‘My first cervical screening was over before I knew it’
The BBC speaks to six people about their first cervical screening, and what they wish they’d known beforehand.
Month: July 2025
15 debunked rumors about LeBron James
The NBA star player has long been the target of fake rumors, including AI slop. In the summer of 2025, he started to fight back.
Soviet scholar who deciphered Maya text tried to cite his cat as co-author at least once, academics say
While Yuri Knorozov’s cat, Asya, reportedly clawed her way into his heart, internet users may have exaggerated their relationship.
Trump admitted to going into changing room of beauty pageant contestants
Trump made the comments during a discussion about Miss USA and Miss Universe, not Miss Teen USA.
We Found No Evidence That Walz Lied About Being a Football Coach
Many on social media speculated that he exaggerated the significance of his coaching role, claiming he was only an unpaid assistant coach.
Boeing Reports Strongest Revenue in Six Years
Although the aerospace company lost money in the second quarter, it built and sold more planes as it recovered from quality crises and a workers
New York gunman may have been targeting NFL offices, was L.A. high school football standout
Shane Tamura, a former football standout at Golden Valley and Granada Hills high schools, entered a New York skyscraper and began “spraying” bullets, police say.
Summers are getting hotter. Here’s how experts say to cope with it
Much of the country is deep in the middle of a heat wave right now. And every summer, Duane Stilwell’s town in Arizona seems to
How the largest daily migration on Earth stores carbon in the ocean
The twilight zone of the ocean is a mysterious place. At 200-1000 meters below the surface, it’s a tough place to study. That’s why, during
Note Found After Gunman Kills 4 Victims in NYC Office Shooting
Four people, including a New York City police officer, were killed when a gunman opened fire in a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper that is home to
Gaza Is Suffering ‘Worst Case Scenario of Famine,’ Watchdog Says
The world’s leading hunger watchdog group says “the worst case scenario of famine” is unfolding in Gaza as Israel pauses fighting in parts of the
Hundreds of arrests during deadly Angola fuel protests
“People are fed up, hunger is rife,” activists tell the BBC as thousands join protests in Luanda.
BBC visits Beijing region hit by deadly flood
The BBC’s Stephen McDonell is in Miyun, one of the areas hardest-hit by the severe weather.