The Gambian women turning grief into song
Known as the Kanyeleng, they have transformed their experience of child loss through a tradition of music.
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Stolen Matisse artworks recovered by police in Brazil
A man is arrested after eight works by the French artist are found at a home in greater São Paulo.
Teens who fled Venezuela after deadly quakes caught in another disaster in Colombia
Deivi Delfín and his brother moved to Colombia after a quake in Venezuela killed their mother, but were caught in another deadly disaster.
‘Unprecedented’ rains in Japan kill six people
The storm cut power to more than 20,000 households and left 7,000 people stranded at Tokyo’s Narita airport.
Perez Hilton has long road to recovery, had struggled with depression, sister says
Barbara Lavandeira recalled finding her brother in a state of distress on Aug. 4 and said “we remain hopeful” as he recovers.
Judge shows signs of frustration with DOJ attorneys over handling of Epstein files
The judge said he had “absolutely no desire” to go down the road of holding government attorneys in contempt but gave a history lesson on
Fear and attacks grip Taybeh, the last all-Christian town in the West Bank
Historic Taybeh, a Palestinian Christian town in the occupied West Bank, targeted by settlers in coordinated attacks.
Record rainfall leaves four dead, thousands stranded in Japan
Record rainfall in Chiba claims lives as more than 22,000 households without power on busy Bon Buddhist holiday week.
Salvage work begins on tanker leaking oil off Oman, risk firm says
Environmental NGO Greenpeace warns that spill has rapidly expanded to 1,300 square kilometres, threatening ecosystems.
US says dozens of countries helped China dodge Trump’s tariffs
A new US report said China had moved goods through nations with lower tariffs to dodge higher levies.
Indian solar mission’s new findings throw light on enduring Sun mysteries
Why is the Sun’s corona millions of degrees hotter than its surface? And how does it maintain its inexplicably high temperature?
BBC Verify speaks to woman who filmed ICE agent pointing gun at her
BBC Verify has examined footage shared by a Virginia woman in which an ICE agent points his gun at her.