Friday, 28 August 2026

Climate change: Can India meet its targets?

Added: 10.11.2021 19:36 | 264 views | 0 comments

India has pledged new targets at the Glasgow climate summit, but is it on track to achieve them?

Tags: India

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Myanmar charges US journalist with terrorism

Added: 10.11.2021 17:18 | 254 views | 0 comments

Danny Fenster, already on trial, is now facing new charges which could lead to a life sentence.

Tags: Journalists

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Japan train driver sues over 49 cents in docked wages

Added: 10.11.2021 12:18 | 267 views | 0 comments

The tiny sum was docked after the man caused a one-minute delay to Japan's punctual train system.

Tags: Dell , Japan

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

As winter looms, reports of starvation in North Korea

Added: 10.11.2021 11:17 | 261 views | 0 comments

North Korea's leader has compared the current situation to the terrible famine of the 1990s.

Tags: Wine

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern's live stream interrupted by three-year-old daughter

Added: 10.11.2021 9:43 | 263 views | 0 comments

Three-year-old Neve interrupted Jacinda Ardern's Facebook Live on Covid restrictions.

Tags: Facebook , New Zealand

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Afghanistan's ghost soldiers undermined fight against Taliban - ex-official

Added: 10.11.2021 9:43 | 260 views | 0 comments

Thousands of troops who were supposed to fight the Taliban did not exist, a former minister says.

Tags: Soldiers , Taliban , Afghanistan

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Peter Jackson sells visual effects firm for $1.6bn to Unity

Added: 10.11.2021 6:17 | 258 views | 0 comments

New Zealand-based Weta Digital created the characters Gollum and Caesar in Planet of the Apes.

Tags: Fire , Gold , Planes

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Family of woman who died in detention files complaint against Japan officials

Added: 10.11.2021 5:17 | 262 views | 0 comments

The woman died following months of custody in a detention facility in Nagoya.

Tags: Fila , Japan

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Mostafa Baluch: Australian fugitive arrested after massive manhunt

Added: 10.11.2021 3:18 | 306 views | 0 comments

Mostafa Baluch sparked a 17-day nationwide manhunt after allegedly cutting off a tracking bracelet.

Tags: Arrests , Australia

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

COP26: A big-polluting firm outpacing Australian MPs on climate action

Added: 10.11.2021 1:19 | 261 views | 0 comments

Australia has been called a climate laggard, but some firms are outpacing politicians on taking action.

Tags: Australia , Beer , Fire

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Parambir Singh: The case of the missing top police officer

Added: 10.11.2021 1:19 | 260 views | 0 comments

The former police chief of Mumbai has been missing since May - and nobody quite knows why.

Tags: Beer , Mumbai , Police , Tom Ford

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Shein: The secretive Chinese brand dressing Gen Z

Added: 10.11.2021 1:19 | 257 views | 0 comments

Shein's popularity has shot up during the pandemic, targeting Gen Z shoppers with low-cost products.

Tags: Brandy , Panda

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Nagaenthran: Family prays for miracle to halt execution of man with low IQ

Added: 09.11.2021 7:14 | 276 views | 0 comments

The drug trafficking case has sparked a rare disquiet in Singapore where the death penalty is largely uncontroversial.

Tags: Singapore

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Cleo Smith abduction: Australian police investigate 'if anyone else involved'

Added: 09.11.2021 6:18 | 264 views | 0 comments

The four-year-old Australian girl was found in a locked house last week after vanishing for 18 days.

Tags: Australia , Girls , Police

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Zhang Zhan: US asks China to free jailed Wuhan citizen journalist

Added: 09.11.2021 6:18 | 243 views | 0 comments

Zhang Zhan has been in jail since May 2020 for her on-the-ground coverage of Covid-19 in Wuhan.

Tags: Beer , Citizen

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Chennai rains: At least four dead after heavy downpour

Added: 09.11.2021 5:02 | 286 views | 0 comments

Officials have warned that more rains in the next two days could trigger further flooding.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Evergrande: Crisis-hit developer raises more cash as new deadline looms

Added: 09.11.2021 4:45 | 247 views | 0 comments

The firm faces another deadline this week to make overdue interest payments of $148m.

Tags: Fire

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam: Family prays as man with IQ of 69 to be executed

Added: 09.11.2021 4:16 | 253 views | 0 comments

The drug trafficking case has sparked a rare disquiet in Singapore where the death penalty is largely uncontroversial.

Tags: Singapore

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Bhopal hospital fire: Four newborns die in neonatal unit

Added: 09.11.2021 3:18 | 239 views | 0 comments

Firefighters were able to save 36 other babies as the blaze quickly engulfed the hospital.

Tags: Babies , Hospitals

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Desperate Afghans turn to people smugglers for help fleeing the country

Added: 09.11.2021 1:17 | 248 views | 0 comments

People smugglers tell the BBC the number of Afghans leaving, has more than doubled since the Taliban takeover.

Tags: Taliban

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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