By Nadine Yousif BBC News Former US president Donald Trump is “gearing up for a battle” ahead of his scheduled court hearing on Tuesday, his lawyer has said. Mr Trump is expected to fly to New York City from his Mar-a-Lago home on Monday to face charges related to hush money payments made to […]
By Nick Thorpe BBC News A prominent member of a California-based white supremacist group has been arrested in Romania and will be extradited to the US. Robert Rundo, 33, co-founder of the Rise Above Movement, was arrested on Friday at a Bucharest gym following a tip-off, Romanian police said. He was accused of violence […]
By Matthew HenryBBC Sport Russian and Belarusian players will be able to compete at Wimbledon this summer after the All England Club lifted the ban it imposed last year. The players will be able to feature this year “subject to competing as neutral athletes” and complying with certain conditions. They were banned in response to Russia’s […]
Secretary General of the Journalist Association of India & Journalists Federation of India, Dr. H K Sethi on Friday issued a statement celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility and applauding the bravery of trans people. “On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate the strength, joy, and absolute courage of some of the bravest people I know,” […]
जर्नलिस्ट एसोसिएशन ऑफ इंडिया और जर्नलिस्ट फेडरेशन ऑफ इंडिया के महासचिव डॉ. एच के सेठी ने शुक्रवार को ट्रांसजेंडर डे ऑफ विजिबिलिटी मनाते हुए एक बयान जारी किया और ट्रांस लोगों की बहादुरी की सराहना की। जर्नलिस्ट एसोसिएशन ऑफ इंडिया और जर्नलिस्ट्स फेडरेशन ऑफ इंडिया के महासचिव डॉ. एच के सेठी ने कहा, “दृश्यता […]
Kalkidan Yibeltal BBC News, Addis Ababa Prosecutors in Ethiopia say they’re dropping criminal charges placed against senior civil and military leaders from the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF). This is the latest move following a peace deal signed last year to end one of Africa’s deadliest conflicts between the TPLF and the government. A statement […]
An Indian appeals court has upheld a $160m fine imposed on Google by the country’s antitrust regulator in a case related to Android’s market dominance. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) said the Competition Commission of India (CCI) findings were correct and Google was liable to pay the fine. But it set aside four […]
By Nicholas Yong BBC News At least 28 people have been killed and 230 rescued after a passenger ferry caught fire in the Philippines. The blaze began in the ship’s air-conditioned cabins on Wednesday night but it is unclear how, officials said. Among the dead were at least three children, including a six-month-old baby. […]
By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva & Robert Plummer in London BBC News Four bankers who allowed a friend of Vladimir Putin to deposit huge sums in Swiss banks have been found guilty of lacking due diligence. The former executives at the Zurich branch of Russia’s Gazprombank were given hefty fines for helping […]
By Paul Kirby BBC News A US journalist working for the Wall Street Journal has been formally arrested in Russia and accused of spying. Evan Gershkovich, an experienced Russia reporter, was working in Yekaterinburg at the time of his detention. The Wall Street Journal said it was “deeply concerned” for his safety and […]
