and two brothers so that she can scrape...
Peng Shuai: WTA demands private meeting before tournaments can resume
The governing body for women's tennis says it wants to meet Peng Shuai in person before it can resume tournaments in China. Last year the...
Delhi hit-and-run: The woman who was dragged to death
Family members of Anjali Singh, the 20-year-old whose death in a horrific hit-and-run case has sparked protests in India, remember her as a cheerful person...
Amazon to shed over 18,000 jobs as it cuts costs, CEO says
Amazon aims to shed more than 18,000 roles as it cuts costs, the technology giant's boss says. He added the announcement was brought forward "because...